We are in the money and the better hand preflop lost. It was Ognjen Sekularac who was all in and at risk for 96,000 with the and Philip Sternheimer made the reluctant call with the . The flop brought no change and the Serbian was still ahead.
However, the on the turn saw Sternheimer improve. No jack on the river but instead the saw the money bubble burst and all remaining 15 players now have €17,500 guaranteed.
The action folded to Ihar Soika in early position and he moved all in for 55,000. One seat over, Artem Litvinov made the call and everyone else folded. Jason Lavallee in the big blind as well, seemingly with a big decision.
Litvinov:
Soika:
The flop was no good for Litvinov, but he improved on the turn. Only hearts or an eight could now save Soika, but it wasn't meant to be as the river completed the board. There will now be a redraw for the last two tables and we are in hand-for-hand mode on the money bubble.
Imed Ben Mahmoud was all in twice but got no caller, besides that some small pots were traded and you could clearly see the tension. Ben Mahoud in fact showed the after his second all in after all opponents folded.
First we see the double up of Ognjen Sekularac with the in the small blind against the of button raiser Thomas Muhlocker. The board ran out safely for the Serbian.
On table one we saw the turn flop where Ihar Soika check-raised against David Vamplew. The Scotsman then moved all in after the turn after the bet of his opponent and Soika called for 166,000 with the . Vamplew held the and the river was a brick.
Dimitar Danchev opened for 12,000 and Tamer Kamel right next to him made the call. Myro Garcia on the button squeezed to 40,000 and both blinds folded. Danchev did the same, but Kamel paid the extra money to see a flop.
Both players checked on . Kamel led out for 35,000 once the hit the turn. Garcia didn't need much time to make the call.
The river came the and Kamel bet out 55,000. Garcia was done with the passive approach and announced allin for 135,500 more than the 55,000 Kamel already had in there.
It was a big moment for Kamel and he needed some time. While the level was almost done, and the vouchers for the buffet upstairs were handed out, Kamel counted out his stack. He wouldn't have much left would he call and be wrong. But eventually he did make the call.
Garcia tabled his with some frustration. Kamel showed his and so eliminated his Brazilian opponent.