Burneikis Back From the Brink
Level 16
: 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Vladas Burneikis appears to have lost a massive pot before the break as Jose Quintas suddenly emerged near the top of the leaderboard.
Burneikis got the last few big blinds in with the 
and Ondrej Jakubcik called with the 
. The board came 
and the Lithuanian doubled.
Shortly after, Emil Von Buchwold opened to 11,000 and Burneikis jammed for 48,000, which Von Buchwold reluctantly called.
Vladas Burneikis: 
Emil Von Buchwold: 
On a board of 
, ace-eight was good enough for another double.
In the meanwhile, Martin Richter and Josef Snejberg both busted on different tables and there are just 108 hopefuls in contention.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
350,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
170,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
105,000
190,000
|
190,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |