Level 17
: 3,000/6,000, 0 ante
The penultimate level kicked off with more action and three players were elimination in quick succession.
Jeff Madsen ended up all in and at risk with the 
and David Boyaciyan called with the 
. The board came 
and Boyaciyan dealt the final blow with a flush.
Next to fall was Jochen Kaiser, who got into a raising war preflop against Oleg Pavlyuchuk. They got it in after the 
flop and Kaiser turned over the 
. Pavlyuchuk had plenty of outs with the 
and got there with the 
turn and 
river run out.
Next to fall was Apostolos Chatzopoulos and that reduced the field to the last 33 hopefuls.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
400,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
|
115,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
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|
Busted | |
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Busted | |
, Oleg Pavlyuchuk bet the pot out of the big blind and Marco Figuccia moved all in for 63,500. That forced out Jochen Kaiser on the button and Pavlyuchuk quickly called.
turn, but the cruel 
flop and invested a big portion of his stack, 81,500 to be excact, to put Heidl at risk.
turn was as painful as it could get for Cohen, as he was left with just one out all of a sudden. It was not meant to be on the 
flop gave Rezaei trips, and the 
river and Pescatori reluctantly called.
for the second nut flush. Walnum was eliminated with the 
