Hand for hand play has been going on for quite some time now. We've just entered the fifth hand in which nobody busted out. We're still closely monitoring the action so as soon as anything changes we will give you all the info.
With 37 players remaining we just entered the hand for hand stage of this tournament. This always slows down the action but with a lot of pro's and a 6-max format we don't expect it to take till the end of this level.
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John Racener became our penultimate bubble boy after losing a coin flip versus Mark Radoja.
| Radoja |   |
| Racener |   |
The board was kind to Radoja and Racener was eliminated leaving 38 players and a bubble to avoid.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | 5,000 |
|
Busted |
Once again it was Pollak involved in an all-in confrontation, but this time he was way behind.
| Freidrich |   |
| Pollak |   |
The board remained Queen free and Freidrich doubled up much to the annoyance of the rest of the table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
104,000 | 4,000 |
|
30,000 |
We missed the pre flop action but David Benyamine was heads-up from the big blind against Benjamin Pollak who was seated in the under the gun position. The pot was around 18,000 chips when the flop brought out 
. Both players checked.
The turn was the 
and Benyamine bet 6,500, Pollak called quickly. On the river another six, the 
, appeared and Benyamine checked to Pollak who counted out a bet and threw 15,000 towards the middle. Benyamine pondered for a while before making the call leaving himself with only 24,000. Pollak showed and raked in this big pot just before the bubble.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
100,000 | 33,000 |
|
24,000 | -35,000 |
Na Sugimoto moved all-in for his last loose change holding 
and Benjamin Pollak called holding 
. Pollak hit trips on the flop to send us one player closer to the money.
Only two more exits before the remaining 36 players get paid. We will be playing until the end of this level before we go on a 60 minute dinner break.
Marvin Rettenmaier is usually one of those guys who gets you with a check-raise or some other creative move, but this time he decided to take it easy. The German grinder raised to 2,100 and Tod Terry decided to three-bet in position to 5,700. The rest of the players folded and Rettenmaier called.
The flop came down 
and Rettenmaier checked to Terry who bet 6,000. Wit a very sour face the German folded leaving himself with 68,000 chips. Terry is back up to 40,000 and both players are still in the race to cash this tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
68,000 | -24,000 |
|
40,000 | 11,550 |
Level: 12
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
