Andreas Chalkiadakis raised it up to 50,000 and Dawid Smolka checked his cards before moving all-in for 435,000. The Greek tanked for a while and then called with a stack of 450,000.
Dawid Smolka:
Andreas Chalkiadakis:
The board ran out and that spelled the end for Smolka.
The live stream action has caught up with the final hand of the previous level in which a short-stacked Narcis Nedelcu was all-in against Alireza Keyvar.
Narcis Nedelcu:
Alireza Keyvar:
On a board of , Keyvar hit running cards to a jack-high straight.
The action started with a raise to 60,000 in the cutoff by Iman Ghashayar and Jason Wheeler then pushed all-in for 695,000 on the button. Once the blinds had folded, Ghashayar beat him into the pot.
Jason Wheeler:
Iman Ghashayar:
The board was not without a sweat for Wheeler but the American poker pro was sent to the rail. Just prior to that, Milad Izadmousa had been felted on the feature table as the field was whittled down to the last 35 hopefuls.
The action commenced with an open raise to 60,000 by Andreas Chalkiadakis and Lars Kamphues then three-bet to 190,000 in the small blind. Once it folded back to Chalkiadakis, the Greek jammed for around 620,000 and Kamphues snap-called.
Andreas Chalkiadakis:
Lars Kamphues:
The flop gave Chalkiadakis a straight draw but one of his outs was gone, since Kamphues held the nut flush draw. Nothing changed with the turn and river to reduce the field to the final four tables.
As reward, Kamphues was moved to the live-streamed feature table.
Ido Aboudi raised to 80,000 in the cutoff and Samuel Tebege simply jammed all-in for nearly one million in chips. The initial raiser mulled it over for a minute and then called.
Samuel Tebege:
Ido Aboudi:
The flop improved Tebege but Aboudi had the flush draw. Nothing changed with the turn nor the river as Tebege had reason to celebrate.
Fabien Parisel was all-in for the last 5,000 out of the big blind with the after he has lost all but the last chip in the previous hand.
Fabio Pilato raised with the from an early position and Denis Gergoc called on the button with the .
Pilato bet all the way on the flop for 60,000, on the turn for 200,000 and jammed the river for 640,000. Once he was snap-called and tabled his sevens full, he was stunned by the runner-runner news as the field was reduced to 26 contenders.
Ido Aboudi got his short stack in with the and Marek Blasko woke up with the in the small blind. The [Ag7c3d8s9s] board ensured the double up of Blasko for 320,000 to leave Aboudi short.
He then tripled up for the rest of it with ace-eight.
At the same time, Vojtech Ruzicka raised to 100,000 and Uwe Mauerhoff called in the small blind. Andrea Sirigu jammed for 125,000 in the big blind and was called both ways.
The flop was checked and Mauerhoff check-folded the turn to a bet worth 85,000 by Ruzicka.
Ido Aboudi was all-in for the last 200,000 and Natale Allegra then reraised to 425,000. Samuel Tebege pushed over the top from one seat over and Allegra called all-in with the slightly inferior stack.
Ido Aboudi:
Natale Allegra:
Samuel Tebege:
The kings prevailed thanks to the board and Aboudi was eliminated in 25th place to set up the final three tables.
Over on the feature table, Frantisek Jirout faced the small blind push by Samir Boudeliou and had some 510,000 behind, which Boudeliou had covered with 765,000.
Frantisek Jirout:
Samir Boudeliou:
The board ran out and Jirout missed out on the pay jump to bust in 24th place for €5,925.
After the pay jump had been secured with the elimination on the feature table, there was another all-in and two calls on the outer tables.
Asaf Adato limped the cutoff and Samuel Tebege got the last 80,000 in from the small blind. Darko Percic called in the big blind, as did Adato.
Both active players checked down the board and Tebege sighed "the turn looked so nice" before flashing the . He was beaten by the of Percic already but Adato had the best hand with the .