A short-stacked Dmitry Yurasov was all in and at risk before the flop for his last 11,300 against Team PokerStars Pro Leo Fernandez. The hands were tabled to show that Yurasov was in need of improvement.
Fernandez:
Yurasov:
The flop came out , keeping Fernandez's kings in the lead. That all changed in an instant, however as the rolled off on the turn to pair Yurasov and give him the lead. The finished off the board and Yurasov was guaranteed renewed life. He now has about 24,000 while Fernandez has dropped to 114,000.
Last year's champion, Ihar Soika, was all in with the against the for an opponent. The board ran out , and Soika doubled up. Even so, he's still short with just 12,500 in chips.
When we arrived at the table, there was a flop of in the middle between Grzegorz Wyraz and Christoph Vogelsang. Wyraz had 13,600 in front of him as a bet or raise, but Vogelsang had moved all in over the top. With about 47,000 behind, Wyraz tank-called with the to put his tournament life on the line — at least the first life, that is. Vogelsang had his two pair beat, though, holding the for a flopped straight.
Needing to make a full house or better to win the hand, Wyraz couldn't pull through after the hit the turn followed by the on the river. He was eliminated, whereas Vogelsang moved to 137,000 in chips.
On the final board of , JC Alvarado had moved all in against Simon Ravnsbaek, who had a bet of 15,700 in front of him on the river. Ravnsbaek tanked for a bit, but eventually called with the for a straight. Unfortunately for him, Alvarado had the for flopped trips that turned into a full house on fourth street. Alvarado had Ravnsbaek covered, and the Dane was eliminated.
"Make sure you write that I told him, 'My hand is terrible,'" Alvarado said to our reporter as he was stacking his chips. "And he said, 'Mine's worse!'"
With that pot, Alvarado moved up to 178,000 in chips.
Bryn Kenney raised to 1,800 from middle position and it folded around to Jorma Nuutinen in the small blind. Nuutinen announced a raise to 4,400 and action folded back to Kenney. He thought for a moment before coming back over the top with a four-bet to 9,700. Nuutinen let his hand go and Kenney was awarded the pot.
Georgios Sotiropoulos was all in and at risk before the flop for his last 28,700 against Iliodoros Kamatakis. The hands were tabled to find Sotiropoulos in a dominating position.
Sotiropoulos:
Kamatakis:
A run out of hit the felt and Sotiropoulos scored the double. His stack now sits around 63,000.