| Seat | Player | Team | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eugene Katchalov | Team Ukraine | 84,000 | 420 |
| 2 | Marvin Rettenmaier | Team Germany | 101,000 | 505 |
| 3 | Isaac Haxton | Team United States | 118,000 | 590 |
| 4 | Vitaly Lunkin | Team Russia | 111,000 | 555 |
| 5 | Andrea Dato | Team Italy | 79,000 | 395 |
| 6 | Sorel Mizzi | Team Canada | 60,000 | 300 |
| Team | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|
| Team United States | 118,000 | 590 |
| Team Russia | 111,000 | 555 |
| Team Germany | 101,000 | 505 |
| Team Ukraine | 84,000 | 420 |
| Team Italy | 79,000 | 395 |
| Team Canada | 60,000 | 300 |
Now that the heads-up quarter-finals are done, it's time for Stage 3 of the Global Poker Masters. The semifinals will start around 3:30 p.m. and play out as a 6-max sit-n-go’s, with one player each representing their nation.
The remaining 6 Nations each select a player to represent their team in the semi-finals. Play begins as a normal deep stacked 6-Max tournament with each team’s starting stack dictated by how many points they were able to accumulate as a team during the playoffs and quarterfinals.
The semi-finals will last for four hours, or until action gets down to heads-up play. Teams are able to “tag” one another in and out of play during the semifinals once each level.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
118,000 | |
|
111,000 | |
|
101,000 | |
|
84,000 | |
|
79,000 | |
|
60,000 | |
|
Busted |
It's over! Team France has been knocked out after losing all three heads-up matches in the quarter finals and Team Russia will come into the semifinals in second position.
The final two hands of the match between Sylvain Loosli and Vladimir Troyanovskiy were riveting, and went as following. First Loosli shoved for 9,300 and Troyanovskiy called.
Loosli: 
Troyanovskiy: 
The board ran out 
and the entire French team erupted in a celebration as their hopes of advancing to the next round were still alive. On the very next hand however Loosli was all in again, and that showdown went as following while he was still the short stack.
Loosli: 
Troyanovskiy: 
The flop brought 
and that triggered a huge cheer from Team Canada who now had a virtual lock on making the next round. The turn was the 
and with that it was all over. The river was the 
and Team France was knocked out of the Global Poker Masters.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
111,000 | 17,000 |
|
|
52,000 |
The match between Eugene Katchalov and Dario Sammartino had gone back and forth, with both doubling up and doubling down more than once. Just now the match ended though, with another lucky turn to make the difference.
Katchalov had a slight advantage in chips, and pushed all in from the button. Dario Sammartino made the call from the big blind.
Eugene Katchalov: 
Dario Sammartino: 
The flop came 
and didn't do anything for anyone. The 
on the turn made all the difference, giving Katchalov a huge edge going to the river. The on the river was a blank and Katchalov and Sammartino shook hands.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
84,000 | 17,000 |
|
|
79,000 |
Team Canada's hopes of winning the first ever Global Poker Masters World Cup are still alive! Marc-Andre Ladouceur has just pulled off a very impressive victory over Marvin Rettenmaier and that means that all eyes are now on Sylvain Loosli.
On the last hand of the match Rettenmaier moved all in for 14,850 and Ladouceur called.
Ladouceur:
Rettenmaier: 
.
The flop brought 
and while Team Germany hit an eight it was Team Canada who remained in the lead after hitting top pair. The turn was the and the river the 
knocking out Rettenmaier.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
101,000 | |
|
|
60,000 | 17,000 |
Eugene Katchalov moved all in before the flop holding 
and he was called by Dario Sammartino's 
.
The board ran out 
and Katchalov doubled himself back into the match. Catchall has 27,000 chips versus Sammartino's 13,000.
Sylvain Loosli moved all in holding 
for just 10,000 chips and Vladimir Troyanovskiy called holding .
The board ran out 
and Loosli's back to even against his Russian opponent.
Team Canada can pull off a huge upset, as they are currently in a good spot to still advance to the semifinals!
Marc-Andre Ladouceur holds a chip lead over Marvin Rettenmaier with 24,000 versus 16,000 while Sylvain Loosli is down to just 10,000 chips versus Vladimir Troyanovskiy's 30,000 chips.
