According to tablemate Dominik Nitsche, Dimitris Lesnoy has been raising every hand blind, but the circus, as it were, has finally ended.
Lesnoy opened preflop with a minraise before Chino Rheem isolated to 4,000. Abou Saleh Elias then put in a cold four bet, at which point it's thought that Lesnoy did look at his hand and opted to flat-call, Rheem called as well to see a flop.
We're unsure exactly how the action went but Lesnoy's remaining chips went in the middle and Rheem dwelt for ages before folding, Elias then snap-called and turned over .
Lesnoy, "I'm about 8%..." he said, having a real hand this time with .
There was no help from the turn or river and Lesnoy was eliminated.
Jan Brandejs opened to 1,225 from UTG+1 and picked up three callers. The first was Robert Peltekci (next to act), then Sam El Sayed came along for the ride in the cutoff and Anton Komarov called on the button.
The quartet saw the dealer fan out the flop, a flop that Brandejs checked, Peltekci bet 3,600, El Sayed called and Komarov called! But that was not the end of the action because Brandejs then moved all-in for 11,750, Peltekci folded and El Sayed called! Still with us? Good! Komarov looked set to call but he eventually folded.
El Sayed:
Brandejs:
El Sayed usually hits these combo draws for fun; but not today. The turn was followed by the river and Brandejs trebled up.
The Mizrachi brothers are tearing up this tournament, especially Robert Mizrachi who is now sat being several towers of chips totaling 141,000.
We joined his table to hear him call Önder Özdemirler's all-in bet of 25,800 after a preflop raising battle between the pair.
Mizrachi turned over and was in a typical coinflip against the of Özdemirler. The flop was pretty final but the turn did offer some hope to Özdemirler. However, the was not a river card that he wanted to see and Özdemirler headed for the exits.
Andreas Krause just showed off a perfectly timed squeeze play from the big blind. One player had opened to 1,600 and he was called by Chino Rheem, Michael Mizrachi and the small blind before Krause Squeezed all in for about 38,000.
One by one the callers folded, the small blind apparently folding tens - Krause congratulated him on this and showed .
Here are what the players are battling it out for in this fantastic tournament. We have seen 329 entries and that means 36 places will be paid out. A min-cash is worth $8,070 with the eventual winner walking away with $287,784, which includes a $25,500 seat to the WPT World Championship at the Bellagio.
There was an open to 2,200 with two callers before Karapet Danielyan made it 6,400 from middle position. Martin Finger then cold four bet to 13,600 behind him on the button, only for Talgat to cold five all in for 14,700.
It was passed back around to Danielyan who moved all in himself for 34,600 and the onus was once again on Finger, who, having done the maths, sighed and called.
Talgat:
Danielyan:
Finger:
The board came and Talgat more than tripled up to about 55,000. Danielyan won a 40,000 chip side pot against Finger while the German dropped to about 45,000 himself and was slightly disgruntled about it.
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flop.
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turn or 
river and Lesnoy was eliminated.
flop, a flop that Brandejs checked, Peltekci bet 3,600, El Sayed called and Komarov called! But that was not the end of the action because Brandejs then moved all-in for 11,750, Peltekci folded and El Sayed called! Still with us? Good! Komarov looked set to call but he eventually folded.
turn was followed by the 
and was in a typical coinflip against the 
turn did offer some hope to Özdemirler. However, the 
was not a river card that he wanted to see and Özdemirler headed for the exits.
and Talgat more than tripled up to about 55,000. Danielyan won a 40,000 chip side pot against Finger while the German dropped to about 45,000 himself and was slightly disgruntled about it.