From early position Fabian Quoss raised to 40,000. Action folded to Timofey Kuznetsov in the big blind and he pushed all in. Quoss called it off for 374,000 total and they were off to the races.
Fabian Quoss:
Timofey Kuznetsov:
The flop came and Kuznetsov grabbed the lead. The on the turn made him two pair, but brought new outs for Quoss. The on the river was one of them and Quoss doubled.
The action folded all the way around to Ramin Hajiyev and the player from Azerbaijan open-shoved for what looked like 215,000 from the small blind. Justin Bonomo peeked at his cards and then made the call to put Hajiyev at risk.
Hajiyev:
Bonomo:
There would be no help on the board and the field was reduced to its last 21 hopefuls, Max Silver was moved over to table two.
From early position it was chip leader Murad Akhundov opening for 35,000. Action folded to hijack Max Silver and he three bet to 100,000 even. Akhundov made the call and both players checked on .
The hit the turn and Akhundov fired a bet of 165,000. Silver called, and soon faced a bet of 260,000 as the completed the board. Silver contemplated what to do for a bit, before he committed 260,000 of his 370,000 stack.
Akhundov tabled and Silver took it down with his .
Ole Schemion was standing up from his table and all cards were already rushed away, so there was some fear that the €100,000 Super High Roller champion may have busted. Instead, he was just asked to move over to table one instead as there were two seat open on there.
Mark Teltscher had been the latest casualty for only five big blinds according to Steve O'Dwyer, failing to improve with against the of Timothy Adams.
Timothy Adams raised to 35,000 from under the gun and Byron Kaverman then made it 90,000 to go out of the cutoff. Adams called and faced a flop of . Adams checked, Kaverman bet small for just 40,000 and then looked up fro his massage when Adams check-raised to 117,000.
Murad Akhundov open raised and Mustapha Kanit defended from the big blind. Kanit then check called a bet of 40,000 on , and check called another 83,000 on the river. Kanit lead out for 240,000 or so on the river with about 110,000 behind. Akhundov shoved all in and Kanit called it off. Murad Akhundov showed for the flopped set and rivered full house. Kanit mucked his and left the tournament area.
Kanit won in this very event last year and finished runner up in the €100,000 Super High Roller yesterday, but came up short here today. He finished in 24th place in a hand going on while the clock was already paused. Down to 23 instead of 24.
At almost the same time, Jason Mercier and Dan Smith have been eliminated. Mercier three-bet all in after an open-raise by Byron Kaverman and was at risk for his last 158,000. Kaverman, who had fallen to as low as 35,000 previously, called and it was a flip.
Mercier:
Kaverman:
The PokerStars Team Pro was ahead preflop, but Kaverman took the lead on the flop. The turn and river changed nothing whatsoever and that sent Mercier out of the tournament just shy of the last three tables.
Smith open-shoved for his last 105,000 with the and David Peters reshoved out of the small blind with . The board didn't run out without a sweat, coming , but ultimately the better hand before the flop held up.
and Kuznetsov grabbed the lead. The 
on the turn made him two pair, but brought new outs for Quoss. The 
on the river was one of them and Quoss doubled.
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and the field was reduced to its last 21 hopefuls, Max Silver was moved over to table two.
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and Silver took it down with his 
against the 
of Timothy Adams.
. Adams checked, Kaverman bet small for just 40,000 and then looked up fro his massage when Adams check-raised to 117,000.
river. Kanit lead out for 240,000 or so on the 
river with about 110,000 behind. Akhundov shoved all in and Kanit called it off. Murad Akhundov showed 
for the flopped set and rivered full house. Kanit mucked his 
and left the tournament area. 
turn and 
. The board didn't run out without a sweat, coming 
