The eliminations are coming thick and fast after the bubble burst however Lorenc Boci was able to avoid the chop.
Boci moved all-in with his and was called by Ismael Bojang's , from the cutoff and button respectively. Boci would pair his seven on the river to survive.
The very next hand, Leonard Scafini moved all0in from. under the gun for 40,000 before Leonard Maue jammed for 99,000 from ealry position to set up a showdown.
Lucas Scafini:
Leonard Maue:
Maue's ace-high would prevail after the runout. As Scafini headed to the payouts desk, Gaelle Baumann was not far behind following her elimination.
It folded to the blinds where from the small blind, Kenny Hallaert raised to 23,000. Christophe Panetti three-bet from the big blind to 75,000 and Hallaert four-bet jammed all in, Panetti called and the players waited in purgatory for all other hands around the room to finish before the cards were revealed.
After several minutes, it was time to run the all in.
Christophe Panetti:
Kenny Hallaert:
Panetti was the one at risk as everyone gathered around to watch the dealer spread the flop to give Panetti a set of kings. The turn was the to give Hallaert a broadway draw and the river made the room react as the came off to bring in the straight for Hallaert and bust Panetti in dramatic fashion to assure every other player a spot in the money.
With 150,000 in the middle on a completed board showing the , Dimitar Yosifov checked in the big blind before Casimir Seire moved all-in as the covering stack. Yosifov had 222,000 behind and called it off.
Seire tabled his for queen-high while Yosifov once again flopped trips and scooped with his .
Elsewhere, there were two more all-ins and a call, but the shorter stacks both doubled meaning we are still on the stone cold bubble.
John Mooney has a host ouf chips out in front of him and briefly recapped the hand to PokerNews. it was a hand that played itself with Mooney having pocket kings but his opponent, Youssafi Khalil having aces.
Mooney would spike a king to go into the chip lead and secure another elimination.
Martin Pineiro was all in and at risk preflop against the Sebastian Juhlen. Pineiro had a good chance to double up as he was dominating, holding the against the [ak9h] of Juhlen.
But the flop came to send him near the brink of elimination. The turn was the and the river came the to confirm a painful pre-bubble exit for Pineiro.
Meanwhile, Niall Farrell was spotted exiting the room as he was also felted just before the money.
In a blind versus blind battle, [Removed:328] opened to 18,000 and was called by Dimitar Yosifov. [Removed:329] bet 6,000 on the flop and was called. He then check-jammed on the river and was snapped off by his opponent.
[Removed:328]:
Dimitar Yosifov:
Both players flopped trips but [Removed:329] would be at risk of elimination due to his weaker kicker card. the confirmed his bust out just before the money.