Foxen and Ferguson Eliminated

Joining the action on the turn, the stacks of Alexandre Viard in the big blind and Alex Foxen on the button went into the middle of the table. There were some 20,000 in the middle and Viard was the player at risk for 45,800.

Alexandre Viard:
Alex Foxen:

The on the river improved Viard to a flush and Foxen was left with fewer than one big blind.

In the next hand, David Urban shoved for 9,800 and Foxen called all in for 600 from the cutoff. Urban showed and Foxen had two live cards with , the board came . While Foxen was eliminated, Chris Ferguson shared the same fate on a different table, ensuring that neither of them would add points in the Player of the Year race in event #1 in Rozvadov.