Istvan Szasz open-jammed a stack of 72,000 from early position and Saeid Khalghamooz re-shoved for 81,000 from a few seats over. A few players went in the tank as they considered joining the action but all ended up folding.
Istvan Szasz: K♦Q♥
Saeid Khalghamooz: 9♣9♥
Szasz couldn't win the flip as the board ran out 3♥3♣2♥5♠6♥ to mark his elimination ahead of the money.
Sebastian Huber, in the small blind, found himself all in and at risk against Brian Esposito, in the big blind.
Sebastian Huber: Q♦8♥
Brian Esposito: K♠K♣
The board ran out Q♥6♠5♠5♦8♠, eliminating PokerStars Team Pro member Huber on the soft bubble.
Fabian Pongratz raised from the hijack to 12,000, finding Salvatore Camarda in the big blind. Being the largest stack at the table, Camarda moved all in putting Pongratz to the test for his remaining 120,000.
Pongratz tanked for a considerable amount of time before deciding to fold. Pongratz mucked A♥Q♦ face up, conceding the pot to Camarda.
Bulcsu Lukacs opened to 12,000 from under the gun and Claudio Giacomo called from the hijack before Cedric Schwederle came along from the big blind.
Schwederle checked on the flop of J♥9♣4♦ and Lukacs continued for 16,000. Giacomo folded and Schwederle called. Schwederle checked again on the 2♠ turn and opted to fold when his opponent sized up to 40,000.
Level: 17
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
The remaining 241 players have been sent on their last 20-minute break of the day. With the bubble approaching, only 24 more eliminations are needed to see the completion of Day 1e.
At this time the red 500 chips will be raced off.
Santiago Varela opened to 10,000 in middle position and Peter Tordai three-bet to 26,000 from the next seat before [Removed:568] four-bet to 57,000 in the big blind. Varela five-bet jammed a stack of 74,000 and Tordai and Salah both called.
Salah checked on the 8♠10♠9♥ flop and Tordai moved all in. Salah folded and the cards were flipped.
Santiago Varela: K♥K♣
Peter Tordai: 9♣9♠
Tordai had taken a big lead with a set of nines and Varela couldn't improve as the board ran out 6♣10♦ to mark his elimination with the money bubble approaching.
The pot stood at 31,500 with two players looking at a board that read 10♠4♣10♣5♥.
The action was on Pierre Gineste, in the small blind, who over-bet the pot with a wager of 55,000. Avihai Smadga in early position called.
The Q♣ fell on the river and Gineste moved all in, putting Smadga to the test for his remaining 159,000. Smadga snap-called
Pierre Gineste quickly showed 4♠4♥ for a flopped full house, while Smadga tabled Q♥Q♠ having hit a perfect river to scoop a huge pot.
Yuya Kita opened to 11,000 from the hijack and Andreas Berggren three-bet to 28,000 from the cutoff. Kita called.
Kita checked on the flop of A♣J♣7♠ and Berggren continued for 20,000. Kita called. Kita checked again on the 4♥ turn and Berggren counted his chips before moving all in for around 65,000. Kita quickly folded.
The pot stood at 27,000 with two players looking at a board that read 5♥K♠10♦. In the big blind was Mark Roover, who checked the action to Petr Bartagov in the cutoff. Bartagov bet out 9,000 and Roovers called.
The turn fell the Q♥ and Roovers check again, this time folding to a bet of 22,000 from Bartagov.
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