Pasini Spikes the River to Triple Up
Level 25
: 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante
Ognjen Sekularac was under the gun, Tamas Fricz was on the button, and Domenico Pasini was in the small blind. The three players had all their chips in the middle when we arrived at the table. Fricz started the hand with 317,000, Pasini had 331,000 and Sekularac had them both covered.
Pasini: 
Sekularac: 
Fricz: 
The board read 
and Sekularac looked to be in prime position to score a double knockout and win a huge pot. The river landed the 
and Pasini made a full house to nearly triple up. Fricz was eliminated while Sekularac was left with under 100,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,040,000 | 690,000 |
|
89,000 | -591,000 |
|
Busted |
into the 
. Khaksan was disappointed to see his opponent's hand as he held 
. The dealer fanned the flop and the 
. Levy also made a set leaving Khaksan drawing slim. The turn was the 
on the river dashed his hopes. Levy's full house eliminated Khaksan and there are now just six tables remaining.
and Yannick Pernot put him at risk with 
. Tobias Peters, who had railed the table, said "the ace will come" and sure enough the flop fell 
to give Oghabian two pair. The 
turn and 
river were blanks and the Dutchman doubled his short stack.
. Pernot only had 
but got there on the board of 
.
versus 
, but got there on the board of 
."
