Horak Busts; Jazayeri and Ho Don't
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Jiri Horak, who finished runner-up in the Colossus last year, just got it in for his last 4,925 from the cutoff and the small blind flat-called with 
. Horak only had 
and saw the board run out 
.
Maria Ho entered late and played one orbit, in which she doubled with ace-nine against king-queen. However, Fedor Holz, Rainer Kempe and Philipp Zukernik will have to play a small and big blind still in order to avoid disqualification.
In the last hand before the break, Valentin Vornicu raised to 900 and Sean Jazayeri three-bet to 5,000 from one seat over. That represented most of his stack, and a shortie called all in for his last 1,400. Vornicu folded and Jazayeri showed 
, the player at risk turned over 
. A board of 
changed nothing and Jazayeri boosted his stack slightly.
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
|
|
12,000 | 12,000 |
|
|
9,000 | 2,000 |
|
|
Eliminado |
and Butteroni showed 
, which ended up second best to the 
of the initial raiser.
and Engel continued for 2,300. His opponent acted quickly, putting in eight yellow chips worth a raise to 8,000. Engel looked at it but it didn't take him more than 30 seconds to announce he was all in. He knew he was in good shape when a request for a count followed, as he had only 6,800 more than the raise — a total of 14,800. The call button was pushed and cards were turned over. Engel showed 
and was ahead against 
. 
appeared on the turn, as Engel now needed to avoid any diamond card. But his two blockers were strong, and the brick in 
sealed the huge double-up for the poker traveller.
and the 
and failed to get there against 
as the one over card and gutshot straight draw never helped.
accustomed Moorman's needs as he moved up to 9,500.