A very short-stacked Ryan Hughes was all in from the blinds against Catalin Pop and Robert Auer. On the flop, Auer bet Pop out of the hand to get heads-up with Hughes.
The tournament staff has announced a total of 14 levels will be played today, or play will be suspended when 54 players are left. With 134 players currently in contention, it looks like the latter will be achieved first.
Tobias Peters opened to 1,900 under the gun and Roland Israelashvili called from the small blind. Andriy Palyuga three-bet to 7,800 from the big blind. Peters four-bet to 18,900, Israelashvili folded, Palyuga shoved, and Peters called 39,000 total.
Andriy Palyuga:
Tobias Peters:
Peters was racing for his tournament life and lost the coin flip situation on an rundown.
Jan Bednar opened to 1,700 from middle position, Dennis Wilke called behind him and Andriy Palyuga called from the big blind. The flop was and Bednar continued 3,000, leaving himself with 11,000 behind.
Wilke flicked in two T-5,000 chips to raise to 10,000, Palyuga shoved around 30,000 from the big blind, Bednar folded and Wilke reluctantly folded as well.