The player under the gun raised to 3,500 and Steven van Zadelhoff right next to him made the call. A player in late position shoved all in for 64,500 and another player shoved all in over the top for 82,000. The initial raiser folded and Van Zadelhoff called.
Steven van Zadelhoff:
First to shove:
Over shove:
The flop came , good for Van Zadelhoff as he was the only one with a spade. The on the turn and on the river were blanks and Van Zadelhoff sent two guys packing.
Naoya Kihara just walked out of the tournament area but stopped by for a quick chat about his final hand. The Japanese raised with and found one caller on the big blind. On the flop, Kihara was check-raised from 5,000 to 12,700 and called to see the on the turn.
Kihara was out all in and called with the two top pair only to see his opponent flip over , a blank river ended his tournament.
Nijolaus Teichert has been eliminated while Matthew Davenport scored a vital double in a flip ace-king versus jacks. The opponent was left with just two big blinds and then busted with against the of Pierre Calamusa on a board of .
We ran into Team PokerStars Pro Online Lex Veldhuis who had just been knocked out from the featured table. Veldhuis explained how he shoved for 16 big blinds from the cutoff, and the player in the big blind called.
Veldhuis tabled and hit the flop, as the rolled out . Veldhuis' opponent however held and after the on the turn the hit on the river and the Dutchman was knocked out.
It looked like big stacks Dirk Gerritse and Dominykas Karmazinas, who happened to be seated right next to eachother, were headed towards some kind of confrontation, when Gerritse made it 3,500 and Karmazinas called behind.
Then Tobias Reinkemeier got in the way, bumping it to 11,500. Fabio Cortes Gago wouldn't let it go either, and he jammed the big blind for 43,500 total.
Gerritse and Karmazinas both folded and when it came back to Reinkemeier, he went deep into the tank, muttering about the great price he was being offered.
Eventually he folded as well, and the big confrontation between anyone, big stack or not, will have to come later.
Joining the action on the flop with plenty of chips in the middle, Marcin Chmielewski led for 16,700 from the small blind and Dario Sammartino called. The came on the turn and the Pole fired a second barrel worth 35,000, picking up a call by Sammartino. After the river, both checked and Sammartino's won the pot.