Dmitry Yurasov raised to 50,000 from under the gun and it folded to Ji Zhang in the small blind. He put his last 200,000 in the middle and Freek Scholten folded from the big blind. Yurasov quickly called.
Ji Zhang:
Dmitry Yurasov:
Zhang needed a queen or a miracle but neither happened after the board ran out .
Jose Leon got his remaining 240,000 in from the small blind and Janosch Hain had him at risk in the big with . Leon had live suited cards with but saw one of his worst-case flops as arrived. The left him heading to payouts.
Michal Mrakes sat under the gun with just 58,000 which is just slightly over two big blinds. He was tanking because there were 40 players remaining with a pay jump of €1,000 looming if one more player was eliminated. Mrakes took his time under the gun until the clock was called on him. He waited and waited some more until one second was left and he raised to 50,000 with 8,000 behind.
It folded to [Removed:102] in the cutoff and he three-bet all in for 578,000. It quickly folded to Mrakes and he took his time again. Jose Quintas asked after about a minute how long Mrakes was allowed to think for and the floorman who was standing at the table replied that he had as long as he wanted until someone called the clock.
The clock was eventually called on him by Clement Richez and Mrakes waited until he had one second left before calling.
Mrakes was behind with against the of Apicella-Albertini. The board ran out and Mrakes was eliminated from the tournament.
He ended up taking 40th place worth €6,015 while all other players are guaranteed €7,100.
Clement Richez saw action folded to him in the small blind and looked to his left at the stack of Yiannis Liperis, who was in the big blind.
"All in," said Richez. Liperis thought for a couple of seconds and then announced a call.
Yiannis Liperis:
Clement Richez:
Liperis found help as the flop came , leaving him in need of fading just three immediate outs due to Richez not having a club. The turn gave Richez four more outs to broadway, but the river did not fill him up and Liperis put forward his stack to be counted and paid off.
Piotr Wiecek was in the tank, having opened early for 50,000 only to see the big blind, Remi Wyrzykiewicz, shove all in with a covering stack. Wiecek thought for a few minutes before someone called the clock.
Told he had 30 seconds, Wiecek announced a call and turned over . Wyrzykiewicz had and looked good to surpass 2 million as hit the felt. However, the river sent the pot to Wiecek, who collected a double worth 665,000.
Sam Grafton was under the gun and bumped it up to 40,000. He received a call from Jozef Bartalos in the hijack before action made its way around to Mikhail Zub in the big blind. Zub three-bet all in and got a fold from Grafton to put action onto Bartalos, who called all in for less.
Jozef Bartalos:
Mikhail Zub:
Bartalos found no help as the runout came and a few players at the table wished him a good game as he made his way to the payout desk.
Three players got it all in and showed down at Table 2.
Urmo Velvelt:
Vlachos Lampros:
Luigi D'Alterio:
According to Sam Grafton, D'Alterio opened and Lampros flatted before Velvelt shoved behind them. D'Alterio's attempt to isolate was met with a quick call, however he flopped everyone nearly dead when three spades arrived. The turn and river were clean for him and he sent both opponents with dominating hands to payouts.
Mehdi Daghari sat in the small blind with and he put his last 300,000 in the middle. He was called by big blind Alexey Losev with and Daghari was in good shape to double up.
The flop was good for Daghari as well and Losev only added multiple backdoors to his outs, but he actually gained some direct outs on the turn.
The on the river delivered a blow to Daghari who almost ran out of the tournament room before he was reminded to collect his cash of €6,015.