Piotr Franczak open-shipped for 195,000 from the hijack and action folded to Sam Greenwood, who thought long and hard before making the call from the big blind.
Franczak:
Greenwood:
It was a flip, but Franczak needed to improve to stay alive. The flop was safe for Greenwood, but Franczak spiked his gin card after the dealer burned and turned the . The river was a brick, and Greenwood sent over some chips to Franczak.
Dzmitry Urbanovich opened the button for 16,000 and Andreas Eiler shoved for 102,000 from the big blind. Urbanovich must have taken the possibility of a shove into account before opening, as he wasted no time calling.
Andreas Eiler:
Dzmitry Urbanovich:
The flop was rather safe for Eiler with , but the on the turn wasn't. The on the river was a blank and Eiler hit the rail in 12th place.
With the tournament down to 11, the remaining players are now guaranteed €46,400.
Sam Greenwood raised from the button to 20,000 and Nick Petrangelo three-bet from the small blind to 54,000. Greenwood tanked for a little while before making the call.
The flop came down and Petrangelo bet 58,000 after which Greenwood put him all in. Petrangelo snap-called for 111,000 more and the showdown went as following.
Petrangelo:
Greenwood:
The board ran out , and Greenwood hit neither a straight or a flush so that Petrangelo is back in the game with 11 players remaining.
Agshin Rasulov was down to under five big blinds, and just failed to double that stack in a roller coaster hand. A short roller coaster ride, but still.
Dzmitry Urbanovich opened the button, and called Rasulov's shove. Rasulov was the proud owner of while Urbanovich had pocket deuces.
The flop came king high putting Rasulov well in front.
The turn was a blank but a deuce fell on the river to send Rasulov packing.
Dani Stern opened for 23,000 under the gun on his five handed table, and next door neighbor Jeff Rossiter shoved all in for 159,000.
Action folded back to Stern who made the call.
Dani Stern:
Jeff Rossiter:
The board consisted solely of cards not making any difference for Rossiter: .
With the departure of Rossiter, the tournament is now down to 9 players which are seated at one table. Play won't stop just yet though, one more player has to go before the official final table of eight is reached and play is halted for the night.
The remaining players are all guaranteed €60,400 at this point.
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We picked up the action on the flop that showed when Sam Greenwood check-called 32,000 from Ramin Hajiyev. The turn brought the and Greenwood check-called another 65,000.
The river brought the and Greenwood checked again. Hajiyev checked behind immediately and Greenwood showed .
Hajiyev stood up from his chair as he tabled , but his premium hand was still standing.
"Oh man, I was just thinking 'no eight, no eight, no eight," Hajiyev said as he breathed a sigh of relief.
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