Level 21
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
While Fabian Demand was eliminated in 31st place, Rudolf Koster scored an urgently needed double to remain in contention and help himself back above the current average.
Johannes Schulze raised to 40,000 and chip leader Peter Jaksland called in the hijack. Koster moved all in from the button and Schulze asked for a count. The shove was for 264,000 and Schulze moved in over the top. Now it was Jaksland that asked for a count and Schulze's all in was for 517,000 in total, which proved to be too much for the Dane.
Rudolf Koster: 
Johannes Schulze: 
The board came 
and Koster doubled.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,800,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
|
610,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
||
|
250,000
260,000
|
260,000 |
|
Busted | |
, Domarkas now bet a stack of blue 25,000-value chips worth around 275,000. Silz quickly folded.
and Dormakas said "good game, I am on fire."
- Targowksi hit his flush for the double up.
river were a mere formality and Schulze was eliminated. Moments later Daniel Niemitz was ousted by Karolis Domarkas, who remained close to Jaksland at the top of the counts.
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and the jacks played another crucial role for Zarnegar, who effectively tripled his stack in five minutes.
