Georgios Zisimopoulos raised to 28,000 from middle position and Aaron Lim called from the cutoff. On the flop, Zisimopoulos continued with a bet of 26,000, getting a call from Lim. 'Zisimo' bet another 26,000 on the turn, and once again Lim called.
The river was the and Zisimopoulos fired 125,000. Lim didn't call as fast as both other streets, but eventually put calling chips in. The Greek showed for trip queens, enough to take down the pot.
The plan for the rest of the evening is to play three more levels, and tournament officials have announced that these three 60-minute levels will be played back to back, meaning that play will conclude around 2 a.m. local time.
Team PokerStars Pro Felipe Ramos doubled in one of the last hands before the break. With , Ramos was all in against Grimaldi's , and doubled up when the board provided nothing but blanks.
Dominik Nitsche got it preflop all in with against Connor Drinan's . On the turn, Drinan had locked the pot up by making a broadway straight, eliminating Nitsche from the tournament.
With the "double bubble" burst, players are now guaranteed at least €18,110 for their run. The first one to collect the higher payout was Kees van Brugge, who busted at the hands of Natasha soon-to-be-Mercier Barbour.
Barbour opened on the button to 25,000. Kees van Brugge shoved all in for 109,000 from the small blind, and Barbour called.
Natasha Barbour:
Kees van Brugge:
The board ran out , and Barbour paired her ace to knock Van Brugge out.
With players aware of the payjump between 80th and 79th place, the pace of play has slowed somewhat, to the point that the tournament where staff were in the early stages of tracking how many hands each table were playing to check for any persistently slow tables.
It folded to [Removed:2] in the small blind who went into the tank.
"I'm sorry, I have a genuine decision," he explained to his table before announcing that he was all in. Rafael Moraes called in the big blind and showed . Maksoud turned over .
The board ran out and Maksoud was eliminated, taking home €11,695 for his efforts. All remaining players are guaranteed €18,110