That's a whole lot of chips for Stephen Graner and the American got there without showdowns after his previous move had gone wrong. Now he sits atop the current chip counts again.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,200,000 | 580,000 |
Raul van Boxtel had been short for some time and was looking for a comeback. It wasn't meant to be, or at least it didn't turn out any good for the Dutchman.
We ran into Van Boxtel on his way to the pay out desk and he told us the story of his bust out. The button limped and from the small blind Van Boxtel completed. The big blind checked his option and all three of them checked the 
flop as well.
The 
on the turn made Van Boxtel bet out 6,000. The big blind folded but the button made the call.
The river brought an 
and gave Van Boxtel two pair with his . He shoved all in for the remaining 50,000 he had, and got snap called. The button had flopped a straight with 
and Van Boxtel had to head to the exit.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
After a raise to 12,000, Piotr Pietrzak moved all in for 78,000 chips and Domenico Drammis moved all in over the top for 118,000 out of the small blind in the last hand of level 18. Initial raiser Alexander Roumeliotis, who had just won a big pot, called and had both players at risk with 
.
Pietrzak had 
and Drammis turned over 
. The Italian almost tripled up on a board of 
and Pietrzak was sent to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
490,000 | 160,000 |
|
330,000 | 269,000 |
|
Busted |
Towards the end of level 18, three double ups occurred. Milan Sasek dropped some chips after Reto Timucin Locher doubled up for 56,000 with 
versus the Czech's 
on a board of 
.
Then, Omar Lakhdari lost 67,000 chips with 
against the 
of Evgenii Starikov with the board running out 
.
In the very last hand of the level, Andy Seth three-bet shoved for 118,000 with 
and was in bad shape against the 
of Georgios Sotiropoulos. However, the dealer came to the rescue on the river of a 
board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
590,000 | 110,000 |
|
470,000 | -70,000 |
|
250,000 | 122,000 |
|
145,000 | 45,000 |
|
125,000 | -98,500 |
Level: 19
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
We arrived at the table just as Anton Bertilsson raised it up to 12,000 from under the gun plus one. Idan Raviv then bumped it up to 31,000 from the hijack before Zo Karim moved all in from the cut off. Bertilsson mucked his hand, and with the decision back on Raviv, he made the call.
Raviv:
Karim: 
Karim was up against the over pair and would find no help from the 
board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
900,000 | 300,000 |
|
400,000 | -30,000 |
|
350,000 | -15,000 |
|
343,000 | 143,000 |
|
325,000 | -47,600 |
|
175,000 | -310,000 |
|
150,000 | 36,400 |
|
Busted |
A shove from Anirudh Seth saw Nandor Solyom make the call after some brief confusion on whether he’d meant to. Either way the cards were on their backs and the chips at risk.
Seth had and Solyom the .
The board was 
which gave Solyom a winning pair and a double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
235,000 | 95,000 |
|
|
128,000 | -117,000 |
A short-stacked Andrei Nikitinskii was all in for 55,000 chips with 
and had the unfortunate timing to run into the of Pablo Sanz Quiles. The board ran out 
and the Russian headed to the payout desk.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
580,000 | |
|
|
Busted |
Simon Ravnsbaek just bust in back to back hands. He first called a short stacked shove from holding 
. Troyanovskiy had 
and went ahead on the flop of a final board of 
.
Ravnsbaek was then short himself but was dealt on the next hand and got looked up by Panagiotis Papaisidorou holding .
Look away now if you don’t want to see how that ended. A final board of gave Papaisidorou a full house to eliminate Ravnsbaek.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
820,000 | -140,000 |
|
140,000 | -150,000 |
|
Busted |
