The action folded around to Raul Cuc in the small blind, and he made it 1M to go with . Sandro Pitzanti in the big blind made the call with , and it was heads up to the flop.
The made Pitzanti a top pair, but it was Cuc who came out swinging with a bet of 1.2M. Pitzanti called. Cuc was left with 4,725,000, and he emptied the clip on the turn, but Pitzanti wasn't going anywhere and made the call within seconds. Cuc instantly knew he was in trouble, and needed one of the two remaining jacks to stay in contention for the trophy, but it was not to be as the rolled off on the river, and Cuc was out in fifth place.
Michal Mrakeš has been on fire since the dinner break. He just eliminated both Sonay Kehya in seventh place for €22,500 and partypoker Sponsored Pro Natalia Breviglieri in sixth place for €32,500 in the same hand.
The hand began with Breviglieri innocently enough opening from under the gun for 825,000 with . Mrakeš with set a trap and called before Sonay Kehay jammed for 5.15 million from the big blind with . Breviglieri jammed over the top for 11.45 million and Mrakeš snap called.
The pocket kings held as the board ran out .
After the hand, Mrakeš had almost half the chips in play with just shy of 35 million in his chip stack.
Natalia Breviglieri raised to 825,000 with , and Sandro Pitzanti on the button entered the pot with a raise to 2.5M holding . Sliverer in the small blind peeked down and found , and after a minute of contemplation, he committed his stack of exactly 2.5M. The partypoker Sponsored Pro wanted no part of it and quickly folded, and Silverer was the player at risk.
The flop brought both an ace and a nine as it came , and Sliverer was in need of backdoor cards to get out of that predicament. The German was drawing dead after the turn, and the meaningless hit the river sending Sliverer to the rail.
Despite the knock-out, Sliverer could still smile as he takes home €15,000 for his days at the felt in Rozvadov.
Michal Mrakeš just went from one of the short stacks to chip leader in just two hands.
Hand 1: Raul Cuc opened up for 925,000 with pocket fives and got a call from the big blind from Mrakeš with pocket eights. Mrakeš checked the flop before Cuc bet 3.5 million in chips, which more than covered the 3.1 million Mrakeš had behind. Mrakeš snap called and his hand held after the came on the turn and finished the board on the river.
Hand 2: On the very next hand Sonay Kehya opened to 900,000 from late position with pocket nines before Mrakeš jammed for 8.6 million with king-queen. Kehya thought for less than a minute before making the call. A king appeared on the flop and that was all Mrakeš needed to win the hand to move up to an even 18 million chips.
In the very first hand after the break, Eddy Scharf picked up in the hijack and moved all-in for his remaining 11 big blinds and change. A short stacked Frederic Femont had 200,000 of his 1.2 million chips invested from the small blind and called all-in holding , and Beviglieri in the big blind folded her .
The flop came down , the turn was the and the river , and Scharf's eights held up to eliminate Femont. The Belgian takes home €10,000 for his efforts.
The remaining nine players are back at the table and ready to get this party started. The first casualty still awaits, but with blinds going up the average stack drastically goes down, and that could lead to some very action packed levels.
In the last hand before the dinner break Gosk raised to 700,000 from the button and took it down, and the players now have 30 minutes to eat and relax before final table play will continue.
Raul Cuc opened from early position with to 700,000 and got a call from Natalia Breviglieri from the big blind with .
Breviglieri checked after she flopped a straight on a flop. Cuc fired out a continuation bet of 800,000 before Breviglieri fired out a big raise to 3,200,000. Cuc folded and Breviglieri added some chips to her hand.
A couple of hands later, Breviglieri pick up pocket aces but was unable to get any action. Breviglieri has been among the chip leaders throughout the final table and has edged over 14 million in chips.
Sonay Kehya raised to 700,000 from first position with and Frederic Femont in the next seat over wasted no time putting his 4,925,000 chips at risk with . Michal Mrakes let go of his , but the same couldn't be said for Pitzanti who found in the cutoff. He called all-in for his remaining 3,725,000 and after a few folds, the action was back on Kehya, who made the call after a few minutes of contemplation.
The flop saw Femont jump ahead, but the on the turn gave Pitzani an additional four outs to the wheel to stay alive. The on the river was huge for Pitzanti, who celebrated with a fist-pump. Femont won the side pot with a pair of queens, and the first elimination of the final table was still to come.
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. Sandro Pitzanti in the big blind made the call with 
, and it was heads up to the flop.
made Pitzanti a top pair, but it was Cuc who came out swinging with a bet of 1.2M. Pitzanti called. Cuc was left with 4,725,000, and he emptied the clip on the 
turn, but Pitzanti wasn't going anywhere and made the call within seconds. Cuc instantly knew he was in trouble, and needed one of the two remaining jacks to stay in contention for the trophy, but it was not to be as the 
rolled off on the river, and Cuc was out in fifth place.
. Mrakeš with 
set a trap and called before Sonay Kehay jammed for 5.15 million from the big blind with 
. Breviglieri jammed over the top for 11.45 million and Mrakeš snap called.
.
. Sliverer in the small blind peeked down and found 
, and after a minute of contemplation, he committed his stack of exactly 2.5M. The partypoker Sponsored Pro wanted no part of it and quickly folded, and Silverer was the player at risk.
, and Sliverer was in need of backdoor cards to get out of that predicament. The German was drawing dead after the 
turn, and the meaningless 
came on the turn and 
finished the board on the river.
in the hijack and moved all-in for his remaining 11 big blinds and change. A short stacked Frederic Femont had 200,000 of his 1.2 million chips invested from the small blind and called all-in holding 
and the river 
, and Scharf's eights held up to eliminate Femont. The Belgian takes home €10,000 for his efforts.
. Michal Mrakes let go of his 
flop saw Femont jump ahead, but the