After a raise by the hijack, Eugene Katchalov called in the cutoff and Pablo Battista came along from the big blind. On a flop of , the action was checked to the initial raiser and he continued for 2,200, both Katchalov and Battista called.
On the turn, Battista then led for 3,000. The initial raiser folded and Katchalov raised to 12,000 with the Italian then moving all in. Katchalov quickly called and both players turned over an ace.
Pablo Battista:
Eugene Katchalov:
The on the river was a blank and the stacks were counted. Katchalov had 46,100 and Battista less to see the Italian join the rail.
A raising war broke out between Michael Koran and Michel Chen, with the former ending up at risk for around 40,000 with . Chen had the bigger stack and the dominating hand in .
The Frenchman flopped well on and the double up was locked up on the turn, making the on the river a formality.
On the flop of , Randy Lew checked out of the small blind and Pierre Neuville led for 6,100 in the hijack with another 15,000 behind. Lew had a closer look at the stack of the Belgian before check-raising to 14,000 and quickly called the shove of Neuville.
Pierre Neuville:
Randy Lew:
The on the turn instantly filled up Lew to a straight, and the river was a blank. Neuville busted on his second entry, and will have to re-enter before the end of this level or he is officially eliminated.
There has been plenty of action. Paul Skipper busted an opponent when flopping two pair with and an opponent called his shove with for top pair only. Jonas Lauck busted and re-entered while Emil Borno, Miroslav Forman and Jiri Horak were eliminated. €5,300 King's High Roller Viliyan Petleshkov entered not long ago and has been able to increase the stack slightly already.
Horak's elimination came off a raising war when the cutoff and Horak on the button started the action. Daniil Kiselev three-bet in the small blind and the initial raiser called, Horak then moved all in and both opponents did so as well.
Daniil Kiselev:
Jiri Horak:
Cutoff:
The board ran out and Kiselev tripled up for 23,600, while Horak was covered by the cutoff to join the rail. At almost the same time, Andrey Andreev busted for a second time and Kully Sidhu came up short on the first one.
Several players have been eliminated just before the end of the level, including Georges Yazbeck, Dinesh Alt, Georgios Vrakas, Besim Hot, Andreas Samuelsson and Tamas Adamsky.
In the last hand of the level, Nicolas Szulc raised to 2,100 and Vladimir Troyanovskiy moved all in for his last 10,900. The big blind folded and Szulc snap-called.
Vladimir Troyanovskiy:
Nicolas Szulc:
The board ran out and Troyanovskiy spiked an ace on the river to save €2,200, but miss out on a fresh stack of 30,000.
Pierre Neuville has this opportunity, however it comes off busting the third bullet in the last hand against Marcin Chmielewski. Neuville had flopped two pair with , but Chmielewski already had a straight with . Turn and river bricked and that was it for Neuville.
Level eight has come to an end, and the players were sent into a 45-minute dinner break. Once the cards get back in the air, the registration will close and all players that still have chips now won't be able to re-enter. So far, the screens show 116 entries, of which 65 remain.
Roman Cieslik, Kully Sidhu and Georgios Vrakas all bought back in during the dinner break, while Jean Paul Zaffran's table was closed and the Frenchman got moved to the very seat he started in and busted.
Tomas Soderstrom doubled in the first hand after the break and Hubert Matuszewski was left crippled, then all in right after. Soderstrom and his table neighbor in the big blind looked him up. On the river, Soderstrom bet 4,200 in the small blind and the big blind called.
Soderstrom turned over , the big blind had and Matuszewski the .
One hand later, two players limped in and Matuszewski shoved for his last 4,700. Rinat Bogdanov as first limper reshoved and Milan Sasek folded. Matuszewski had and got there against the of his opponent on a board of .
, the action was checked to the initial raiser and he continued for 2,200, both Katchalov and Battista called.
turn, Battista then led for 3,000. The initial raiser folded and Katchalov raised to 12,000 with the Italian then moving all in. Katchalov quickly called and both players turned over an ace.
on the river was a blank and the stacks were counted. Katchalov had 46,100 and Battista less to see the Italian join the rail.
. Chen had the bigger stack and the dominating hand in 
.
and the double up was locked up on the 
turn, making the 
on the river a formality.
, Randy Lew checked out of the small blind and Pierre Neuville led for 6,100 in the hijack with another 15,000 behind. Lew had a closer look at the stack of the Belgian before check-raising to 14,000 and quickly called the shove of Neuville.
river was a blank. Neuville busted on his second entry, and will have to re-enter before the end of this level or he is officially eliminated.
and an opponent called his shove with 
for top pair only. Jonas Lauck busted and re-entered while Emil Borno, Miroslav Forman and Jiri Horak were eliminated. €5,300 King's High Roller Viliyan Petleshkov entered not long ago and has been able to increase the stack slightly already.
, but Chmielewski already had a straight with 
. Turn and river bricked and that was it for Neuville.
