David Urban has consistently built the stack, but that is nothing compared to the tower that Daniil Kiselev can now call his own. On the turn, Kiselev bet and his table neighbor Viktor Lavi pushed for 52,100 in total. Kiselev eventually called and the cards were tabled.
Viktor Lavi:
Daniil Kiselev:
The Russian was not very happy when he saw the cards of his opponent, and then jumped out of his seat and banged on the table upon spotting the river, which gave him a straight. Lavi was eliminated and Kiselev soared to the top of the counts.
Paris Stavridis has been one of the most active players on his table with mixed success, after being a big stack early on he dropped into the middle of the pack and just defended his big blind against Marcin Jaworski from under the gun. On the , Stavridis bet 11,000 and his opponent eventually called.
Stavridis showed and that won the pot, evening out the stacks of the Greek and Jaworski.
Paris Stavridis opened to 4,500 and the player on the button moved all in for 33,500. Jean Paul Zaffran gave it plenty of thought in the big blind and the clock was called on the Frenchman. Zaffran then moved all in for around 45,000 with the words "ah well, I can go to sleep." Stavridis folded and the cards were tabled.
Button:
Zaffran:
The board came up and provided no help to the player at risk, while Zaffran banged the table and sat back down.
Rinat Bogdanov has been eliminated and Hajo Wicherts bowed out just before that. After an open raise and a three-bet by Antoine Vranken in late position, Wicherts four-bet shoved with pocket jacks.
The initial raiser folded, but Vranken quickly called and tabled . After a board of , Vranken scooped the pot with a full house and joined the bigger stacks.
According to the screens, there are just 47 players remaining and they have been sent into a 15-minute break. When they return, another three levels of 40 minutes each will be played. Whether or not the top 20 and thus the money will be reached, remains doubtful.
After a raise by Randy Lew, Jonas Lauck moved all in from the button and Pavel Gavrish called for less out of the big blind. Lew folded and saw Lauck's stack reduced to all but dust, as the German's stood no chance against Gavrish's kings.
Lauck then chopped with against the of Lew before shoving for his very last 1,600. Phillipp Teipel raised to 3,800 and the rest of the table folded.
Jonas Lauck:
Phillipp Teipel:
The flop of gave Teipel a straight, but Lauck could still hope for a miracle with the nut flush draw. However, both the turn and river bricked and that sent Lauck to the rail.
Gediminas Januskevicius raised it up to 4,000 and found two callers in Santosh Srinivas and Viliyan Petleshkov in the big blind. The trio checked the flop of and Petleshkov also checked the turn. Januskevicius bet 6,000 and just Srinivas called.
After the river, Januskevicius checked and his sole remaining opponent checked behind. Januskevicius turned over for trips kings and Srinivas mucked.
The hopes of another High Roller cash are still alive for Jonas Lauck. He was at risk for just under 20,000 with the and Dorin Rauta looked him up with . The board came and Lauck made top two in order to double.
Pierre Neuville was less fortunate, as he got his stack of 26,400 in with ace-queen, only to see Michal Ozimek look him up with pocket aces.
On the table of PokerStars Team Online Pro Randy Lew, Aleksandar Tomovic was eliminated as well.