A handful of big names have busted as we approach the bubble.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
With the bubble fast approaching, Antti Maki-Franti opened to 8,000 from early position and Julian Pineda shoved his last 71,500 from the cutoff. Douglas Ferreira, on the button, asked for a count and upon realizing that he was barely eligible for Pineda's bounty, shoved for 72,500.
Action folded back to Maki-Franti, who repeatedly counted his chips and was visibly debating whether or not he should make the call for about two-thirds of his stack and chase a pair of bounties about 30 places from the bubble. Eventually, after almost two minutes, he made the fold.
Julian Pineda: 
Douglas Ferreira: 
Ferreira was slightly ahead as the two players were flipping for their stacks. The flop came 
to keep Ferreira in front.
The 
arrived on the turn, which gave the Brazilian a set of nines and eliminated Pineda. The 
completed the board and Ferreira collected Pineda's bounty.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
155,000
87,000
|
87,000 |
|
110,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
|
Busted |
In a three-way pot with around 30,000 in the middle, the flop came 
and Filippo Lazzaretto continued for 12,000 from early position. Ionut Lupulescu called from the button and Benoit Albiges folded from the big blind.
The 
arrived on the turn and Lazzaretto fired a second barrel for 32,000. Lupulescu made the fold and Lazzaretto is now approaching 200,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
275,000
189,500
|
189,500 |
|
196,000
24,500
|
24,500 |
|
109,500
19,500
|
19,500 |
Level: 18
Blinds: 2,000/5,000
Ante: 5,000
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
925,000
480,000
|
480,000 |
|
700,000
330,000
|
330,000 |
|
625,000
505,500
|
505,500 |
|
615,000
557,000
|
557,000 |
|
600,000
532,000
|
532,000 |
|
540,000
485,500
|
485,500 |
|
500,000
367,000
|
367,000 |
|
495,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
|
||
|
400,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
|
400,000
308,000
|
308,000 |
|
370,000
206,500
|
206,500 |
|
350,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
350,000
350,000
|
350,000 |
|
305,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
|
|
||
|
300,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
There are 171 players left with 167 getting paid, so play will start to slow down soon as the bubble approaches.
On a heads-up flop of 
, with 32,000 in the pot, Viacheslav Balaev bet 10,000 from the big blind and was called by Derk van Luijk in early position.
The turn was the 
and both players decided to check to the river which was the 
.
They decided to check once more and Balaev turned over 
for a pair queens and Van Luijk mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
280,000
213,500
|
213,500 |
|
260,000
153,500
|
153,500 |
|
||
With just four players before the bubble bursts, Manuel Fischer opened to 30,000 from the cutoff and Gheorghe Butuc three-bet to 75,000 from the small blind. Fischer, the tournament chip leader, moved all in. Butuc had around 200,000 behind and took his time before the clock was called. Eventually, as the floor counted down from ten, the Moldovan made the call.
Gheorghe Butuc:
Manuel Fischer: 
Butuc was floored when he realized he was miles behind as Fischer tabled pocket kings against his pocket queens.
The flop came 
, giving Fischer a set of queens and Butuc was drawing nearly dead.
The bounty was clinched when the 
arrived on the turn. The 
completed the board and Butuc was eliminated near the stone bubble.
The win made Fischer the first player in the room to go over one million while he also collected his seventh bounty of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,250,000
325,000
|
325,000 |
|
Busted |
The tournament director has instructed dealers to begin hand-for-hand play as the players are on the stone bubble.
Vladislav Solovev opened to 11,000 from the hijack and Henrik Hecklen called from the small blind.
The flop came 
and both players tapped the table.
On the 
turn, Hecklen fired for 11,000 and Solovev would assess his options before making the call.
On the 
river, Hecklen checked over to Solovev, who needed about 90 seconds before putting out 29,000. As soon as his chips hit the felt, Hecklen chucked his cards into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
182,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
|
83,000
-52,000
|
-52,000 |
