Hoa Bui Chi did score an early double but with blinds recently gone up to 40,000-80,000 and a running ante of 10,000, he is getting dangerously low once more. Chi has less than seven big blinds and is by far the shortest stack at the table at this point in time.
Hoa Bui Chi moved all-in for 525,000 from first position, and Aleksandar Tomovic made the call on the button while both of the blinds folded. Chi tabled and needed to improve against the of Tomovic, and he did just that on the board. Two pair was more than enough to score the double, and Chi surged to 1.2 million.
Kacper Pyzara raised to 160,000 from middle position, and Anatoly Filatov announced all-in on the button. With action back on Pyzara, he quickly moved a stack of chips over the betting line while turning his over simultaneously.
Filatov opened and needed some help, but the flop was far from it. The on the turn did give the partypoker Ambassador outs to a straight, but the on the river wasn't it, and Filatov handed over most of his stack to his Polish opponent.
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Hoa Bui Chi had sported the shortest stack at the final table for quite some time before finally finding a hand he was content to move all-in with. Andre Haneberg opened to 175,000 from the button, and Chi put his last 515,000 in the middle from the small blind. Haneberg made the call.
Hoa Bui Chi:
Andre Haneberg:
The flop gave no definite advantage to either player, and it was still very much up in the air after the turn. The river gave Haneberg the checkmark though, and Hoa Bui Chi hit the rail in fifth place good for €15,000.
Aleksandar Tomovic opened to 180,000 from first position, and Kacper Pyzara defended his big blind. The players checked through the flop before Tomovic fired 150,000 on the turn. Pyzara made the call.
The river saw Pyzara check a third time and Tomovic slid out two big towers totaling 600,000. That was more than Pyzara was willing to commit and Tomovic dragged the pot.
The action folded to Pyzara in the small blind who completed for an additional 50,000. Tomovic in the big blind made it 250,000 to go and Pyzara moved all-in for around 2 million. That was enough to drag the pot.
Filatov came into the final day as chip leader but lost some very early on to Pyzara. The partypoker Ambassador just got it back thanks to a rivered flush, and this time it was Pyzara's turn to ship over numerous towers of chips.
Pyzara min-raised the button to 200,000 and Filatov defended the big blind. The two players checked through the flop before Filatov fired 200,000 on the turn. Pyzara raised it up to 500,000 and Filatov called.
The river saw Filatov move all-in for 1,185,000 total and Pyzara went deep into the tank. When he finally resurfaced a few minutes later, it was to throw in a single chip to signal the call, and Filatov instantly turned over for the rivered flush. Pyzara's hit the muck seconds later, and Pyzara was left with less than two big blinds. He did manage to triple up in the very next hand and is now sitting on around half a million chips.