Out of the small blind, Alexandros Theologis raised to 60,000 and Andras Nemeth called out of the big blind. The flop brought and Theologis continued for 40,000, which Nemeth called. After the turn, Theologis made it another 65,000 to go and Nemeth let go this time.
The two biggest stacks at the table were clashing as action was on the turn on a board that read and a pot of about 150,000 in the middle. From the small blind, Daewoong Song bet 120,000 and Sam Grafton called from early position.
The river came the . Both players checked. Song tabled the which Grafton had beat with the as he collected the pot to spread himself away from Song a bit.
Gab Yong Kim raised to 50,000 from under the gun and Sam Grafton called out of the big blind. While both checked the flop, Grafton then check-folded the turn when facing a bet worth 40,000 by Kim.
One hand later, Niklas Astedt min-raised to 50,000 and Kim defended the big blind. The South Korean checked the flop, Astedt bet 85,000 and that ended the hand right there.
The very next hand, Astedt min-raised once more and Teun Mulder tossed in the extra T-25,000 chip out of the big blind. Mulder used one time bank on the flop, jammed for around 290,000 and Astedt let go.
Andras Nemeth open-shoved for 357,000 in the cutoff and Daewoong Song announced all-in for far more in the small blind to isolate successfully.
Andras Nemeth:
Daewoong Song:
Before the cards were announced, Teun Mulder jokingly said "bye bye Andras" and the Hungarian was indeed in bad shape with the dominated pair. However, the board ran out and Nemeth survived on the money bubble.
Andras Nemeth raised to 50,000 from early position, Daewoong Song three-bet to 150,000. Nemeth jammed all in when action was back on him and Song snap called.
Andraw Nemeth:
Daewoong Song:
The flop sent Nemeth into deep trouble as it came to hit the king. The turn was the and the river came the to end Nemeth's run as the bubble boy in 9th place.
In the final hand of the level, Zhong Chen announced all-in from the cutoff for 328,000. Gab Yong Kim asked for a count before making the call out of the small blind for most of his stack.
Zhong Chen:
Gab Yong Kim:
The flip went to the Dutchman on the runout and that left Kim with fewer than two big blinds for the next level.