Down to just shy of 10 blinds, Christian Rudolph ripped it in from the small blind and Mikita Badziakouski beat him into the pot.
Christian Rudolph: 
Mikita Badziakouski: 
The 
flop seemingly sealed the fate of Rudolph but he picked up a sweat once more on the 
turn. No spade followed, as instead, the 
river gave Badziakouski aces full. Rudolph's ride came to an end in 3rd place for $302,180.
Mikita Badziakouski min-raised the button and called the shove of short stack Ronny Kaiser out of the small blind fr just 845,175 total.
Ronny Kaiser: 
Mikita Badziakouski: 
The suited overcards had no equity anymore after the 
turn to make the 
river a formality.
Christian Rudolph had been open-jamming and open-raising for heaps to put pressure on the two short stacks. That had gone to plan until now and he tried it again with a raise to 3.9 million in the small blind. However, Mikita Badziakouski this time snap-called for just shy of 3.1 million.
Mikita Badziakouski: 
Christian Rudolph: 
The 
flop all but sealed it but Rudolph picked up some miracle outs on the 
turn. Only an eight would do the trick but the river was a blank instead.
Level: 34
Blinds: 60,000/120,000
Ante: 15,000
In a limped blind battle without action on the 
flop, Mikita Badziakouski bet the turn for 100,000 and Ronny Kaiser called.
The fell on the river and Badziakouski bet 278,125, Kaiser reluctantly folded.
As a result the Swissman dropped below 12 blinds after having previously keeping his short stack alive with several open-jams.
Mikita Badziakouski won two small pots in a row and Christian Rudolph then added three in a row. That included a three-bet against Badziakouski and a small pot versus Ronny Kaiser. The Swissman defended against a 220,000-raise by Rudolph and check-folded the 
turn.
Christian Rudolph opened to 220,000 on the button and was called only by Ronny Kaiser in the big blind. The flop was checked and Kaiser also checked the 
turn. Rudolph bet 340,125 for Kaiser to call and the 
on the river was checked.
Kaiser tabled 
for a pair of jacks but Rudolph had gotten there with 
for a pair of kings.
With the stack reduced to under 15 big blinds, Mikita Badziakouski was in the big blind. Christian Rudolph raised to 2.4 million in the small blind and Badziakouski used almost his entire time bank before calling all-in.
Mikita Badziakouski: 
Christian Rudolph: 
Neither player connected with the 
board and Rudolph could all but gasp a "how?" in chat after it was all over.
Level: 33
Blinds: 50,000/100,000
Ante: 12,500
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