On a completed board of , Viktor Kovachev was facing an all-in bet for his tournament life. Holding , Kovachev called his last 15,000 or so off, only to be shown the nuts with by Radek Castka. Kovachev can still reenter if he desires, unlimited reentries are allowed up until the end of level 8.
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.
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.
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.