We are now on a 75 minute dinner break. There will be two more levels when the action returns unless the field trims down from its current 28 players to 16 before then.
While you wait, here is a closer look at octochamp on Countdown Andrew Hulme.
Georges Chehade got his stack down low without playing any hands since joining the feature table since break. That just changed as he shoved for 116,000 from the hijack. Team PokerStars Pro Felipe Ramos reshoved for 704,000 from the small blind and the player from the big blind folded.
Ramos:
Chehade:
Ramos had a good lead going into the flop and his hand held throughout the hand as the board ran out . Shehade wished all his opponents good luck as he left the table and hit the rail.
Kent Roed bet what looked like 250,000 in a battle of the blinds from the small, and Stefan Fabian jammed in the big on the board. It was enough to put Roed at risk for his last 500,000 or so and he folded after some time, showing .
Three players saw an flop, and Marius Gierse bet 85,000 when checked to by both opponents. Sergei Petrushevskii shoved for 430,000, chasing away the third player, and Gierse called.
Gierse:
Petrushevskii:
The turn and river were blanks, enabling Petrushevskii to double up.
Martin Kabrhel opened for 48,000 from the hijack and was called by Cristinel Dumitru from the cutoff. Kabrhel led out for 45,000 on the flop and Dumitru called.
The paired the board and Kabrhel fired out for 69,000 and got a call from Dumitru . The completed the board. Kabrhel checked before Dumitru bet 163,000. Kabrhel said, "So you still want to go to dinner with me?" before he tanked for more than three minutes. Kabrhel folded and asked for his opponent to show. The duo agreed that if next time Kabrhel showed so would Dumitru.
Kabrhel after the hand was still tried to get info and asked tried to convince his opponent to share what he had during the dinner break.
David Peters bet 115,000 from the small blind on a board of . His opponent, big blind Friedrich Meyer, called. Peters checked the river and Meyer checked back. Peters showed , which was good against .
Tim Cerkvenik was down to a mere 68,000 a bit ago but is full of life now. For his latest double, he shoved 450,000 in from middle position and got a call from big blind Janos Kurtosi. Cerkvenik had and was up against . He flopped a ten and rivered another to survive.