Mikael "Chaoren160" Thuritz was down to just 18,874 and moved in from the cutoff. Big blind "bencb789" didn't have too hard a decision with and called. Thuritz rolled over .
The board ran out and Thuritz made his exit in 9th place.
With the elimination of the Swede by his countryman, the two tables were merged to one final table. The money is still far far away, only 3 get paid while 8 are left.
From middle position, Fedor "CrownUpGuy" Holz raised to 4,500. Igor "lechuckpoker" Kurganov in the cutoff three-bet to 12,000 and action folded back to Holz who called.
With the pot now at 29,400, the flop came . Holz check-folded to Kurganov's 9,702 bet,
Under the gun, Igor "lechuckpoker" Kurganov raised to 5,400. Action quickly folded around to small blind Fedor "CrownUpGuy" Holz who three-bet to 16,450, leaving himself 41,077 behind.
Big blind "bencb789" cold four-bet to 36,000 and Kurganov folded. Holz shoved for 57,527 and "bencb789" added the needed 20,000 or so to call.
"bencb789":
Fedor "CrownUpGuy" Holz:
It started out as a coinflip between the two, but after the flop Holz had already locked up the double up. The flop gave him quads, an unbeatable hand.
The on the turn and on the river were just for show and Holz collected the 123,334 pot.
From early position, Belgian player "OtB_RedBaron", living in London, raised to 5,352 with 51,056 behind. Action folded to "bencb789" on the button and he three-bet to 15,400, with 43,340 behind. Both blinds released and "OtB_RedBaron" moved all in. "bencb789" called.
"OtB_RedBaron":
"bencb789":
"bencb789" needed help, but didn't immediately get it on the flop. The on the turn in combination with the on the river gave him a flush though, and "OtB_RedBaron" made his exit in 8th place.
The host, possibly not aware 8th place in fact netted "OtB_Red_Baron" no money, congratulated him on the deep run:
HostJoshuaC [Commentator]: And the first elimination at this Final Table sees OtB_RedBaron bow out in 8th place. Congratulations on your deep run to reach the Final Table!
Action folded to Igor "lechuckpoker" Kurganov in the cutoff and he raised to 5,400. The button folded but Bryn Kenney in the small blind pushed for 29,198. Big blind Nikita "fish2013" Bodyakovskiy over pushed for 79,529 and Kurganov got out of the way.
Nikita "fish2013" Bodyakovskiy:
Bryn Kenney:
The board did not help Kenney and the American high roller departed in 7th place.
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