The big stack of Gerald Karlic was the result of a big double against Alexandru Papazian when the former turned a straight with five-six and the latter's flopped set of nines could not improve to a full house. The stacks went in after the river, though, and Papazian was left with just one million.
Those chips then went to Pierre Neuville, who cracked the kings of the Romanian with 
after a 
flop. Another queen fell on the turn to spell the end for Papazian. He left the table with a smile and said "I didn't spew this time, at least I think so," and Karlic also admitted that both hands were coolers.
Mikhail Shalamov was also among those to bust. He three-bet his last 20 big blinds with pocket jacks and initial raiser Aleksei Kozlov called with queens to scoop the pot.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
3,550,000
3,550,000
|
3,550,000 |
|
2,700,000
1,450,000
|
1,450,000 |
|
Eliminé | |
|
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|
Eliminé | |
|
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failed to catch up to his opponent's 
. That left him with around 260,000 and that went in the next hand.
. O'Dwyer held 
.
. The turn was the 
, but the river was the 
which eliminated O'Dwyer.
flop, Kotleba checked and shoved over the top of a Kan bet worth 325,000. The latter called after some consideration and showed 
, while Kotleba only had 
for a gutshot.
river gave Kotleba a straight to double for 1,201,000. "I think they hate me here, I did the same thing before," Kotleba said while he was bagging up the chips.
flop. Lodden moved all in with pocket Kings, and managed to get called by the King-Jack of Karakiyan. The turn and river were both blanks, and that was enough to get him up over the two million chip mark.
