Farid Jattin opened and then four-bet shoved for what looked like 260,000 chips with Niko Soininen making the call from one seat over. Jattin held the and Soininen the . The flop was a sweat for Jattin as he picked up an open-ended straight draw. However the rest of the board filled up with the turn and river to send him to the rail.
Just over an hour is to be played before the players will be sent into a 75-minute dinner break. By then, the field will be reduced further and the money bubble will likely not be too far off either.
Steve O'Dwyer has joined the ranks of the big stacks here after catching Julian Stuer in a bluff.
On the turn of a king-high board with three spades O'Dwyer called a six-figure bet from Stuer. Then, when the river brought another king, Stuer bet enough to put O'Dwyer all in for his last 170,000.
O'Dwyer tanked for good five minutes before someone called the clock. Just as the TD arrived at the table to give him a one minute warning, he called with two jacks. Stuer showed the having missed his turned nut flush draw.
Dzmitry Urbanovich raised to 33,000 and Thomas Muehloecker three-bet to 96,000. After about two minutes of consideration, Urbanovich then four-bet to 198,000 and snap-called all in once Muehloecker shoved.
Urbanovich:
Muehloecker:
The flop gives Urbanovich the nut flush straight away and it is all over after the turn, making rhe river a formality. Urbanovich doubled for 577,000 and Muehloecker was left behind with dust.
In a battle of the blinds, Jyri Merivirta opened to 35,000 and PokerStars Team Online member Ike Haxton called. Both players checked the flop and the turn before Merivirta also checked the river. Haxton bet 42,000 and was called to reveal in the showdown as winning hand.
In a battle of the blinds, Ramin Hajiyev moved all in for 109,000 and was called by Jussi Nevanlinna. Both players were hoping for diamonds, but that would have ended the tournament of Hajiyev right there.
Hajiyev:
Nevalinna:
The player from Azerbaijan improved on the flop, but had to fear any diamond on the turn. It was the blank river that gave him the pot and he sighed "it is never easy" before collecting the chips.
Mikita Badziakouski and Jyri Merivirta have been eliminated. Pretty much one orbit after the previous small pot between the Finn and Ike Haxton, the PokerStars Team Online member three-bet shoved out of the small blind. Merivirta called off for 300,000 chips from the button with and Haxton had him dominated with the .
The board ran out and the trips kings of Haxton scooped the pot.
On the river of a board, Jonathan Roy faced the all in of Byron Kaverman for approximately the size of the pot. Kaverman was at risk for his last 198,000 chips and turned over once Roy had checked and then hero-called to see his opponent muck instantly. Roy lost a decent portion of his stack, ending a run that had barely seen any obstacles until this point.
Thomas Muehloecker shipped it in for less than ten big blinds with only to find Jason Mercier more than willing to make an easy call with in the big blind.
The flop came out and picking up a gutshot barely added to Muehloecker's outs, considering Mercier had two jacks.
The turn and river bricked out, taking Muehloecker with them.
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and Soininen the 
. The flop 
was a sweat for Jattin as he picked up an open-ended straight draw. However the rest of the board filled up with the 
turn and 
river to send him to the rail.
flop gives Urbanovich the nut flush straight away and it is all over after the 
river a formality. Urbanovich doubled for 577,000 and Muehloecker was left behind with dust.
river. Haxton bet 42,000 and was called to reveal 
and Haxton had him dominated with the 
and the trips kings of Haxton scooped the pot.
board, Jonathan Roy faced the all in of Byron Kaverman for approximately the size of the pot. Kaverman was at risk for his last 198,000 chips and turned over 
only to find Jason Mercier more than willing to make an easy call with 
and picking up a gutshot barely added to Muehloecker's outs, considering Mercier had two jacks.