Leonard Maue open-shoved from the cutoff for around 300,000 and Koray Aldemir called in the big blind.
Leonard Maue:
Koray Aldemir:
Maue had run into the aces of Aldemir, and although he picked up a jack on the flop, the turn and river bricked out and he was eliminated in 28th place.
Markus Durnegger was down to his last 510,000 chips and he moved all in from late position. Yunsheng Sun was just a couple of seats over and made the call to put Durnegger at risk.
Yunsheng Sun:
Markus Durnegger:
It was a classic race between the two players but the flop of was too low for Durnegger's liking. The board went running deuces to give Sun a full house and Durnegger was eliminated.
Leonard Maue raised to 65,000 from the cutoff and Koray Aldemir defended from the big blind. The flop came and Aldemir check-called a bet of 60,000 from Maue.
The turn was the and Aldemir checked again. Maue tossed in another bet of 130,000 and Aldemir check-raised all in. Maue only had 335,000 left in front of him, leaving him with a decision for his remaining chips. He thought, and he thought, and he thought some more, taking well over five minutes. The clock was finally called and Maue let his hand go to the muck.
Ryan Riess opened to 65,000 and Bahram Chobineh defended his big blind. The flop came and both players checked. The turn was the . Chobineh bet 35,000 and Riess raised in position to 100,000. Chobineh called.
The river was the and Chobineh checked. Riess bet 200,000 and Chobineh called.
With the fantastic structure of the WSOPE Main Event (90-minute levels throughout), there's plenty of room left with 29 players remaining and play has slowed down as a result. The only notable recent happenings were shoves by Andy Black and Leonard Maue, who both picked up the blinds and antes.
Yesterday, there was word going around the tournament that there was someone who had qualified for the 2018 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event for just €0.01. Players wanted to know if it was true. It was.
The player in question was Russian Viktor Taranenko and yes, he had qualified for just €0.01.
And after outlasting over 450 players, he was almost ready to lock up a €15,074 min-cash. There was just one more thing to get past. The money bubble, and Taranenko was short.
So short in fact, that yesterday he got his last chips in with against the of Gary Hasson. There was no help for Taranenko who was eliminated and left the tournament area empty-handed and distraught.
But today there has been a development which hopefully will put a smile on Taranenko's face. partypoker have decided to give the Russian a $530 MILLIONS Online satellite ticket as a consolation prize.
This will give Taranenko the chance to qualify for online poker's biggest-ever single tournament, with a $20 million guaranteed prize pool and one that is guaranteed to award the top four finishers at least $1 million and the champion $2.5 million.
Taranenko has already turned €0.01 into a €10,350 seat, and will now look to turn a $530 satellite ticket into a $5,300 seat in this huge online tournament! Good luck Viktor!
Oleksandr Lagoda limped in from early position and Laszlo Bujtas made it 120,000 to go in the small blind. Lagoda quickly called to see the flop of . Bujtas bet 90,000 and Lagoda nearly beat him into the pot.
The turn brought the and both players checked to the on the river. Bujtas fired out another bet of 160,000 and Lagoda snap-called again. Bujtas turned over for top pair and Lagoda slipped his cards into the muck.