Hakim Zoufri has dropped below the average stack and Lukas Zaskodny has taken over a commanding lead at their table, while all other players are fighting for their tournament life.
Vladimir Troyanovskiy raised to 7,000 and was called by Jan-Peter Jachtmann, Toni Vardjavand and Zoufri. The flop came and action checked to Vardjavand, who bet 12,000. Zoufri called, Troyanovskiy folded and Jachtmann gave it some time consideration before check-raising all in for 37,900. Vardjavand quickly folded while Zoufri did so after asking for a count.
Sergio Fernandez busted just before the blinds went up and Ognjen Sekularac got his short stack in soon after with the . Ryan Riess looked him up with the and turned a full house to eliminate the Serbian.
A total of 191 entries created a prize pool of €366,529 and the top 29 spots will get paid at least €3,215 for their efforts, while the first place is rewarded with the elusive golden bracelet and a payday of €93,677.
After losing a big pot to Liran Twito, Teunis Kooij was all in for his remaining few chips on a flop of . Kooij turned over and Wissam Turkie had him dominated with the . The ]Ac] turn and the river completed the board and that was it for the Dutchman.
On the flop of with around 45,000 in the pot, Hakim Zoufri moved all in for 31,400. Vladimir Troyanovskiy folded and Boatman asked for a count before announcing the call.
Hakim Zoufri:
Barny Boatman:
The turn improved Boatman to a straight and the river bricked off to eliminate Zoufri.
Sumit Sapra called a bet of 5,200 by Rifat Palevic on the flop of before the stack of the Indian went into the middle of the table on the turn. Palevic called with the for two pair and Sapra showed for a set of threes. The river was a blank and Sapra doubled
Sebastian Langrock is in need of a huge comeback, he just tripled for a tiny stack.
Toni Vardjavand got his short stack in with the on a flop of and fahredin Mustafov looked him up with for the open-ended straight draw and the turn instantly improved the Bulgarian. A blank on the river failed to improve Vardjavand and he joined the rail.
Alex Foxen mucked his cards after two players showed a king-high straight, which was not the nuts in this case, but Foxen failed to beat that and headed to the rail. Soon after, Phil Hellmuth's fight with a short stack came to an end as well and Rifat Palevic's aggression took a big pot off Dominik Paus.
Paus checked the cutoff on the turn and called a pot-sized bet of 48,200 by Palevic before checking the on the river. Palevic shoved for around 55,000 and Paus reluctantly folded, he was then shown by the Swede.