Pumpalov Busts; Diaz Left Very Short
Level 22
: 10,000/20,000, 0 ante
In two consecutive hands, Tarek Sleiman took the entire stack of Luchezar Pumpalov to reduce the field to the last 24 hopefuls.
In the first hand he got it in with the 
against Pumpalov's 
and the board came 
.
Then, Pumpalov got the remainder of his stack in with the 
]. Again it was Sleiman that had 
and they got it in after the 
flop. The 
turn and 
river improved Sleiman and Pumpalov was felted in 25th place.
One big pot was still playing one table over and that vaulted him into second place. Hanh Tran had raised to 55,000 and picked up one caller. Guillaume Diaz raised the pot and Tran shoved for 626,000. The cold caller got out of the way and Diaz called it off.
Hanh Tran: 
Guillaume Diaz: 
The board came 
and Tran scored a massive double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,300,000 | 860,000 |
|
670,000 | 460,000 |
|
50,000 | -700,000 |
|
Busted |
flop gave Boyd top set and he only had to fear the case ace. Nothing changed with the 
turn, but the 
ended up second-best to the 
of Luchezar Pumpalov on a board of 
. Magalashvili held 
and the board of 
of Burkhard and was drawing dead on the turn of a board 
.
and chip leader Martin Rothaermel looked him up with the 
and Petleshkov dealt the final blow with the nut straight.
