With a huge pile of chips already in the middle that looked like about 18,000,000 and the completed board reading , Marc-Oliver Carpentier-Perrault shoved from the big blind to put Kenny Hallaert, who was on the button, to a decision for his stack, and he called instantly. Hallaert tabled for the nut flush and Carpentier-Perrault showed for a baby flush, so Hallaert took the pot to double up and take a big chunk of Carpentier-Perrault's stack.
Kenny Hallaert raised to 1,700,000 from under the gun and Bartlomiej Machon called from the big blind.
The flop came with two spades and Machon checked. Hallaert bet 2,800,000 and Macheon check-raised all-in. Hallaert called to put Machon at risk and the two players tabled their hands.
Machon:
Hallaert:
Hallaert had a commanding lead with his aces and Machon needed a lot of help from the deck to survive. The turn and river changed nothing and Hallaert took the pot to end Machon's run in this event.
James Walker got his short stack in the middle before the flop against Adrian Mateos, who had him covered by a wide margin.
Walker:
Mateos:
Mateos had the preflop advantage with the better ace and Walker needed to improve in order to survive. The board ran out , which was no help to Walker, so Mateos took the pot to end Walker's run in this tournament.
There was a massive pile of chips that looked like about 15 million already in the middle and the completed board read . Pavel Plesuv was under the gun and checked to his lone opponent, Adrian Mateos, who was next to act. Mateos shoved, putting Plesuv to a decision for the remainder of his stack. He had about 18 million behind and went into the tank for several minutes. Eventually, the clock was called, and after tournament staff began the countdown, Plesuv called and tabled . His pair of aces was no good, however, since Mateos held for a turned flush, so Mateos took the pot to end Plesuv's run in this event.
Action folded around to Marc-Oliver Carpentier-Perrault in the hijack and he opened with a raise to 15.2 million. Anatoly Filatov called from the small blind and Manig Loeser called from the big blind.
The flop came and Filatov checked. Loeser checked and Carpentier-Perrault bet one million. Filatov check-raised to 3.5 million, Loeser called, and Carpentier-Perrault folded.
The turn brought the and Filatov bet 5.5 million. Carpentier-Perrault folded and Filatov took the pot.
Pavel Plesuv opened to 1,200,000 from the cutoff, Kenny Hallaert three-bet to 3,400,000 from the button, Daniel Clark four-bet shoved from the small blind, and Marc-Oliver Carpentier-Perrault five-bet all-in from the big blind. Plesuv folded and after some consideration, Hallaert did the same.
Clark:
Carpentier-Perrault:
Carpentier-Perrault had the preflop advantage with the better ace and Clark needed to improve to preserve his tournament life. The board ran out and Carpentier-Perrault took the pot with the better kicker to end Clark's run in this tournament.
With Clark's elimination, the unofficial final table has been reached. The seat redraw will be posted shortly.
, Marc-Oliver Carpentier-Perrault shoved from the big blind to put Kenny Hallaert, who was on the button, to a decision for his stack, and he called instantly. Hallaert tabled 
for the nut flush and Carpentier-Perrault showed 
for a baby flush, so Hallaert took the pot to double up and take a big chunk of Carpentier-Perrault's stack.
with two spades and Machon checked. Hallaert bet 2,800,000 and Macheon check-raised all-in. Hallaert called to put Machon at risk and the two players tabled their hands.
, which was no help to Walker, so Mateos took the pot to end Walker's run in this tournament.
. Pavel Plesuv was under the gun and checked to his lone opponent, Adrian Mateos, who was next to act. Mateos shoved, putting Plesuv to a decision for the remainder of his stack. He had about 18 million behind and went into the tank for several minutes. Eventually, the clock was called, and after tournament staff began the countdown, Plesuv called and tabled 
for a turned flush, so Mateos took the pot to end Plesuv's run in this event.
and Filatov checked. Loeser checked and Carpentier-Perrault bet one million. Filatov check-raised to 3.5 million, Loeser called, and Carpentier-Perrault folded.
and Filatov bet 5.5 million. Carpentier-Perrault folded and Filatov took the pot.
