The players are now on a one-hour dinner break. Only eight of them remain from the starting field of 181. We'll bring you the official counts in just a few minutes.
Van Marcus opened with a raise from under the gun to 50,000. Action folded all the way around to Kari Somer in the small blind and he reraised all in for 467,000. After Hakan Dalokay folded in the big blind, Marcus snap-called and tabled the , having Somer covered. Somer had a dejected look on his face as he rolled over the .
The flop came down and Marcus stayed in front. The turn brought the and the river the . Marcus' kings held tough and that only meant one thing, Somer would be eliminated. Marcus is now up to just under one million in chips.
For the fourth hand in a row, Georges Hanna opened preflop. This time he raised to 45,000 from middle position and Kari Somer called from the big blind.
The flop fell and Somer checked. Hanna jammed about 240,000 and Somer folded, surrendering the hand to Hanna.
As told to us by Van Marcus, Mathieu Clavet opened with a raise in early position and Foivos Pettas re-raised all in from middle position for about 280,000. Action folded back to Clavet and he snap-called.
Clavet:
Pettas:
The board ran out and Clavet scored the knockout to soar to 1.1 million.
1. Georges Hanna
2. Mathieu Clavet
3. Nanos Koustantinos
4. Foivos Pettas
5. Zsolt Vasvenszki
6. Ahmet Ucali
7. Kari Somer
8. Hakan Dalokay
9. Van Marcus
10. Andreas Krause
From the button, Van Marcus raised to 45,000. Andreas Krause moved all in for 300,000 and the talking began.
"You want to flip?" asked Marcus.
"I want to play for 40 hours," responded Krause. "I don't want to flip."
Marcus then asked Chris Karagulleyan, who was walking around at the time, for a coin. Karagulleyan gave him a cash chip and Marcus said, "That's not a coin, I need heads and tails."
Mathieu Clavet then gave Marcus a coin and he flipped it. It landed on the tails side and Marcus folded.
"I would have called if it were heads," he finished. Marcus dropped to 525,000.
Kari Somer put David Benyamine all in from the small blind and Benyamine called without looking. Somer held the and Benyamine the .
The flop came down and although he flopped two pair, the words, "Oh no, don't do it to me," rang from Benyamine's voice. His worst thoughts were then transfered to the felt in the form of the hitting the turn and giving Somer two pair. The river blanked for Benyamine with the .
He was eliminated from the event in 12th place and earned $15,590. He walked away with a smile on his face and wished everyone good luck, all while the remaining players and fans gave his a round of applause.