Rui Ferreira raised to 25,000 from the button and Tetsuma Ishizu reraised to 62,000. Neves called.
The flop came . Ishizu checked and Ferreira led out for 25,000. Ishizu didn't fancy his chances on that flop and folded his hand. Ferreira chipped up to over one million.
Vlada Stojanovic shoved from the button on the shorter stacks blinds. Marton Czuczor called in the big blind for 80,000 and players flipped their cards.
Marton Czuczor:
Vlada Stojanovic:
The board came . Stojanovic hit a pair of sixes on the flop and it looked like he was all set to eliminate Czuczor until the river came the . Czuczor paired up with his kings and doubled up.
Petar Kalev opened to 25,000 from the cutoff. Jamil Wakil, who had been ground down to just 6,000 due to bubble play, called for his tournament life. Igor Picone defended his big blind to create a side pot.
The flop checked through to the turn. Picone, with 75,000, bet 25,000. Kalev jammed and was called.
Jamil Wakil:
Igor Picone:
Petar Kalev:
Wakil was drawing dead and Picone and Kalev would share the pot. As the dealer put down the inconsequential river card.
The tension in the tournament area was palpable as players anxiously eyed stacks around the room nearly three hours deep into the bubble.
After several short-stack double-ups throughout the room, Aleksandar Tomovic was forced all in from the small blind and got three callers who were looking to put an end to the bubble trouble.
Action checked to Rui Ferreira on the flop of and he bet 10,000. Only Tom-Aksel Bedell and Roman Hrabec called. All three players then checked on the turn and Hrabec checked again on the river. Bedell bet 42,000 and Ferreira folded, leading Hrabec to use a time bank before check-raising to 225,000.
Hrabec's raise sent the Norwegian into the tank and he exhausted through three time banks — a fitting end to the lengthy bubble — as spectators made their way to the table. Eventually, he folded and Tomovic waited patiently as hands played out on other tables. Finally, the cards were on their backs.
Tomovic showed for just jack-high, while Hrabec held for a pair of queens to finally burst the bubble as the room erupted in applause.
Due to the duration of the money bubble, it has been confirmed that Level 20 is the final level of the night. Players who survive the next hour, will bag and tag a stack for Day 3.
The bubble has continued and still no bust. In the latest hand, the board had run out . Marton Czuczor checked it and Vlada Stojanovic shoved all in. Czuczor eventually made the call and he had Stojanovic covered.
Stojanovic, however, had the stone cold nuts. He showed for quad aces. Czuczor showed the for the full house. Stojanovic chipped up to over one million.
Pieter Aerts started the hand with 183,000 and opened to 25,000. Jerome Finck jammed for 262,000 from the button. The blinds got out of the way, and Aerts quickly called for his tournament life.
Pieter Aerts:
Jerome Finck:
It was the ultimate preflop cooler and even sicker that it was on the bubble. The flop had Aerts with one foot out of the door. However, the appeared on the turn to give Aerts a set of kings to take the lead. Finck look sickened. The completed the board, which sent Finck for a walk.
"That was f***** up," laughed David Miscikowski. Bubble play continues.