Mathieu Clavet raised to 64,000 on the button and Ahmet Ucali went all in from the big blind for about 400,000. Clavet snap-called and the hands were revealed.
Ucali:
Clavet:
The flop fell , keeping Ucali in the lead. Another on the turn changed nothing, but the river delivered an to make a better two pair for Clavet, upping his stack to nearly 1.6 million.
Amhet Ucali earned $68,215 for his fifth-place finish.
Mathieu Clavet raised to 85,000 on the button and Van Marcus called from the big blind.
The flop came . Both players checked and the hit the turn. Marcus bet 130,000 and Clavet called, delivering the river card, putting three clubs out there. Marcus checked to Clavet and he fired 250,000. Marcus gave it up after a moment and Clavet took down the pot.
Clavet: Up to about 2,050,000
Marcus: Down to about 960,000
Andreas Krause opened to 180,000 on the button and Zsolt Vasvenszki popped it to 540,000 from the big blind. Krause re-raised all in for 1,290,000 and Vasvenszki snap-called with , having Krause's in dire straits.
The flop sure brought the action falling with two diamonds, putting Krause ahead with a pair of jacks, but Vasvenszki still had outs to a king or a flush. The turn card gave Vasvenszki a straight draw as well, but the river was another , sealing the hand for Krause.
Krause is up to about 2,650,000 while Vasvenszki is left with just about 400,000.
Zsolt Vasvenszki's fall from grace has been completed after he shipped in his last 390,000 or so holding the and was called by Andreas Krause with pocket tens.
The flop came down with one club, leaving Vasvenszki drawing slim. The turn brought another and the river paired the board again with another . Neither of those cards could give Vasvenszki the help he needed and he was sent to the rail in fourth place. He took home $90,950 for his efforts. Krause is holding the chip lead of the final three.
Upon the elimination of Zsolt Vasvenszki in fourth place, Van Marcus called to the waiter to bring two shots of tequila for himself and Mathieu Clavet. It's time for celebration as they're down to the final three, cheers fellas!
After they took the first shot together, Marcus asked Clavet if he wanted to do another. Before Clavet had a chance to respond, the tournament director said, "No, no, no. Only one per level." Our guess is we're in no-fun zone.
Mathiue Clavet called from the small blind and Van Marcus checked his option, leading to a flop of .
Clavet check-called 60,000 from Marcus, bringing out a on the turn. Clavet checked again Marcus fired 140,000. Clavet gave it up and Marcus won the pot to move to about 770,000.