Action folded to Ivan Luca in the small blind and he pushed all in. Erik Seidel called from the big blind for his last 423,000.
Luca was in front with the while Seidel had . The board ran out and Seidel doubled up. Luca down to just over 1.3 million after also losing some to Kurganov a couple hands ago.
From first position Igor Kurganov raised to 48,000. Ivan Luca three bet to 112,000 right behind him and Kurganov called. Kurganov check called 165,000 on and both players checked the on the turn. The completed the board and Kurganov bet 450,000 with not a whole lot behind. Luca folded.
Ole Schemion was the initial raiser from under the gun and found two callers in Mustapha Kanit from one seat over and Stephen Chidwick on the button. On the flop all three players checked. Schemion bet the turn for 134,000 and Kanit called, Chidwick folded.
It was the river that saw the German check and Kanit bet 235,000, resulting in the snap fold of Schemion.
The tables were balanced and Schemion was moved to table one straight after.
Ivan Luca shoved the button into shorter stacks Erik Seidel and John Juanda's blinds.
Seidel folded, but Juanda made the call for his tournament life with the .
He had the lead over Luca's , but the flop turned things around. Juanda bricked the turn and river as well, and his exit means just ten players remain.
Mustapha Kanit raised to 55,000 and picked up two callers in Stephen Chidwick in the small blind and chip leader Ali Reza Fatehi in the big blind. On the flop all players checked and the on the turn saw Chidwick check and Fatehi lead for 250,000. Kanit just called while Chidwick let go.
On the river, Fatehi checked and Kanit bet for what looked like 350,000 to receive a snap-call by the Iranian. Kanit's ended up second best to the of Fatehi, the very same hand he also hand when knocking out Salman Behbehani.
From the cutoff Ivan Luca made it 48,000. His neighbor Erik Seidel on the button bumped it up to 135,000 and both blinds quickly released. Luca made the call.
Luca check called 125,000 on , and check called another 230,000 on the turn. The river was the and Luca shoved all in. Seidel, with just over 300,000 behind, opted to fold to fight another day.
As soon as Mustapha Kanit had left the table in the previous break, Ivan Luca took over control and Igor Kurganov chimed in soon after as well. Both continue to dominate the action with the occasional other opponent raising.
John Juanda made it 53,000 from the cutoff, then folded when Paul Newey shoved from one seat over.
Igor Kurganov limped limped from the button, Ivan Luca called in the small blind and Erik Seidel checked the button. On the flop, the action was checked to Kurganov and his bet of 44,000 was called only by Luca. The turn saw the Argentinian check and then fold to a bet worth 125,000 by Kurganov.
Kurganov then raised twice to 48,000 and picked up the blinds once and a call by Erik Seidel on the button after. After a flop, Kurganov continued for 75,000 and that was enough to shut down all further action.
Last but not least, Ivan Luca raised to 48,000 and Kurganov called in the big blind before both checked the flop and turn. On the river, Kurganov checked and folded to an overbet of 250,000 by Luca.
Mike McDonald made it 55,000 on the button and Ole Schemion jammed in the small blind. It folded back to McDonald and he made the half-million chip call with the .
Schemion was racing for his tournament life with the and somehow held on a run out.
Ali Reza Fatehi bumped it to 58,000 on the button and Ole Schemion defended his big blind.
The flop came and after a Schemion check, Fatehi continued for 111,000. Schemion called and they both checked the turn.
The river came the , and Schemion slid a bet of 197,000 in the middle. Fatehi snap-called and Schemion could only show the . Fatehi had the and two pair nines and jacks were good.