With the 13-player money bubble looming, play has slowed down considerably.
While they are not playing hand-for-hand at this point, the tournament staff is tracking the number of hands played at each table to ensure the pace is more or less the same and that no player is guilty of excessive stalling.
After waiting two more hands, Jason Wheeler was just about all in from the big blind with a total stack of 29,000.
Under the gun, Paul Tedeschi raised to 50,000 and his neighbor Jeff Rossiter shoved all in for 365,000. Mark Radoja asked for a count but folded in the end. Action folded to Wheeler and he reluctantly tossed in the last 5,000 he had behind. Tedeschi folded.
Jason Wheeler:
Jeff Rossiter:
Wheeler wasn't even in that bad a shape, but wouldn't get there. No comeback story for Wheeler as the board came .
Jason Wheeler out in 15th place, down to the bubble and hand for hand play has started.
From the hijack, Daniel Dvoress shoved all in for 385,000 total. The cutoff folded but Kevin MacPhee on the button wasted no time calling all in for 357,000. Francois Billard in the big blind asked for counts, but after a minute thinking about it, he folded.
Daniel Dvoress:
Kevin MacPhee:
The board ran out and MacPhee doubled up, leaving Dvoress extremely short.
Daniel Dvoress just became the bubble boy busting 14th.
He shoved for less than one big blind and after Francois Billard completed from the small blind, Dominik Nitsche checked his option. Billard check-called a 35,000 Nitsche bet on the flop, then both players checked the turn.
On the river, Billard led for 100,000 and Nitsche folded. Dvoress turned over the , but had been beaten by Billard's .
With his exit, hand-for-hand play is over and the rest of the 13 players remaining are all in the money.
In the level before this one, Ryan Riess from the cutoff made it 65,000 to go. On the button, Sergey Lebedev shoved all in for 665,000 and after both blinds folded, Ryan Riess instantly called.
Sergey Lebedev:
Ryan Riess:
The board ran out and Riess was knocked down to the role of short stack.
Not much later it was Viacheslav Goryachev in first position that moved in for his last 104,000. Ryan Riess right next to him called all in for 45,000 and on the button, Paul Tedeschi shoved over the top from the button. Both blinds released and a three way showdown was at hand.
Viacheslav Goryachev:
Ryan Riess:
Paul Tedeschi:
The board ran out and while Goryachev more than doubled, Ryan Riess made his exit.
Jeff Rossiter opened to 90,000 and Mark Radoja pushed all in behind him for 606,000. It folded to Sergey Lebedev and he shipped it in for more than both players had.
Rossiter let it go and the hands were revealed with Radoja holding and the lead over Lebedev's .
No ace or face came on the board and Radoja doubled up, knocking Lebedev off his perch at the top of the counts.
From the hijack, Kevin MacPhee raised to 85,000. His neighbor in the cutoff, Charlie Carrel shoved all in for 358,000 and both blinds released. MacPhee made the call.
Kevin MacPhee:
Charlie Carrel:
The board ran out and Carrel doubled while MacPhee was left with just 557,000.
Not much later, Dominik Nitsche on the button raised to 80,000. From the big blind Kevin MacPhee shoved all in and Nitsche was quick to call.
Kevin MacPhee:
Dominik Nitsche:
The board came , and MacPhee had already gotten up after the flop to head for the exit. The remaining 11 players have made a small pay jump, all of them are guaranteed €18,560 from here on out.
From the hijack, Paul Tedeschi made it 80,000 to go. Viacheslav Goryachev in the small blind shoved all in for 276,000 and Tedeschi made the call after thinking about it for a bit.
Viacheslav Goryachev:
Paul Tedeschi:
The board ran out and Tedeschi was knocked down to just over 300,000, while Goryachev doubled to almost 600,000.