Shortest Hand-For-Hand Play Ever
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
In the first hand of hand-for-hand play, Jan Ramik was all in for 67,000 with the 
and Aleksandar Denishev snap-called with the 
. The board came 
and Ramik turned a straight to survive.
There was one further all in and call and it was Francesco Cirianni that ended up all in with pocket jacks. Mykhailo Gutyi called with ace-queen and flopped both an ace and a queen to let the bubble burst.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
290,000 | 40,000 |
|
260,000 | -30,000 |
|
140,000 | 40,000 |
|
Busted |
, but the 
followed on the turn to give Zukernik the lead. A blank 
river changed nothing anymore and the field was reduced to the last 27 for the redraw.
turn was followed by the 
river and Vogt became the 27th place finisher.
as Oliver Heidel held the better hand preflop and after the river with the 
.
board and Klein also bowed out just shy of the money.
for top pair of Plamen Yakimov on a board of 
and the cards of the Dane were already in the muck while he exited the tournament area moments later.
and the narrow kicker advantage against 
in showdown against Michael Braeutigam. The German had the superior pocket pair in 
river a formality and Sonnenholzner departed.
