Harry Bercovici bet 10,000 on a board from the small blind and Michal Mrakes made it 35,000 on his left. A third player mucked and Bercovici called. On the river, Bercovici checked. Mrakes bet 82,000 and Bercovici sighed and shifted in his chair. He announced a call moments later and Mrakes showed for the nut straight, and Bercovici showed he'd been coolered: .
From middle position, Alex Foxen opened for 9,500. Igor Kurganov called from the cutoff before small blind Paul Michaelis squeezed to 44,000. The big blind and Foxen both folded, Kurganov called.
The flop came and Michaelis shoved.
"What do you think I have?" Kurganov quipped before instantly folding after.
Amjad Mustafa jammed on the button for 40,000 and Rasmus Vogt called in the small blind. The player in the big blind whistled upon seeing his cards but ultimately decided to fold after about 30 seconds.
Vogt:
Mustafa:
The board ran out , no help to Mustafa. That means the next eliminated player will be the last to go home empty-handed.
Dimitrios Kalaroutis bet 25,000 from the small blind into two opponents on a board of . Anatolii Zyrin called from early position and the river was a . Kalaroutis checked and Zyrin bet 48,000. Kalaroutis moved all in and Zyrin double-checked his cards and snap-called, flipping over for a boat.
The staff quickly instructed him to turn the cards back over as all of the tables weren't done dealing. Moments later, the cards were shown again and Kalaroutis could only smile and show for a bluff.
Here's a look at some of the players eliminated in advance of the bubble. The fallen include bracelet winner Norbert Szecsi, high-stakes online cash player Liviu Ignat and Friend of PokerStars Maria Konnikova.
Igor Kurganov limped under the gun for 4,000 and Marcin Horecki joined from middle position. Small blind Alex Foxen thought about it for a bit before completing and big blind Sebastian Kappenberg checked.
The flop came and the blinds and Kurganov checked. Horecki bet 12,000. Foxen check-raised to 31,500 and big blind Kappenberg tanked for quite some time before shoving for 37,500. Horecki called, and so did Foxen.
The on the turn saw Foxen shove and Horecki folded instantly.
Sebastian Kappenberg:
Alex Foxen:
The river couldn't help Kappenberg and he departed as one of the last ones before the bubble.
PokerStars Team Pro Marcin Horecki got all in preflop for what looked like around 150,000 with against a player holding . The board came ace-free and Horecki even hit a boat when trip fours arrived on the felt, earning him a double.
board from the small blind and Michal Mrakes made it 35,000 on his left. A third player mucked and Bercovici called. On the 
river, Bercovici checked. Mrakes bet 82,000 and Bercovici sighed and shifted in his chair. He announced a call moments later and Mrakes showed 
for the nut straight, and Bercovici showed he'd been coolered: 
.
and Michaelis shoved. 
and Regonaschi doubled.
. Kalaroutis checked and Zyrin bet 48,000. Kalaroutis moved all in and Zyrin double-checked his cards and snap-called, flipping over 
for a boat.
and the blinds and Kurganov checked. Horecki bet 12,000. Foxen check-raised to 31,500 and big blind Kappenberg tanked for quite some time before shoving for 37,500. Horecki called, and so did Foxen.
on the turn saw Foxen shove and Horecki folded instantly.
. The board came ace-free and Horecki even hit a boat when trip fours arrived on the felt, earning him a double.
