From first position it was Adriaan de Raad who shoved all in for his last 242,000. Two positions down it was Anthony Zinno doing the same, announcing all in over the top. The other players all got out the way and it was time for another showdown.
Adriaan de Raad:
Anthony Zinno:
The board ran out an uneventful and De Raad made his exit in 16th place. Down to 15 players now, all guaranteed €12,050 from here on out.
Van den Bijgaart was first to act and made it 36,000. His direct neighbor, Marcel Lüske, made the call. The flop came and both Dutch players checked. The fell on the turn and Van den Bijgaart bet out 52,000. Lüske made the call.
The river completed the board and Van den Bijgaart checked. Lüske bet 80,000 and Van den Bijgaart folded. Lüske showed the and raked in the chips.
Fernando Garcia opened for 35,000 and small blind Manuel Bevand pushed all in for his last 126,000. Garcia called with but Bevand had the better hand with . The board ran out and Bevand doubled.
From first position it was Felipe Ramos opening for 45,000. His neighbor Arnaud Peyroles shoved for 242,000 and action folded back to the Brazlian initial raiser. He tanked for a bit before calling;
Felipe Ramos:
Arnaud Peyroles:
The flop came , giving Ramos top two and Peyroles a gutshot. The on the turn was a blank, and the on the river didn't change anything for Peyroles anymore either, besides the fact that he now had lost to a full house instead of two pair.
Action folded to Manuel Bevand on the button and he moved in for 229,000. Small blind Tomas Fara asked for a count and then called. Anthony Zinno folded his big blind and it was time for the two to table their hand.
Tomas Fara:
Manuel Bevand:
The board ran out and besides the little tease that was the window card, no help for Bevand. Exit for the Frenchman, down to 13 players.
Maikel Muis was first to act and made it 42,000. Action folded to Kees Alblas in the big blind and he opened his and announced all in right after for just about 80,000 or so. This caused quite a bit of consternation as especially Marcel Lüske objected to the course of action.
The tournament director came over and ruled that Muis had all the options, but this didn't tone down the conversation. Muis called with his and the dealer fanned to complete the hand.
While Muis received the chips, the conversation was still going on. Even when Alblas had already left the tournament room and was collecting his pay out of €12,050, Lüske and Muis were still having a heated debate about it.
Marcel Lüske, the godfather of poker in The Netherlands, has been eliminated.
A big blow to his stack was when he lost 318,000 to Emrah Cakmak in a pre flop all in. Cakmak had the while Lüske tabled . The board ran out and Lüske was down to 185,000.
The next hand, Lüske shoved all in and everyone folded, including big blind Van den Bijgaart who tanked a bit before mucking his cards.
One hand later, he wasn't so lucky. Action folded to Van den Bijgaart and he shoved all in from the small blind. Marcel Lüske made the call instantly.