Zurab Ejibia raised and was called by Mihai Hanu before Eksan Abdrakhmanov moved all in for his last 20,400. Ejibia shoved for slightly more and that forced out Hanu.
Eksan Abdrakhmanov: 
Zurab Ejibia: 
While the player from Kazakhstan had gotten it in ahead, the board of 
improved Ejibia and he scored the knockout. Sebastian Langrock failed to spin up his short stack and was also eliminated recently.
Level: 10
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
On a flop of 
Irakli Kemularia checked from the blinds to Milan Telvak who bet 6,000. A third player in the hand called and Kemularia check-min-raised to 12,000. Both other players called.
The turn was the 
. Kemularia bet 11,000 and after some thought, Telvak moved all in for around 25,000. The third player folded and Kemularia snap-called.
Kemularia: 
Telvak: 
Kemularia had flopped a straight with Telvak open-ended. The river was the 
and Telvak was eliminated.
Sebastian Langrock doubled up his last 2,400 with 
versus 
on a board of 
. "I lost kings to ace-queen against Marek Blasko before," the German who now calls Vienna his home explained.
Michal Riczak, Timur Caglan and Paulina Rimkute however are all on the way up. Rimkute was spotted with a raise to 2,000 and picked up two callers in Petr Targa and Roman Tvrzník. The flop came 
and a bet of 3,000 by Rimkute did the trick.
Onkel Otto and Alvydas Bekeris were involved in a three-bet pot and the stacks collided on a flop of 
.
Onkel Otto showed ace-queen for top pair and top kicker, while Bekeris had him crushed with 
for middle set. It was all over after the 
turn, making the 
river a formality. The stacks were counted and Bekeris had 52,000, which covered Onkel Otto. The German returned with a fresh stack soon after, though.
Half way through level nine the field of 102 entries has been cut into more than half. Sebastian Langrock busted and came back with a fresh stack while Airidas Stažys was spotted at the buffet. The Lithuanian busted twice and may still re-enter until the end of level 11.
Here are some updated chip counts from the field, with Marek Lux still holding strong at the top of the counts, with the only addition to his stack recently being a new pink-coloured 25,000 denomination chip. Meanwhile Sebastian Langrock is on yet another bullet; he sits with around starting stack midway through Level 9.
Michal Riczak limped from under the gun and Mike Hansen raised to 2,500 on the button. Riczak three-bet to 7,700 and Hansen called.
The flop came 
and Riczak continued for 8,800 and Hansen called.
The turn was the . Riczak bet 13,000 and Hansen raised to 30,000. Riczak quickly moved all in and after a moment's thought, Hansen folded.
Level: 9
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
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