Level: 17
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
Level: 17
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
David Mikluszka jammed for four big blinds from the cutoff and was called by Luka Bojavic in the big blind.
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Luka Bojavic: ![]()
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Bojavic improved to a straight on the ![]()
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board and the Main Event progressed to the pure money bubble after the hand with 72 players remaining.
The clock has stopped at 39:49 and two minutes will be run off for each hand on the bubble.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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100,000
100,000
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100,000 |
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Busted |
Markus Ganglbauer jammed for 50,000 from the hijack and was called by Vladimir Bednar from the big blind.
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Vladimir Bednar: ![]()
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A crowd gathered as the ![]()
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ran out on the board. Ganglbauer hit top pair. This wasn't enough to beat Bednar's set of tens and Ganglbauer was officially eliminated on the bubble in 72nd place.

| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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120,000
15,400
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15,400 |
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Busted |
Since the money bubble broke, there were a bunch of eliminations at once leaving just 62 players remaining in the field
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
Level: 18
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
Kaidar Viikman jammed for about 16 big blinds and was up against Martin Ilavsky in a coinflip situation for his tournament life.
Kaidar Viikman: ![]()
Martin Ilavsky: ![]()
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It was looking good for Viikman to double after the ![]()
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flop and the
turn. However, the
came raining down on the river to pair up Ivalsky's ace to eliminate Ivalsky.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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350,000
212,300
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212,300 |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
Sami Pulliainen jammed for about six big blinds and was called by Devid Berlin.
Sami Pulliainen: ![]()
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Devid Berlin: ![]()
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Pulliainen couldn't double his short stack and instead was out the door after he bricked the ![]()
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. Pulliainen was the last hope for a player from Finland to win the Main Event as there are no more players left from the Scandanivian country.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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640,000
150,000
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150,000 |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
Robin Hegele three-bet jammed for 164,000 from the hijack over an opener from early position. Pavol Melichar came in from 165,000 form the big blind with a four-bet. The initial opener folded and players turned over their cards.
Robin Hegele: ![]()
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Both players nailed a set on the ![]()
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flop. Hegele was drawing to one out and didn't get any help from either the
turn or the
river to hit the rail just before the break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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355,000
35,000
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35,000 |
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Busted | |
The final 48 players are on their final break of the day.
Level: 19
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 12,000