The tournament came with a guaranteed prize pool of €200,000, but that number has been shattered thanks to 187 entries in total, creating a prize pool of €358,853. Only the top 29 spots will get paid and the winner takes home the coveted gold bracelet and a payday of €91,730.
Martin Kabrhel on the button for the last 30,000 and Ludovic Geilich in the cutoff for more than 120,000 were at risk against Ilya Bulychev in a three-way all in showdown.
Martin Kabrhel:
Ludovic Geilich:
Ilya Bulychev:
The board came and the ace on the flop gave Bulychev the best hand, sending Geilich and Kabrhel to the rail.
At almost the same time one table over, Danny Tang got the remainder of his stack in with and saw his aces show down by the flush of Aaron Duczak, who held . Tang had previously lost a big pot to Daniel Rezaei and went from big stack to out in just one hour.
"That's PLO, spin to win," Yehoram Houri in the one seat added.
Michael Soyza lost a big portion of his stack with top set against a gutshot and flush draw, and was left short. The action continued with Anton Johansson battling against Eemil Tuominen and the former saw his end up second best against the Finn's on a board of .
The remaining chips of Soyza then went to fellow Malaysian Ming Juen Teoh and Soyza headed to the rail.
Shaun Deeb scored a late double when he got it in for the last 46,000 against James Chen.
Shaun Deeb:
James Chen:
The board came and Deeb doubled with two pair, jacks and nines.
Anson Tsang has further increased his stack but Ilya Bulychev is hot on his heels for the overnight lead. The Russian just flopped quads sevens and was paid off to add another big chunk to the growing wall right in front og him.
In the penultimate level of the night, there are only 44 players remaining and it seems unlikely that the money will be reached before bagging and tagging.
On the three-way flop of , Ivan Leow bet 10,000 in the cutoff and was called by Anson Tsang out of the blinds, while Aaron Duczak sent his cards into the muck. Tsang and Leow checked the turn and Tsang bet the river for 20,000. Leow snap-called and Tsang tabled the for a full house.
Thomas Pohnke had doubled his very few chips but was soon after eliminated on a different table.
Jesper Hougaard was eliminated minutes into the final level of the night and Joni Jouhkimainen is also no longer to be found at the tables while Anson Tsang keeps piling more and more chips with every hand.
One table over, Ming Juen Teoh and Anton Johansson got their near identical stacks in preflop and turned over pocket kings.
Anton Johansson:
Ming Juen Teoh:
Johansson was the player at risk and flopped a sweat on , but the turn and river were both blanks.