Having shoved the previous hand from under the gun with 290.000 and got no callers, Jean Miguel Lacerda was in the big blind facing a button raise from Pete Linton to 160,000.
Being just one spot from the 'official' final table, play has predictably slowed down with most pots now being won with a single raise preflop.
Jean Miguel Lacerda looks to be the shortest stack left but given the possibility of a deal on a final table due to the first place overlay, this could definitely take a while.
Bassam Elia's tournament has come to an abrupt end at the hands of Nick Hicks.
Elia opened in the cutoff and then called off his remaining 700,000 chips when Hicks set him all in from the big blind. Elia, a rank amateur who usually plays homes games only, turned over and was up against Hicks' .
Hicks took the lead on the flop, a flop that left Elia drawing to one out. The was not one of them and neither was the . Elia heads home with €19,000 in prize money and a great story to tell among his friends.
Bassam Elia just doesn't want to fold his blinds to Julian Gardner. He just called a min-raise before spending five minutes tanking on a flop after Gardner had bet 175,000
"I have a pair," said Elia before he opted to muck.
Florian Hoeller had a terrible Level 26 that resulted in his untimely demise.
Ferhad Seyadi opened to 140,000 in late position and Hoeller moved all in on the button for just 300,000. Jerome Brion called in the big blind. The two active players checked down the board, Seyadi winning with ace-high.
Having been blinded down to just 260,000, the last of Bassam Elia's chips went in with against Julian Gardner's .
The board came and Elia went ecstatic about doubling up to ten big blinds. The very next hand saw him peel from the small blind against Gardner and check-shove the against a 125,000 bet from the Englishman.