Yann Dion opened for 20,000 and Nikolay Losev raised to 50,000. The small blind folded but Albert Daher defended his big blind and Dion made the call so they went three ways to the flop of . Daher and Dion checked to the raiser and Losev bet 60,000. Daher called and Dion got out of the way. The turn card was the and now Daher decided to lead out for 113,000. Losev thought for a while and made the call. The river was the and Daher announced “Three hundred.” Before sliding out three towers of chips for his 300,000 bet. Losev counted his stack down, thought about it some more and made the call. Daher flipped over his for flopped trips to win a huge pot and shoot into the chip lead.
Julian Thomas in the small blind and Dominik Panka in the big blind had reached the turn of a board reading . Thomas checked and Panka bet 52,000. Thomas made the call and they saw the river card . Thomas moved all in and got an instant call from Panka’s . Thomas held and was out of the high roller in 14th.
Martin Staszko was all in for his last 82,000. Marton Czuczor shoved all in behind and Ondrej Vinklarek went all in as well.
Staszko had
Czuczor
Vinklarek
The cards fell . Vinklarek couldn’t believe the flop as it looked like his kings were doomed to the flopped top two of Cuczor. It didn’t look too healthy for Staszko either. When the king hit the river Vinklarek was ecstatic until Staszko said, “I win.” For indeed he hit the straight. Vinklarek more than covered him though and although a side pot was Staszko’s, Vinklarek won heaps and one time chip leader Czuczor was crippled.
It didn’t take Marton Czuczor long to get the rest of his chips in after that devastating blow, shoving with and getting called by Martin Staszko with . An ace on the flop all but sealed it, and with no help on the turn or river he was gone.
Yann Dion moved all in with from late position and got looked up by the of Nikolay Losev. The cards fell . Dion couldn’t hit and Losev put him to the sword.
It was folded around to Team PokerStars Pro Alex Kravchenko in the small blind who quickly moved all in against Albert Daher but the Lebanese player instantly called.
Kravchenko:
Daher:
It was bad misfortune for the Russian to run into such a monster and he couldn't find the bullet he needed on the board.
Martin Staszko opened to 26,000 preflop from early position and the action was passed around to Kent Lundmark on the button. He put in a three-bet to 51,000 and it was folded back to Staszko.
The Czech player thought briefly and then moved all in, Lundmark made a fairly quick call.
Staszko:
Lundmark:
The flop came and there was no help for the Dane but the on the turn gave him a flush draw. Staszko just needed to avoid a jack or a heart and he'd be the recipient of a huge double up. The river was the - Lundmark completed his flush and left Staszko thoroughly depressed.
After a countdown, Staszko was clearly shown to have less chips and as a result he bubbled the final table.