Over on the feature table, David Laka doubled through Viktor Ustimov on the pure money bubble. Ustimov triple barreled a board of and Laka happily called the shove on the river with for a full house. Ustimov only had for a bluff and Laka doubbled.
Soon after, the blinds moved up and there are still 13 players remaining.
There was no showdown in the first half of level 21 and Leon Tsoukernik pulled away further. One of those hands saw a small pot head to the river and a bet of 125,000 was in front of Steve O'Dwyer. Tsoukernik raised to 500,000 from one seat over in the big blind and O'Dwyer folded.
On the feature table, Alexandru Papazian raised to 60,000 and folded when Marcos Martinez pushed for 174,000.
Last but not least, O'Dwyer raised the cutoff and called the shove of short stack Vitaliy Gusak for 121,000.
Petr Bartagov was all in and at risk for 518,000 out of the small blind and initial raiser Leon Tsoukernik looked him up with an over card and the hopes of a diamond flush.
Petr Bartagov:
Leon Tsoukernik:
After a board of , Bartagov dodged the flush draw to double while Tsoukernik remained in the top spot. The bubble drama continues and the blinds will remain the same for the upcoming 45 minutes while the tournament is still on the bubble.
In the last hand of the level over on the feature table, Marcos Martinez shoved for 269,000 and Viktor Ustimov reshoved out of the small blind to isolate.
Marcos Martinez:
Viktor Ustimov:
After a board of , Martinez doubled and that left Anton Yakuba as shortest stack on the money bubble.
The blinds remained the same during the money bubble and Steve O'Dwyer moved all in for just over 20 big blinds from the button. Leon Tsoukernik quickly called in the small blind and turned over , while O'Dwyer was in desperate shape with . O'Dwyer was drawing dead on the turn of the board to leave empty-handed, while all remaining 12 players now have $22,800 locked up.
The two tables are now playing with blinds of 20,000/40,000 and the bubble ante 20,000.
First to act over on the outer table, Anton Yakuba moved all in and Petr Bartagov took a long time before reshoving all in. Short stack Vitaliy Gusak forfeited his big blind and Yakuba turned over . Bartagov held and flopped a straight on before the turn and river restored the preflop order.
On the feature table, David Laka shoved for 630,000 with and Alexandru Papazian reshoved with on the button. A board of gave Laka the double and Papazian was left with three big blinds.
Alexandru Papazian got his last remaining chips in with the and was called by Viktor Ustimov with . Ustimov took the lead on the flop, and the turn and river failed to improve Papazian to see the Romanian join the rail in 12th place.
Marcos Martinez moved all in for 290,000 on the button with and Viktor Ustimov called in the big blind with . The board came and Martinez had to settle for 11th place.
Over on the outer table, Leon Tsoukernik raised to 90,000 and called the shove of Diego Zeiter on the button for 575,000.
Diego Zeiter:
Leon Tsoukernik:
The board came and the kicker played to let Zeiter double.
On the outer table, Vitaliy Gusak was all in for just 90,000 on the button and Diego Zeiter called in the big blind.
Vitaliy Gusak:
Diego Zeiter:
Gusak flopped two pair and Gusak was drawing dead on the turn of a board to reduce the field to the last nine. They will now combine to one table and play concludes after the next elimination. There are 38 minutes left in the level.