The Story So Far
Polish player Michal Kadziela made it 235,000 with 
but Croitoru raised to 500,000 with 
. Kadziela counted out his chips and with just fourteen big blinds behind, couldn’t carry on with the other short stacks around him. Both chip leaders are taking advantage of their lead by putting the other five remaining players in the cage as they glance at the pay-outs throughout.
Marco Topic moved all-in pre-flop with 
and got it through, before Croitoru moved all-in with 
from the small blind. The big blind was Wendlandt and he dodged any trouble. Banic raised with an ace then c-bet the ace-high flop as the status quo was maintained.
Two hours into play, Ivan Banic has benefitted most, building himself a chip-leading stack. Overnight leader Mihai Croitoru has maintained his table control, however, while Stefan Drabert busted in eighth place. Of the remaining seven players, Michal Kadziela has endured the most pain, hardly winning a hand and having to fold in some horrible spots.