Niall Farrell made it 90,000 from the cutoff and Alexander Ivarsson in the big blind called. The flop came and Ivarsson check called a bet of 100,000. The on the turn saw both players check so the pot stayed 425,000. The completed the board and Ivarsson bet out 255,000. Farrell contemplated what to do for a bit, and then cut out 750,000 to raise. Ivarsson called, and Farrell showed and Ivarsson mucked.
A short-stacked Nabil Cardoso shoved all in for 225,000 under the gun and Jaroslaw Sikora called from the cutoff. The rest of the players folded and it was off to the races.
Sikora:
Cardoso:
Cardoso was behind, but he pulled ahead on the flop. Neither the turn nor river helped Sikora, and Cardoso shipped the double.
Jaroslaw Sikora opened the cutoff for 80,000 and Antonio Chemi, who had been blinded down to 210,000, pushed all in from the button. Both blinds folded and Sikora added the few chips he needed to make the call.
Antonio Chemi:
Jaroslaw Sikora:
It was a virtual coin flip who would win before the flop, but Sikora jumped to the spot of heavy favorite after the first three community cards: . The on the turn sealed the deal for Sikora, and the on the river was there just to make things official.
Antoni Chemi made his exit in 10th place, netting him €40,410. The remaining nine players are guaranteed €49,560 and are now redrawn to one table. Play will continue till the official final table of 8 is reached and then halted for the official photo. Play than resumes till only 6 players remain and the bagging and tagging will commence.
The tournament is now on a small break for the redraw, stay tuned for the chip counts and seating order of the final 9 players.
Niall Farrell opened for 90,000 from early position and Alen Bilic called from the cutoff. Alexander Ivarsson then three-bet to 330,000 from the button, both blinds folded, and Farrell four-bet to 675,000.
Bilic quickly folded, and then Ivarsson took his time before five-betting all in. Farrell wasted little time in folding.
Alexander Ivarsson opened for 80,000 from the hijack and Jaroslaw Sikora three bet to 210,000. Ivarsson called. The flop came and Ivarsson checked. Sikora fired 175,000 into the 525,000 pot. Ivarsson called.
The fell on the turn and both players checked. The on the river made Ivarsson bet 525,000 into 875,000. Sikora cut out calling chips but tanked for a fair bit before making the call. In the end he did with his and he was good as Ivarsson showed .
Sam Greenwood made it 100,000 under the gun and Alen Bilic called from middle position. Daniel Dvoress on the button squeezed to 355,000 and both blinds folded. Greenwood followed that example and folded as well, and so did Alen Bilic.
Rainer Kempe made it 90,000 from the hijack and Alexander Ivarsson in the big blind called. The flop came and Ivarsson check called the continuation bet of 40,000. The fell on the turn and Ivarsson check called a bet of 200,000. The completed the board and Ivarsson checked a third time. Kempe fired a small bet of 210,000 into the 725,000 pot. Ivarsson tossed in a single chip to call, but soon had to add the rest as Kempe showed and Ivarsson mucked.
Alen Bilic made it 90,000 from the hijack and Jaroslaw Sikora in the small blind three bet to 245,000. Bilic added the chips to call and the two saw a flop of . Sikora fired a continuation bet of 175,000 into the 575,000 pot. Bilic made the call.
The on the turn saw Sikora check. Bilic cut out 355,000 and fired them into the 925,000 pot. Sikora folded.