Over on the outer table, Ondrej Drozd raised to 3.4 million in the cutoff and Adrian Mateos moved all in for what appeared to be 21 million in the big blind. Drozd called instantly and the cards were turned over while the camera crew rushed by to film the showdown.
Adrian Mateos:
Ondrej Drozd:
The board ran out and Mateos was eliminated in 12th place for €40,000.
Yoann Vu-Van shoved all in for 32,800,000 from the cutoff. Pavel Plesuv also shoved from the small blind for 108,200,000.
Yoann Vu-Van:
Pavel Plesuv:
The board ran out - even though Vu-Van flopped a flush draw and turned a straight draw, it never materialized on the river and he was eliminated in 11th place.
Gianluca Speranza shoved all in from the cutoff for 9,900,000 and was called by Joao Simao in the small blind.
Gianluca Speranza:
Joao Simao:
The board ran out - no help for Speranza as he has been eliminated in 10th place. The 9 remaining players will be redrawn to one table and the seat draw will follow.
Yiannis Liperis shoved all in from the hijack for 39,300,000. Pavel Plesuv asked for a count and then also shoved from the small blind. Viktor Blom quickly folded his big blind.
Yiannis Liperis:
Pavel Plesuv:
The board ran out - Plesuv hit a king on the flop for a set of kings and to eliminate Liperis in ninth place.
With the elimination of Liperis, the official final table has now been reached. A short break will now take place while the final table is being set up and pictures of the players are being taken.
Hand #9: Niko Wieland shoved all in from the cutoff for 49,400,000. Viktor Blom asked for a count and also shoved. Rickie Silcock quickly folded his big blind.
Niko Wieland:
Viktor Blom:
The flop came to give Wieland a pair of jacks. Wieland needed another jack or queen or double up.
The turn brought them the which didn't change much.
The river completed the board with the and Wieland was eliminated in 8th place. He was sent to the payout desk to collect the €70,000 for his efforts over the past few days.
Hand #35: Aristeidis Moschonas raised to 7,000,000 from the button. Ondrej Drozd three-bet to 20,000,000 from the small blind. Moschonas considered his options, looked at his cards once more and then called.
The flop came , Drozd bet 16,000,000, Moschonas shoved for 83,600,000 and Drozd called quite quickly.
Aristeidis Moschonas:
Ondrej Drozd:
Drozd flopped top pair and Moschonas was looking for help. The rest of the board was filled with the on the turn and the on the river. Nothing came that could save Moschonas' tournament life and he was eliminated in 7th place and took home €100,000.
Hand #36: Ondrej Drozd raised to 10 million on the button with and Pavel Plesuv called with the in the small blind. The flop came and Plesuv checked, Drozd continued for 15 million and was called.
On the turn Plesuv quickly checked again and Drozd fired a big second barrel for 40 million, Plesuv called. The river improved Plesuv to the nut flush and he checked. Drozd emptied the clip and moved all in very quickly, sending Plesuv in the think tank after double checking his cards.
Several minutes passed and Plesuv called it off to score a massive double.
Hand #56: Ondrej Drozd shoved all in from the under-the-gun position for 106,500,000. Pavel Plesuv asked how much it was for, the dealer confirmed the amount. Plesuv also shoved for 362,000,000. Everyone else folded.
Ondrej Drozd:
Pavel Plesuv:
The board ran out - no help for Drozd as he has been eliminated in 6th place after starting the day as the chip leader and going into the final table with the chip lead. He will take €140,000 with him which means that is his biggest live cash ever.
Hand #100: Rickie Silcock shoved from the small blind for 91,000,000. Radoslaw Wesierski called with the shorter stack.
Radoslaw Wesierski:
Rickie Silcock:
The board ran out to give Silcock the flush on the river to eliminate Wesierski from the tournament in 5th place. As the applause could be heard for Wesierski and the cheers for Silcock, Wesierski made his way to the payout desk to collect his €200,000.