After a preflop all in situation, Oleh Okhotskyi was at risk for his last 41,000 chips and tabled the . Clement Genon-Catalot lookd him up with the and the short stack survived on a board of .
Georgios Kapalas recently eliminated a player without a media identification card, causing the Greek player to soar to the top of the chip counts.
The flop read , and after a series of bets and raises, the hands were turned over to find Kapalas behind but drawing live.
Kapalas:
Opponent:
The turn brought the , giving Kapalas a few more outs to make a straight. In the end, he earned the best hand when the completed the board on the river. Kapalas opponent stood from the table and knocked all of his chips over in frustration, causing some to fall on the floor. Kapalas, on the other hand, waited patiently for the chips to be collected and pushed his way. After stacking the new chips, his overall arsenal increased to about 755,000.
Edit: It later turned out to be Boutros Naim, though Alfie Adam and the Lebanese busted at the same time.
While fellow short stack Ronan Monfort doubled up a few minutes ago, it wasn't meant to be for another short stack. Patryk Slusarek opened to 11,000 and had to call off the shove for 32,500 in total by Alfie Adam. The player at risk had but Slusarek got there with the on a board of .
Jannick Wrang as initial raiser check-called a flop-bet of Emin Aghayev for 11,500 with the board reading and both players checked the on the turn. Wrang then bet the river for 14,000 and was eventually paid off by Aghayev, who fell below 20 big blinds after mucking to the of Wrang.
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Gangzhou Hu limped on the button and Marton Czuczor made it 15,000 from the small blind. With the big blind folding Hu made the call.
The flop was and, following a check from Czuczor, Hu moved all in. Czuczor instantly called and there was nothing Hu could do except laugh as he saw the top set of Czuczor as he tabled his own .
The turn and completed the action and they were one closer to the bubble.
Right before the break, in one of the last hands played, Matti Konttinen from Finland got eliminated from the tournament. He ran his into his next door neighbors . Marton Czuczor was the beneficiary winning on .
Apparently Georgios Zisimopoulos busted just before the start of the break still and a quick look at the screens confirms that there are only 93 players left. With the top 87 spots getting paid, the bubble time will kick off soon.