Igor Kurganov raised to 52,000 and Luuk Gieles made the call in position after which the flop brought . Kurganov bet 92,000 on the flop and Gieles made the call.
On the turn the hit and both players checked, after which the river brought the .
Kurgano checked again on the river and Gieles put together a bet of 145,000. Kurganov snap-called and Gieles showed . Kurganov tabled and he took down this pot.
Steve O'Dwyer has been quite active with a number of preflop raises and limps.
In one recent hand, O'Dwyer raised to 53,000 from the button and Igor Kurganov defended from the small blind. Both players checked the flop, and then O'Dwyer called a bet of 72,000 on the turn.
When the completed the board on the river, Kurganov checked and then quickly folded when O'Dwyer bet 185,000.
The biggest pot of the past orbit is the only one that went to showdown.
Igor Kurganov opened to 55,000 and was called by Dzmitry Urbanovich in the big blind. Urbanovich then checked the flop, and Kurganov checked behind. The turn saw Urbanovich check-call a 67,000 bet before Urbanovich checked the river. Kurganov bet 150,000 and Urbanovich instantly called.
Kurganov: for a pair of kings
Urbanovich: for two pair, kings and jacks
Sam Greenwood raised to 52,000 and Ole Schemion made the call from the big blind. The flop came down and Schemion checked to Greenwood who bet 90,000.
Schemion slid forward a tall stack of 25,000-chips, and Greenwood double-checked his cards before moving all in. Schemion called off the 75,000 he had left behind, and the showdown went as following.
Greenwood showed , and Schemion let out a deep sigh as he tabled .
The board ran out , and Schemion let out another deep sigh, and he wished the other players "good luck," as he shook his head. We're down to nine players, and there will now be a redraw for the final table. The tournament is now on the money bubble.
Cards are back in the air here in Level 16 with 50:25 remaining on the clock. Action will continue until either one more player busts — which will burst both the final table and money bubbles — or until the clock expires in Level 18.
The first pot of the unofficial final table went to Dzmitry Urbanovich who raised the button to 80,000 and picked up the blinds and antes.
The second hand was for Steve O'Dwyer. O'Dwyer called Juanda's under the gun 70,000 raise, and called his 70,000 continuation bet on as well. The turn was the and Juanda check folded to O'Dwyer's 180,000 bet.
Dzmitry Urbanovich limped under the gun for 30,000 after which Igor Kurganov raised to 105,000 two seats on his left. The action folded to Thomas Muehloecker on the button and he tanked for a bit before moving all in for 955,000.
Both Urbanovich and Kurganov surrendered their invested chips, and Muehloecker took this pot down to even the field even more so.