Table 5 continues to be the craziest table in every heat. The play is still five-handed after an estimated 10 short stacks doubled up.
Giuliano Bendinelli must've accounted for at least three of them as he aims to win his third straight heat. He moved all in from the button for 23,075 and Alexander Dovzhenko did likewise from the small blind.
Ukraine really need a win and the 9,000 points earned for doing so. After Alexander Dovzhenko's loss to go short, a lot of hope rested on Oleksandr Gnatenko, battling heads-up with Ike Haxton. He had a 2-1 lead but they just reversed positions.
All the chips went in preflop and the cards were flipped up.
Gnatenko:
Haxton:
The board ran a Team USA flavoured to Gnatenko's extreme frustration. He tried his very best to turn a handful of chips into dust.
Ladouceur first doubled Patrick Bruel when he got it in with against . Bruel made a full house on and Ladouceur was left short.
The Canadian PokerStars Team Online pro busted not much later to Oliver Price. Ladouceur had while Price had . The board ran out and Ladouceur hit the rail, leaving Team United Kingdom (Price) heads up against Team France (Bruel).
With just a few hands left, not everyone is shoving as wide as usual anymore, as points can already be secured by not doing anything.
Just now a clash between two hands did happen though, changing the story on Table 4.
Andrew Chen shoved all in from the button and Dario Sammartino thought along time before folding his small blind. Olivier Busquet called in the big blind.
Olivier Busquet:
Andrew Chen:
The board ran out and Chen doubled to the chip lead. Still three handed at Table 4.