Ondrej Milabersky doubled up for 84,500 with out of the small blind, though the hand of his opponent was already mucked after the board ran out .
Then, Goncalo da Costa Ferrao shoved for 81,000 with and Frederic Ayadi reshoved with to scare off all other players on their table. The flop was a delight for the Portuguese and the turn and river meaningless.
Only eleven spots remain to be filled with tears and no money. Soufiane Abbouti was down to as low as 11,000 chips and suddenly boasts a stack of 200,000 chips, which is almost the average. "I gotta work some magic," the Belgian said when walking past his table.
Down to 20 big blinds, Alexandre de Zutter is among the shorter stacks when approaching the money. One of the hands that saw him lost chips included a flop of where the Frenchman had made two pair with ace-queen. Abdel Omais however took advantage of the superior stack and successfully pushed out de Zutter with a shove.
There are 66 players remaining and Bruno Roussel sits on table 6 seat 6. he shoved his short stack of 27,500 all in from early position and received a reshove from an opponent in late position. Roussel had the and improved versus on a board of .
Three players have joined the rail in the first 10 minutes of the new level, but besides that the tables provided barely any action. Since the top 53 spots get paid and 66 players remain, it isn't uncommon to slow down close to the bubble.
Joining the action on a four-way turn with the board reading , Matas Cimbolas bet 25,500 and enforced a fold from his two opponents while Alberto Gonzalez Penelas was already all in. "I don't even know why I am betting," the Lithuanian said and then turned over the .
Gonzalez Penelas needed an ace with but the on the river was a brick. other recent bustouts include Dimitri Halliez as well as Vitaliy Shepitko.
It was a coin flip for the German with against the pocket sevens of Miroslav Alilovic and a jack-high board provided no excitement for Michaelis, as neither of his over cards or diamonds hit.