Simon Mattsson opened for 17,000 under the gun and action folded to Alexandru Papazian in the hijack. Papazian, one of the shortest stacks in the room with 53,000, moved all in after giving it some thoughts. Action folded to Mattsson and he reluctantly called after some time.
Simon Mattsson:
Alexandru Papazian:
The board ran out and the two chopped it up. Papazian wasn't too happy about that, but at least he got half the blinds and antes.
As play has almost slowed down to a complete standstill, the tournament director has decided to play will now be hand for hand. The tournament is still three off the money, and the tournament director explained that a the hand for hand was implemented during the High Roller in Malta as well.
"Because we saw that this worked really well in Malta, we've decided to do the same thing here. We will also monitor the amount of time it takes to play one hand, which should be between three and four minutes, and it if takes considerably longer we'll see if we can add some time to the clock," the tournament director explained.
Mike Watson opened for 16,000 from early position and action folded to Andrei Chernokoz on the button. He moved all in for 76,000 and both blinds folded. Watson called and put Chernokoz at risk.
Tomasz Wrobel has just been knocked out in 49th place and that means play is now on the exact money bubble.
Ivan Soshnikov raised before the flop and Wrobel moved all in for his last 40,000 chips from the small blind. Soshnikov called, and the showdown went as follows.
Soshnikov:
Wrobel:
Nicholas Palma said he was, "Rooting for a sweat," but at the same time he also rooted for Wrobel to stay alive.
When the board ran out , Palma apologized and Wrobel left empty-handed.
Daniel Cates opened for 16,000 from middle position and Ihar Soika in the cutoff made the call. Stevan Chew on the button called as well and Vanessa Selbst in the small blind folded. Pavel Binar in the big blind went all in for 17,000 total and all three of his opponents threw an extra 1,000 in to put him at risk.
The flop came and Cates checked. Soika bet 27,000 and Chew made the call, Cates folded immediately.
Both players checked the on the turn and the hit the river. Soika checked, and folded to Chew's 26,000 bet.
Pavel Binar showed but was beaten by Chew's for the rivered flush. Binar calmly said "Bye bye" and made his way to the exit.
With that, the tournament is now in the money and the remaining 47 players are guaranteed a pay day of at least €17,420.
On one of the first hands after the bubble burst it was Andrew Chen who ended up all in for 169,000 chips. Chen was at risk from the button against Iaron Lightbourne in the big blind, and the showdown went as follows.
Lightbourne:
Chen:
The board ran out and Chen doubled up, leaving Lightbourne with very little chips.