Christoph Vogelsang was all in for the against the for Tobias Reinkemeier. Although the two players held the same hand, Vogelsang picked up a freeroll after the flop came down . The turn was the , and then the river was the . With that river, Vogelsang was able to hit his flush and double up. He was all in for 116,000.
Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu and Erik Seidel got involving in a raising war on the flop. After all of the money went in, Negreanu tabled the for a combo draw and was up against the for Seidel's bottom set.
The turn was the , and then the river completed the board with the . Negreanu missed all of his draws and was eliminated for the second time. Seidel moved to 950,000 in chips.
Tony Bloom was all in preflop for 89,000 with the . He was called by the original raiser Fabian Quoss who had the . The board ran out to give Bloom a backdoor flush and the double up.
Antonio "The Magician" Esfandiari won't be pulling off any more tricks in this LK Boutique $250,000 Challenge, as he was just eliminated by Igor Kurganov.
The money went in preflop with Esfandiari holding the to Kurganov's . The board came to bust Esfandiari.
The players are now playing Level 9, and this will be the final 40-minute level of the day. Keep in mind that registration and reentry are open until the start of Day 2.