Manig Loeser had shoved from the cutoff for 59,000 in total and Vangelis Kaimakamis shoved too from the small blind with the bigger stack. The big blind quickly folded and then they had to wait until the other tables were done with their action. Over on the other table, Wiecek doubled up with pocket jacks.
Then it was their turn and Loeser was hoping to get lucky with pocket jacks too.
Manig Loeser:
Vangelis Kaimakamis:
The flop came to give Kaimakamis a pair of queens immediately to leave Loeser searching for one of the two remaining jacks.
The turn was the which didn't change the situation and with the on the river, Loeser became the bubble boy and the rest of the field was in the money.
There were two all-ins and a call after the first hand-for-hand of bubble play. The first showdown was between Piotr Wiecek and Thomas Hofmann. Angelos Pettas had initially raised to 20,000 and Hofmann had called, then Wiecek had shoved for 85,000 with Hofmann as the only caller.
With 60 players left in the tournament and 59 players getting paid, hand-for-hand play has commenced now. For every round of hand-for-hand, 2 minutes will be deducted from the tournament clock which now is at 10 minutes left in this level.
Fabien Baldelli opened to 15,000 from under the gun, David Urban three-bet to 47,000 in middle position and Baldelli called. The flop was and Urban continued with a bet of 35,000, which Baldelli check-called.
The on the turn brought out the fireworks. Baldelli checked, Urban bet 85,000, Baldelli check-raised all in and Urban snap-called it off for 222,000 total.
David Urban:
Fabien Baldelli:
It was another massive hand at table 108 and once again, Baldelli was involved. Urban was in fantastic shape to double up but the brutal on the river brought his bracelet hunt to a screeching halt. He tapped the table and quickly left the tournament area.
With 700,000 in chips, Baldelli now holds a commanding lead.
Fahredin Mustafov raised to 12,000 from early position and Kale Halstead three-bet to 33,000 from the cutoff. Darko Stojanovic four-bet shoved and Mustafov quickly folded when the action came back to him. Halstead took a bit longer and then decided to open-fold . The rest of the table looked bewildered while Stojanovic quietly stacked up his new chips.