Daniel Studer: 8,150
Richard Pols: 16,000
Anders Willemoes Larsen: 20,000
Gabor Szollosy: 7150
Dennis Uhrenholt: 12,900
Mikael Johansson: 58,000
Ronni Borg: 16,000
Michael Pesek: 17,000
Markus Golser: 10,625
As I neared table three, I noticed Georgi Gochev all in and clasping onto his cards as if they were gold dust. Meanwhile, Kenny Hallaert and Trevor Neufeld were busy creating a side pot, Neufeld leading the way with a bet of 6,000 into a flop of .
Neufeld hesitated momentarily, as if contemplating a call, before surprising everyone and moving all in. A befuddled Hallaert dropped his head into his hands.
As Neufeld remained statuesque under pressure, Hallaert counted out the necessary chips and hovered them around the line, torturing himself in the process. After a good couple of minutes of teasing, he eventually announced that he could be making a bad call, and pushed the chips over the line.
"Good call," complimented Neufeld as he revealed . Hallaert flipped over . But it was the short stack who had the goods, Gochev was surprised as anyone to see his ahead of both opponents.
As the turn was dealt, there were a few slight gasps, some perhaps even enjoying the mere threat of a cruel bad beat. But, in the end, that threat became a reality when a gut-wrenching hit the felt, and those slight gasps soon turned into a chorus of wows and winces.
As Gochev left the table, a stunned Hallaert returned to his now 8,500 stack, his head still shaking from the defeat.
Achim Grimm
Achim Grimm has been eliminated. I didn't catch his exit hand, but I do recall him telling me about a dramatic hand from earlier on. According to the horse's mouth, he was all in at one point with pocket tens versus nines, the flop bringing a nine, but justice prevailing with a straight by the river. This put him back up to 13,500, but sadly, he was unable to continue that upward motion and will probably be looking for the nearest bar.
Haasta la vista, Jeffrey
Jeffrey Haas is out with a gentlemanly handshake after tangling his with Runnar Lindepuu's pocket jacks, a jack on the flop for good measure.
A table collectively grimacing is usually a sign of something painful, as was the case in a hand on Table 6. When I reached the table, we were at the river of the board, a host of chips in the middle and the cards on their backs.
Mark Vos =
Kristaps Krapans=
"Sick turn and river," observed Vos astutely.
"I feel bad busting people from this tournament," added Vos. "Normally I don't, but everyone is so nice here."
He obviously didn't hear what Krapans called him as he left. (Joke!)