After a raise to 1,800 and the flat call by Julian Margner and Quentin Dellis, the action reached Marko Mikovic on the button and he reraised to 5,800. Margner and Dellis were the only two callers and Mikovic got his stack in with pocket kings on a flop of . Unfortunately, that was his last hand, as Dellis had flatted with and stayed ahead.
The Belgian is up to 70,000 while Hannes Speiser has moved tables and now sits next to Michael Panovec.
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Antonin Duda has been eliminated and Thomas Zurek also sent one opponent to the rail. The short stack was all in for 12,000 with pocket queens and Zurek's pocket kings held up.
King's Regular Magic Man 558 has been eliminated and Martin Mulsow followed out of the door shortly after. Hristo Kostov and table neighbor Marko Turnsek tangled with almost identical short stacks and Kostov could not get there with pocket nines against the of his opponent on a board of , his last two big blinds were gone one hand later.
Joining the action on the river, the player in the big blind bet 8,500 and Alexandru Farcasanu raised it up to 26,000. Wieslan Klimczak called from two seats over and the third player in the hand sighed before quickly folding. Farcasanu showed for a flopped full house and Klimczak tossed his cards in disgust all over the table.
Farcasanu is not the biggest stack on his table though, that honor currently belongs to Martin Ilavsky in the three seat.
Michael Huber raised to 2,000 from under the gun and then folded to a three-bet worth 6,200. The table broke shortly after to send the Austrian as well as Maria Lampropoulos to a new table in order to accommodate the shrinking field and balance the tables.
Among the recent bustouts were Florian Baum, Marc Furstenau and Benjamin Phillips.
On the three-way flop , Markus Luczak bet 5,600 and Dragoslav Timarac folded from two seats over. Short stack Stefan Raab then shoved for around 16,000 and Luczak quickly called.
Luczak:
Raab:
"I knew you had it, but I didn't want to come back tomorrow again," Raab said when clearly referring to his short stack. It was all over after the turn, making the river a formality.
Marc Goschel first lost with against a short stack holding and the remaining nine big blinds went into the middle from the button with . The player on the cutoff had limped and called with to score the knockout.
Paul Michaelis is nowhere to be found either and his media card arrived at the desk. Udo Sowitzki failed to improve with against and Maria Lampropoulos moved in for 13,000 with . Ayhan Agdas was sat behind and called with the to reduce the field by another player.
. Unfortunately, that was his last hand, as Dellis had flatted with 
of his opponent on a board of 
, his last two big blinds were gone one hand later.
river, the player in the big blind bet 8,500 and Alexandru Farcasanu raised it up to 26,000. Wieslan Klimczak called from two seats over and the third player in the hand sighed before quickly folding. Farcasanu showed 
for a flopped full house and Klimczak tossed his cards in disgust all over the table.
, Markus Luczak bet 5,600 and Dragoslav Timarac folded from two seats over. Short stack Stefan Raab then shoved for around 16,000 and Luczak quickly called.
turn, making the 
against a short stack holding 
and the remaining nine big blinds went into the middle from the button with 
. The player on the cutoff had limped and called with 
to score the knockout.
against 
and Maria Lampropoulos moved in for 13,000 with 