Anthony Ghamrawi raised under the gun and Gavin O'Rourke three-bet from his immediate left to 190,000. The action folded back to Ghamrawi and he four-bet to 465,000. O'Rourke tanked for a bit and made it 775,000 after which Ghamrawi moved all in.
O'Rourke called and the biggest all-in confrontation of the tournament was upon us.
Ghamrawi:
O'Rourke:
The board ran out and Ghamrawi notched up a massive double up. O'Rourke is now among the short stacks.
In back to back hands Roman Korenev just lost his entire stack, twice with the same hand and twice against the same player.
By shoving, reshoving, stealing and three betting Korenev hard worked his stack up to 2.1 million. It would do him no good though, before he knew it all of his chips were in front of Rumen Nanev.
In the first hand it was Frei Dilling who opened to 80,000 under the gun. Right next to him was Rumen Nanev and he declared all in for 845,000. Action folded to Korenev in the small blind who pushed all in himself. The big blind folded, and so did Dilling.
Rumen Nanev:
Roman Korenev:
The flop didn't improve anyone directly with . The gave Nanev a gutshot next to the three outs he already had. The river was the and Nanev doubled through Korenev.
The next hand would be a similar scenario. The two ended up all in pre flop again, this time it was a coin flip:
Rumen Nanev:
Roman Korenev:
No improvement for Korenev, while he did need it this time. on the board and Korenev left for the exit.
The remaining nine players are now reseated to the feature table where they'll play till a final table of eight. One more player has to bust, then this day will be in the books.
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WIth 19 big blinds it's Gavin O'Rourke who has the smallest stack right now, but that's still quite a lot to be patient with. The average right now is 75 big blinds and therefor this bubble could take a while if the Irishman manages to double up.
Rumen Nanev raised to 80,000 from the under-the-gun plus three position and Timo Pfutzenreuter three-bet from the cutoff to 175,000.
The action folded back to Nanev and he made the call. On the flop popped up and Nanev check-called 175,000. The turn brought the and this time Nanev folded when Pfutzenreuter fired out 485,000.
And just like that we have our ninth place finisher and the final table is set.
Frei Dilling opened the button to 80,000 and from the small blind it was Gavin O'Rourke who pushed his remaining 655,000 to the middle. The big blind folded but Dilling instantly called.
Gavin O'Rourke:
Frei Dilling:
O'Rourke needed some help but didn't get it on the flop: . O'Rourke was in need of runner runner something, or simply a queen or jack.
The turn was the which brought just one more out for O'Rourke. The would now make for quads on the board which would make O'Rourke's queen play.
It wasn't meant to be though as the hit and O'Rourke's hand didn't improve. The Irishman bubbles the final table but gets €60,800 for his effort.
The remaining eight players come back tomorrow at noon to battle it out for that first place prize of €816,000.