With just a few hands left, not everyone is shoving as wide as usual anymore, as points can already be secured by not doing anything.
Just now a clash between two hands did happen though, changing the story on Table 4.
Andrew Chen shoved all in from the button and Dario Sammartino thought along time before folding his small blind. Olivier Busquet called in the big blind.
Olivier Busquet:
Andrew Chen:
The board ran out and Chen doubled to the chip lead. Still three handed at Table 4.
Ladouceur first doubled Patrick Bruel when he got it in with against . Bruel made a full house on and Ladouceur was left short.
The Canadian PokerStars Team Online pro busted not much later to Oliver Price. Ladouceur had while Price had . The board ran out and Ladouceur hit the rail, leaving Team United Kingdom (Price) heads up against Team France (Bruel).
Ukraine really need a win and the 9,000 points earned for doing so. After Alexander Dovzhenko's loss to go short, a lot of hope rested on Oleksandr Gnatenko, battling heads-up with Ike Haxton. He had a 2-1 lead but they just reversed positions.
All the chips went in preflop and the cards were flipped up.
Gnatenko:
Haxton:
The board ran a Team USA flavoured to Gnatenko's extreme frustration. He tried his very best to turn a handful of chips into dust.
Table 5 continues to be the craziest table in every heat. The play is still five-handed after an estimated 10 short stacks doubled up.
Giuliano Bendinelli must've accounted for at least three of them as he aims to win his third straight heat. He moved all in from the button for 23,075 and Alexander Dovzhenko did likewise from the small blind.
Sylvain Loosli raised from the button after which Dan Smith moved all in from the small blind. Christopher Frank moved all in from the big blind and Loosli called from the button.
In order of stack size:
Frank:
Loosli:
Smith:
The board ran out and Frank knocked out both of his opponents! Team Germany wins another heat and extends its lead on the leader board.
Isaac Haxton limped in from the button and Oleksandr Gnatenko pushed all in for 24,400. "Ok, I call" Haxton said after a just few seconds of contemplating.
Haxton:
Gnatenko:
The board ran out and Gnatenko doubled.
Gnatenko, by far the most enthusiastic player so far today (giving commentary on the action on his table for everyone to hear when there's something spectacular happening) now has the chip lead heads up on Table 2.
and Chen doubled to the chip lead. Still three handed at Table 4.
. Bruel made a full house on 
and Ladouceur was left short.
while Price had 
. The board ran out 
and Ladouceur hit the rail, leaving Team United Kingdom (Price) heads up against Team France (Bruel).
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to Gnatenko's extreme frustration. He tried his very best to turn a handful of chips into dust.
to maintain the bubble situation.
