There are only 83 players remaining at the end of level eight and they have been sent into a 15-minute break. Three more levels will be played tonight and the next feature table will include Marius Pertea and Mike Hill amongst others.
Qamran Ghani busted on the feature table after running with queens into the kings of Preben Stokkan and Peter Jaksland fell, too. Martin Soukup departed and the four outer tables saw Francisco Pulido and Matt Perrins depart.
The new big stacks there are Nicolay Langfeldt, Thomas Cazayous and Francis Foord-Brown
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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260,000
260,000
|
260,000 |
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240,000
179,000
|
179,000 |
|
200,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
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|
180,000
103,100
|
103,100 |
|
170,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
140,000
-28,000
|
-28,000 |
|
140,000
81,000
|
81,000 |
|
110,000
58,000
|
58,000 |
|
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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 | |
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Busted | |
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Benjamin Lebor four-bet all in for 58,000 with the 
and Karl Stark called with the 
for a big flip. The board came 
and Lebor held up to double into an above-aberage stack.
Prior to that, Colin Heus had doubled through Stark and had the Swede at risk soon after with short stack Tim Verheyen also joining the mix for the following three-way showdown:
Tim Verheyen: 
Karl Stark: 
Colin Heus: 
Then board came 
and Verheyen was eliminated, while Stark doubled through Heus for 25,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
120,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
65,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
|
65,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
Busted |
The board was all but rushed away while Hong Wang had to forfeit the vast majority of his stack to Marius Pertea, paying off the 88,000 of the 2017 Unibet Open Bucharest champion.
On a board of 
, Wang had put his hopes on the turn on pocket tens for a pair and a gutshot, but Pertea's 
held up thanks to the blank queen on the river. Wang was not covered just yet, but had very few chips left and busted right after.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
230,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
|
Busted |
Rauno Tahvonen three-bet all in out of the small blind for 19,000 with the 
and Marius Pertea called from early position with the 
. The board of 
provided top set for the Unibet Poker ambassador while Pertea turned the straight to send the Estonian to the rail.
Peter Harkes departed right after when he got his remaining chips in with 
. Orestis Kanakopoulos called with and the Dutchman failed to get there on a board of 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
90,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
|
90,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Out of the small blind Jeremy Saderne open-shoved into short stack Tim Verheyen and the latter called it off with the 
. Saderne only had and the board of 
provided a flush on the board to chop it up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
90,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
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|
|
10,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
On the flop of , Hong Wang on the button bet 6,000 and Oystein Eileraas folded, while Kfir Ivgi on the button called and Oystein Eileraas folded.
The 
fell on the turn and both players checked before the appeared on the river. Ivgi checked and Wang bet 18,000 to force a fold. While Wang dragged in the pot, Ivgi said "I think he was up and down" and indeed Wang flashed the 
for a successful bluff.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
115,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
|
110,000
63,000
|
63,000 |
|
70,000
-33,000
|
-33,000 |
|
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|
60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
55,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
190,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
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|
|
128,000
-22,000
|
-22,000 |
|
|
38,000
38,000
|
38,000 |
|
38,000
-7,000
|
-7,000 |
|
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
Level: 8
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
Below are further shots of the second starting day at The Vic, courtesy of Tambet Kask and Elena Vareiko.
