Action folded round to Roman Korenev and he shoved for his last 120,000. He just had to get through Josip Simunic in the big blind but he liked his cards enough to call and put Korenev at risk of elimination.
Korenev had and Simunic the baby pair .
A run out of saw the fives hold to bust Korenev who had been cruising along until just before the break and was now suddenly on the rail towards the end of Day 2’s play.
Ivan Luca raised to 40,000 and then folded to a three-bet of Eric Sfez for 81,000 from the button. A few hands later Thomas Butzhammer opened to 35,000 from under the gun and the Argentinian put out a raise of 84,000 from the big blind. Butzhammer moved all in and once again the cards of Luca found their way to the muck.
A few minutes into the level, Jean-Noel Thorel raised to 35,000 from under the gun and flat-called the 75,000-three-bet of Garret Gruener on the button. On the flop, Thorel moved all in for 147,000 chips and was more or less snap-called by Gruener.
Thorel had two over cards to the of Gruener, but he would make a backdoor straight with to stay in the tournament as the turn and river completed the board.
This will definitely be the last level for tonight and it is up to the remaining participants whether or not it will last 60 minutes. The only way to finish early would be reaching the official final table of the last eight players.
Robin Ylitalo opend for 22,000 and Garret Gruener made the call in the small blind. Roman Korenev made it 38,000 from the big blind and the decision was back on Ylitalo who raised him back to 100,000. Gruener made the fold.
Korenev cut out some more chips and five-bet to 168,000 and Ylitalo’s response was to move all in. Korenev wasn’t loving life but felt he couldn’t fold now he had come this far and called it off.
Ylitalo showed with Korenev tabling .
The cards fell .
Korenev was almost felted while Ylitalo breached the one million chip mark.
In the last hand of the level, Artur Koren three-bet shoved with his short stack and got called by Fady Kamar with . Koren had the slightly superior but couldn't fade the board of , giving his opponent a straight. For his efforts, the German receives €20,280.
Vladimir Troyanovskiy raised to 26,000 and Eric Sfez moved all in out of the blinds and with the superior stack. The Russian called off for what appeared to be around 180,000 chips with and had a kicker problem against the of Sfez.
The board ran out safely for the Frenchman in and Troyanovskiy was sent to the rail in 15th place for €20,280.
Eric Sfez was the initial raiser from under the gun and found a customer in Nikolay Komcharokov. On the flop, Sfez bet 26,000 and Komcharokov raised to 70,000. The Frenchman moved all in and received a snap-fold by his opponent.
and Simunic the baby pair 
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saw the fives hold to bust Korenev who had been cruising along until just before the break and was now suddenly on the rail towards the end of Day 2’s play.
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flop, Thorel moved all in for 147,000 chips and was more or less snap-called by Gruener.
of Gruener, but he would make a backdoor straight with 
to stay in the tournament as the 
turn and 
river completed the board.
with Korenev tabling 
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but couldn't fade the board of 
, giving his opponent a straight. For his efforts, the German receives €20,280.
and Troyanovskiy was sent to the rail in 15th place for €20,280.
flop, Sfez bet 26,000 and Komcharokov raised to 70,000. The Frenchman moved all in and received a snap-fold by his opponent.