It's not been a good day for Pavel Veksler so far, as he's been taking hits left and right. Just now it was David Abreu who was all in and at risk for 280,000 and Veksler called his shove.
Veksler:
Abreu:
The board ran out and Abreu doubled up once again.
The final nine could've been set after a monster three-way clash just now, but things didn't go Pavel Plesuv's way. Plesuv raised to 25,000 and from his left Javier Gomez moved all in for 194,000 chips. Anton Afanasyev was next to act and he moved all in, after which the action was on Abdelkader Benhalima.
Plesuv acted very quickly, and called all in, exposing the . Benhalima was upset, but in the end he folded.
Plesuv:
Gomez:
Afanasyev:
The board ran out and Gomez hit a set, Afanasyev hit an ace and Plesuv was left out paying off two players. Gomez tripled up and Afanasyev kept himself alive.
David Abreu just made a raise from the hijack after which Fahredin Mustafov three-bet and Abreu made the call. The flop came down and Abreu checked to Mustafov who made a bet and the Portuguese player moved all in. Mustafov made the call and the showdown went as following.
Mustafov:
Abreu:
The board ran out , and Abreu was knocked out while Mustafov took over the chip lead.
Abdelkader Benhalima just raised under the gun to 26,000 and Pedro Marques called after which Anton Afanasyev moved all in for 207,000 from the big blind. Benhalima made the call and Marques folded, creating the following showdown.
Benhalima:
Afanasyev:
The board ran out and Benhalima celebrated loudly once again as he hit a jack on the river to knock out Afanasyev in 10th place. The final nine players will now redraw for the final table, and play will continue until we are down the the final six.
Pavel Savin raised to 27,000 and Pavel Veksler three-bet to about 90,000, according to Henrik Hecklen, after which Savin moved all in. Savin was all in for around 370,000 and Veksler called right away.
Veksler:
Savin:
The board ran out and the river gave Veksler a winning pair of aces to send Savin to the rail in ninth place.
Abdelkader Benhalima raised before the flop to 40,000 and Pavel Veksler called from his direct left. Fahredin Mustafov called from the big blind and the flop brought out on which all three players checked.
The turn brought the and Mustafov lead out for 75,000, and Benhalima folded right away. Veksler made the call and on the river the board completed with the .
Mustafov threw in another 125,000 and Veksler tanked for about a minute before making the call.
Mustafov showed , and Veksler tabled but his small pair was enough to win this pot.
The action folded to Pavel Plesuv in the small blind and he raised to 42,000 on Sergio Aido's big blind. Aido moved all in for 560,000 chips and Plesuv went into the tank for a considerable amount of time. Plesuv sighed a few times, but ultimately he tossed in the call.
Aido:
Plesuv:
The board ran out and the ten on the turn gave Plesuv a winning pair to send the Spaniard to the rail. We're now down to the final seven players, and one more elimination is needed for there to be an official final table.
Pedro Marques raised to 40,000 and Abdelkader Benhalima called from the big blind. The flop came down and Benhalima checked to Marques who bet 55,000. Benhalima check-raised to 125,000 and Marques gave it some thought before calling.
The turn brought the and Benhalima threw out another 100,000.
Marques made the call once more and on the river the hit. Both players checked and Benhalima showed .