Action folded around to Biao Ding, who shoved all in from the button for 125,000. Teun Mulder made the call in the big blind with the bigger stack and players flipped their cards.
Biao Ding: A♥A♦
Teun Mulder: 8♥8♣
Ding had woken up with aces in a very favorable situation. The board ran out Q♣K♠3♦3♣10♠. Ding held and doubled up his stack.
Level: 18
Blinds: 10,000/25,000
Ante: 25,000
The tournament has reached the final table of nine players. Eight will be paid with the min-cash set at $56,700.
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Teun Mulder | Netherlands | 1,380,000 | 69 |
| 1 | 2 | Dimitar Danchev | Bulgaria | 310,000 | 16 |
| 1 | 3 | Sam Grafton | England | 710,000 | 36 |
| 1 | 4 | Kanan Taherkhani | Turkey | 315,000 | 16 |
| 1 | 5 | Ognyan Dimov | Bulgaria | 490,000 | 25 |
| 1 | 6 | Aliaksei Boika | Slovenia | 375,000 | 19 |
| 1 | 7 | Alexander Tkatschew | Austria | 1,605,000 | 80 |
| 1 | 8 | Biao Ding | China | 210,000 | 11 |
| 1 | 9 | Artur Martirosian | Russia | 505,000 | 25 |
Action folded around to Alex Kulev, who pushed all in from the button for 360,000. Teun Mulder moved all in over the top with a much bigger stack and the big blind folded. Players flipped their cards.
Alex Kulev: A♣10♣
Teun Mulder: A♥J♠
The board ran out 6♠3♥J♥K♥3♠. Mulder hit a pair of jacks on the flop and held to win the pot. Kulev was eliminated from the tournament.
With that, the tournament went to the final table and the bubble.
Sam Grafton raised to 40,000 on the button, receiving calls from Alexander Tkatschew in the small blind and Biao Ding in the big blind.
The action was checked to Grafton, who bet out 35,000 on a flop of 10♣3♠4♥. Only Tkatschew called.
The A♣ turn checked through to the 5♦ on the river. Tkatschew took the lead with a bet of 150,000 and Grafton was forced to fold.
Dimitar Danchev moved all in from the small blind, putting his opponent Aliaksei Boika, in the big blind, all in for his last 215,000. Boika made a quick call.
Aliaksei Boika: A♣8♥
Dimitar Danchev: J♠3♠
The board ran out 4♠6♥7♥4♦Q♠. The ace high of Boika was ahead the whole way and he found a full double up.
Action has slowed down considerably as the final table and money bubble approaches. Many of the latest hands have been taken down with a single raise or reshove. There are 10 players remaining and eight will be paid.
Level: 17
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 20,000
Biao Ding limped in from the small blind and Ognyan Dimov checked his option in the big blind.
Ding bet out 15,000 on a flop of 6♣9♥A♦. Dimov called.
The 8♣ turn checked through to the J♦ on the river. Ding checked and Dimov took the lead with a bet of 45,000.
Ding spent a substantial amount of time in the tank before electing to make the call. Dimov showed Q♥7♠, while Ding claimed this pot with 8♦4♥.
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