On the bubble at another table was Robert Zipf at risk with against the of PokerStars player Oleksii Khoroshenin. If Zipf was eliminated he would chop the last place pay out.
The dealer put out a final board of .
Zipf survived and doubled up his short stack, raising his arms above his head in as much relief as triumph. The remaining players are now all in the money.
Frei Dilling from Denmark opened the hijack with a raise to 8,000 and right next to him Artem Metalidi from the Ukraine moved all in for 97,500. The player on the button quickly folded but Ronny Kaiser in the small blind wasn't so quick to make his decision. He thought for awhile before eventually calling all in for 88,000. The big blind folded and so did Dilling.
The dealer instructed both players to keep their cards closed and the action was halted for a bit. The tournament director came over and informed everyone there were two all in and calls. Kaiser was at risk but would he lose, there was still the possibility he would chop the money if the other all in and call player would lose as well.
"I have aces" Kaiser said with a straight face, before eventually bursting out laughing making sure everyone knew he was joking around. The EPT Tallinn 2011 Champion was at risk and when the moment was there, revealed he had . Metalidi tabled his and with a lot of people watching the dealer slowly started putting community cards on the table.
The flop brought the , and on the table. The tournament director said Kaiser needed an ace or king. Running sevens would help Kaiser as well but it wasn't meant to be. The on the turn left him just six outs and those aces and kings stayed in the deck. Rather the completed the board and Kaiser was the official bubble of the PokerStars.net European Poker Tour Vienna 2014 event.
At risk on the bubble was Vit Blachut who moved all in and was called by Dennis Bejedal. Blachut sat calmly as he waited for the cameras and tournament director to arrive before they could turn over their cards. When it was time Blachut turned over versus the of Bejedal.
The cards fell . Blachut showed no emotion as he survived and doubled up.
Gergely Kulcsar got the last of his chips in with . He was one off the bubble and must have been delighted to see kings and get called by Tam Truong. He was less than delighted to see that Truong had .
The board ran out and Kulcsar had to go home empty handed.
Yulius Sepman got his last 62,000 all in preflop, but he did so with the granddaddy of all hands — . Of course he was out in front of Mikko Turtiainen's . The board ran out a clean and Sepman kept his EPT10 Vienna tournament life alive.
On a hand that went 12 minutes into the last break Ronny Kaiser managed to lose a huge pot that put him near the bottom of the counts.
The action started with Kaiser who raised and the player in the small blind called after which Frei Dilling three-bet from the big blind to 19,500. Both Kaiser and the small blind called, and the flop rolled out .
The small blind checked to Dilling who bet 27,000 and only Kaiser decided to make the call. On the turn the hit and Dilling fired out another 53,000. Kaiser tanked long, but ultimately called.
On the river the popped up and this time Dilling put together a bet worth 96,000. Kaiser tanked for several minutes while about 20 people stood along the rail to watch the action. Eventually the former EPT Tallinn winner called and was shown .
Dilling took down the pot with top pair top kicker and he's now among the biggest stacks in the room.
Dan Murariu, to date the only two-time Unibet Open winner, just received a massive double up in a blind battle versus Justas Vaiciulionis. We did not catch the action, but the showdown went as following after Murariu's 178,200 chips ended up in the middle.
Murariu:
Vaiciulionis:
The board ran out and the Romanian pro, who's got over a million in live tournament earnings, secured a double up.