Just before the break, Anton Afanasyev opened from late position 32,000 before Mikolaj Zawadzki shoved for 243,000 and offered to help his opponent if he told him what he had. Afanasyev tanked before calling with , while Zawadzki flipped over .
Afanasyev won the flip after the board ran and sent Zawadzki to the rails. Afanasyev's stack after the hand climbed to 1,250,000 as players went on break.
Another 15 players were eliminated during Level 21 making it 40 left out of the 65 to start the day. Players are now on a 20 minute break before coming back to Level 22 with blinds at 10,000/20,000 and an ante of 3,000.
Georges Chehade raised to 35,000 in the cutoff and got a call out of the small blind before Matas Cimbolas shoved all in from the big. Chehade eventually went all in and the small blind mucked.
"Race," Cimbolas said hopefully, tabling .
It wasn't though, as Chehade had . The board ran out dead for Cimbolas, and the nines won unimproved.
We recently learned that the original plan for Day 4 players to play the sooner of five levels (completion of Level 24) or when the field is down to 16 players will no longer be the case.
The new plan is for players to compete until the sooner of six levels (completion of Level 25) or when the field is down to 16 players. If it makes it that far, there will likely be a dinner break between Levels 24 and 25.
Viteszlav Pesta just came out on the wrong end of a raising war from the small blind against a late-position Kent Roed. Pesta made it 120,000 to go preflop only to see Roed come back with 307,000. Pesta tanked awhile and folded, ceding the pot to Roed.
Josip Vidovic opened on the button to 35,000 and Sam Cohen made it 103,000 to go. The big blind shoved all in for 123,000, and Vidovic called. Cohen did likewise and flopped. Cohen checked and folded quickly to 125,000.
Vidovic:
Big blind:
The turn was a and the river a , and Vidovic scored the elimination with his set. Cohen expressed relief that Vidovic bet as she said she folded jacks.
Simon Charette didn't have even two big blinds left, and he got them in with . An opponent picked up and busted him after Charette couldn't chop or win on a flop.
Mihai Manole jammed all-in for his short-stack of 264,000 and Marius Gierse flat called. Fabrice Soulier went in over the top and also declared himself to be all-in for 550,000 before Gierse called him as well.
Manole:
Soulier:
Gierse:
Gierse had the lead before the flop and never looked back as the board ran out to eliminate both Manole and Soulier in the same hand. Meanwhile, Gierse's stack soared to 2,100,000.
Salvatore Bonavena got his last 158,000 in with and needed improvement against the of big blind Kyosti Isberg. The flop was a big one for Bonavena: . The straight found a small amount of danger when a turned, but a was a blank and Bonavena celebrated.
Mikolaj Zawadzki pushed all in under the gun for 217,000, and Paul Tedeschi tanked awhile with his last 46,000 before someone called a clock. Tedeschi called with 10 seconds left. Everyone else folded.
Tedeschi:
Zawadzki:
Tedeschi got a sweat when the first four came , but a neither gave him a boat nor a straight.
, while Zawadzki flipped over 
.
and sent Zawadzki to the rails. Afanasyev's stack after the hand climbed to 1,250,000 as players went on break.
flopped. Cohen checked and folded quickly to 125,000.
and the river a 
, and Vidovic scored the elimination with his set. Cohen expressed relief that Vidovic bet as she said she folded jacks.
. An opponent picked up 
and busted him after Charette couldn't chop or win on a 
flop.
. The straight found a small amount of danger when a 
turned, but a 
was a blank and Bonavena celebrated.
, but a 
neither gave him a boat nor a straight.