The action folded to Andreas Torbergsen and he raised to 300,000, which Simon Lofberg called in the big blind. They checked the flop and Torbergsen bet the turn for 300,000, a call by Lofberg followed.
After the river both players elected to check and Torbergsen tabled , which Lofberg had beat with the [Jh8s4s2dh].
Sai Wah "sws79" Shek scooped four pots in quick succession and Shyngis "somebodyelse" Satubayev maintained his shorter stack when he raised the pot and was called by Leon Tsoukernik in the big blind. On the flop, Tsoukernik check-folded and Andreas Torbergsen showed mucked .
Simon Lofberg won the last hand before the next break when he bet the turn and river of a board and forced a fold from Tsoukernik.
Arvi "Catman777" Vainionkulma raised it up to 350,000 from the cutoff with fewer than two blinds behind and Leon Tsoukernik came along from the small blind. Tsoukernik again bet the pot on the flop and Vainionkulma called all-in.
Arvi "Catman777" Vainionkulma:
Leon Tsoukernik:
The nut straight against middle set saw the Finn at risk and he had to dodge further outs on the turn. Tsoukernik hit the river for quads and that sent Vainionkulma out in 6th place for $64,805.54.
Paul Teoh raised the pot to 350,000 on the button and Leon Tsoukernik called in the small blind. Tsoukernik simply bet the pot on the flop and Teoh called all-in for less than that.
Paul Teoh:
Leon Tsoukernik:
Teoh needed a heart to stay in contention but instead the turn and river brought no help to send the Malaysian to the rail in 7th place for $34,819.02.
Benjamin "dr100percent" Juhasz had a shade under the size of the pot behind and jammed the cutoff, which Simon Lofberg in the big blind called.
Benjamin "dr100percent" Juhasz:
Simon Lofberg:
The board came and Lofberg made a flush on the river for good measure. Juhasz became the first casualty since the field combined to one table and takes home $25,522.19.
In separate hands on the final table bubble, the field has lost one player each to set up an eight-handed final table.
First up a three-way pot worth 880,000 emerged to the flop on which Leon Tsoukernik bet the pot. One fold was followed by the shove of Ajay "Ross_Geller" Chabra for 1.1 million and Tsoukernik called.
Ajay "Ross_Geller" Chabra:
Leon Tsoukernik:
The turn and river ensured the departure of Chabra in 10th place.
dagidagii eliminated
As the four players on that table waited for the final table to gather, there was another showdown.
Shyngis "somebodyelse" Satubayev raised the pot and called the shove of "Brahman33" for little more.
"Brahman33":
Shyngis "somebodyelse" Satubayev:
The player from the Ukraine flopped an open-ender on but that's all she wrote as the turn and river were both blanks.
Sai Wah "sws79" Shek three-bet a pot-sized open raise by Shyngis "somebodyelse" Satubayev to pull over 3.15 million in chips and raised the pot again shortly after. "Brahman33" had dropped to mere two blinds by then and called all-in, the rest of the table folded.
The final table bubble has slowed down the action on both tables and two players managed to spin up their shorter stacks without too much drama in Arvi "Catman777" Vainionkulma and Shyngis "somebodyelse" Satubayev.
Vainionkulma battled with "Brahman33" who limped in and they checked the flop. On the turn, "Brahman33" bet 81,250 and folded to a pot-sized raise.