There was a pre-flop all in for around 4m between Julian Thomas and Thomas Muehloecker on the feature table.
Julian Thomas:
Thomas Muehloecker:
The board ran out and Thomas was eliminated. Play is now on the exact money bubble. 20 players are guaranteed at least €147,652 but one player will leave with nothing. Hand-for-hand play will now commence with two minutes being taken off the clock after every hand.
A couple of recent hands have gone the way of Ahadpur Khangah and he has now chipped up quite considerably since dinner.
In one hand he limped from middle position, and was joined to the flop by Christopher Frank and Jack Sinclair from the blinds. Frank bet 500,000 on the flop and Sinclair folded. Khangah then raised to 1.0m and Frank called. The turn was the and Frank check-called 1.5m. The river was the and Frank check-folded to a bet of 4.0m from Khangah.
Then, Khangah raised to 700,000 from middle position. Sinclair called in the small blind and Nick Petrangelo called in the big blind. The flop came . It checked to Khangah who bet 700,000 and Sinclair was the only caller. The turn was checked by both players. The river was the and Sinclair bet 1.3m. Khangah raised to 2.7m and Sinclair called.
Khangah showed for trip sevens and took down the pot.
Gus Hansen opened to 800,000 from under the gun and Charlie Carrel called on the button. The two players saw a flop of and Hansen checked. Carrel bet 675,000 and Hansen tossed in a raise to 1.5 million. Carrel made the call and the landed on the turn.
Hansen thought for a moment and then pushed all in for 6.0 million. "Sorry," Carrel mentioned as he quickly made the call. Carrel instantly turned over for a straight and Hansen tabled , drawing to a chop only. The river was the and Hansen was eliminated prior to the money.
The action has started to move at a snail's pace, and the tournament directors are ensuring that each table is playing an equal number of hands without having to go hand-for-hand. There have been numerous stoppages on the outer tables as the feature table seems to be moving rather slowly.
When the action finally resumed, Christopher Frank raised to 700,000 from the hijack and Jan Schwippert called from the small blind. The flop came and Schwippert checked to Frank who bet 600,000. Schwippert check-raised all in for 5.75 million and Frank mucked his cards. Schwippert flashed the as he raked in the pot.