Mike Watson raised to 45,000 on the button and was called by Carlos Spoddig in the big blind.
The flop came and action checked through.
The was the turn and Spoddig checked. Watson bet 80,000 before Spoddig put in the check raise to 200,000. Watson went into the tank before making the call.
The river was the and Spoddig moved all in for 220,000 effective. Watson muttered under his breath "Why did I do this to myself." as he went into the tank. Eventually Watson made the call for his tournament life but was left frustrated when Spoddig turned over for the nuts with the straight to eliminate Watson from the tournament.
Watson frustratedly threw his cards face down towards the dealer before apologising. Watson had for second pair.
Action folded around to Kannapong Thanarattrakul, who shoved from the small blind. Conor Beresford made the call in the big blind for the last of his small stack.
Conor Beresford:
Kannapong Thanarattrakul:
The board ran out and Thanarattrakul's pocket fives held to eliminate Beresford in 10th place for €55,070. The tournament will now pause to prepare for the final table.
Action folded around to Kubanychbek Abakirov who shoved all in from late position for around 150,000. Bekbayev isolated with a shove of his own and all other players folded.
Kubanychbek Abakirov:
Askar Bekbayev:
The board came . A clean runout meant that Bekbayev's kings held. Abakirov was eliminated in ninth place for €63,340.
Jack Sinclair raised to 275,000 from early position. Action folded around to Carlos Spoddig who three-bet to 510,000. Action folded back around to Sinclair who called for his tournament life.
Jack Sinclair:
Carlos Spoddig:
Sinclair was at risk and dominated. Sinclair wouldn't complete domination rotation as the board ran out to eliminate Sinclair in eighth place for €76,010.
Sanjarbek Sabyrkulov limped from early position and Marius Kudzmanas limped behind in the cutoff before Kannapong Thanarattrakul raised to 250,000 from the small blind. Both players called.
The flop came and Thanarattrakul continued for 250,000. Only Kudzmanas called.
The was the turn and Thanarattrakul fired 525,000. Again Kudzmanas made the call.
The river was the and Thanarattrakul completed the triple barrel by firing 685,000 leaving himself 100,000 behind. Kudzmanas went into the tank using two time bank chips before making the call. Thanarattrakul showed for an overpair which caused Kudzmanas to muck his hand as the chips went to the man from Thailand.
After several rounds in which the pot was taken down with a single raise or flop bet, Kannapong Thanarattrakul raised for 40,000 from the button. [Removed:428] reshoved all in from the small blind and Kannapong Thanarattrakul called.
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Kannapong Thanarattrakul:
Neither player improved on a board of and Thanarattrakul turned a pair of tens to eliminate Maloku in seventh place for €91,220.
Davidi Kitai raised to 85,000 before Kannapong Thanarattrakul three-bet to 240,000 from the next seat over. Sanjarbek Sabyrkulov immediately shoved his last 475,000 and Kitai folded before Kannapong Thanarattrakul flicked in a chip to call. Action was heads-up and Sabyrkulov was at risk.
Sanjarbek Sabyrkulov:
Kannapong Thanarattrakul:
The board ran out and Thanarattrakul spiked a flush on the river to eliminate Sabyrkulov in sixth place for €110,480.
Action folded around to Davidi Kitai in the small blind who moved all in for his final 625,000 chips. Kannapong Thanarattrakul was in the big blind and asked for a count. Thanarattrakul used a time bank card before he decided to call.
Davidi Kitai:
Kannapong Thanarattrakul:
Kitai was at risk but had Thanarattrakul dominated. However, the flop gave Thanarattrakul a pair when it came . There was no saving Kitai from elimination as the turn came the and the river the to eliminate the Belgian in fifth place for €143,630.