Another cooler was in progress as Ferhat Duran was at risk in a preflop all in and held the against the of Conor Beresford.
Duran pulled out his phone to record to run out and emplored the dealer to hold. But it did not hold as the flop came . Duran cursed out loud and into his recording unable to believe his luck.
But fortunes changed again as the turn was the to add another plot twist to his video. Beresford half-heartedly called for a queen on the river for a real sting in the tail but it came the to give Duran the huge pot and decimate Beresford's stack.
Sergio Coutinho was all in preflop with the against the rockets the of Kayhan Mokri.
The board ran out to eliminate Coutinho.
The rapid eliminations continued as Leonard Maue was felled as well when his was pipped by the of Andriy Lyubovetskiy after the board could not improve Maue's hand.
Georgios Karakousis was once chip leader of the tournament, but he has now the unfortunate distinction of being the bubble boy.
Simon Lofberg opened to 20,000 in the cutoff, which was called on the button by Alexander Ivarsson. Karakousis then moved all in for 85,000 from the big blind. Lofberg folded, but Ivarsson called.
Georgios Karakousis:
Alexander Ivarsson:
Karakousis was primed to survive through the flop, but the on the turn brought Karakousis to within one card of a heartbreaking bubble finish.
The fell on the river, and the demise of Karikousis from chip leader to bubble boy was sadly completed.
The remaining 39 players are now all in the money and guaranteed to take home at least €18,140
Andrea Ricci raised from early position, Sergio Coutinho raised all in from the hijack and Ricci called. The two players had to wait a very long time as the drama unfolded at the other table. Once that hand was over the cards were revealed.
Coutinho was at risk with the up against the of Ricci.
The board ran out and Coutinho doubled as the bubble went on.
On a flop of , Alexander Ivarsson checked to Vlad Darie in the cutoff. Darie bet 11,000 and Ivarsson called.
The turn brought the and again Ivarsson checked. Darie asked Ivarsson how much he had behind, but Ivarsson remained stoic. The shot clock ran out on Darie who had no time banks remaining, but the floor was called because Darie wanted clarification of the ruling because he took time waiting for a replay from Ivarsson. The ruling was that Darie must check.
So the duo was off to the river of the and once more Ivarsson checked. This time, Darie slid forward a tower of T-5,000 chips that would cover Ivarsson's remaining 92,000 chips.
Ivarsson used 3 minutes of time bank chips before flicking in a chip to call with his tournament on the line.
Darie showed for a stone bluff.
Ivarsson showed for just second pair, but it was good.
Darie is down to under 400,000 while Ivarsson's stack is back over 200,000 and healthy as the bubble continues.
With many short stacks clinging to survival on the bubble, big stack holders Juan Pardo and Laurynas Levinskas decided to play a bit of chicken preflop.
Pardo opened under the gun to 20,000 and was three-bet on the big blind to 90,000 by Levinskas. Pardo then clicked it back with a four-bet to 160,000.
With 475,000 behind, Levinskas opted to fold and preserve his stack, still shipping nearly 20% of his stack to Pardo.