Aleksandar Tomovic opened to 12,000 from early position and Arsenii Karmatckii ripped all-in for 66,500 on the button. The action was back on Tomovic who thought for a couple minutes and eventually called as players were about to head on a break.
Tomovic:
Karmatckii:
Karmatckii couldn't find any help on the board of and he was sent to the payout desk. In the very last hand of the level one table over, Ivo Donev ran out of chips, too, and the field was reduced to the last 75 hopefuls.
Sergio Fernandez doubled up Milan Topoly for 43,000 when his ended up second best to the of Topoly.
Soon after Timo Kamphues was all in with ace-queen as well and Fernandez called with the . This time the board came and Kamphues was elimated.
One table over, Hamza Miri got his short stack in with and maciej Kondraszuk called with the . The board of failed to improve Miri and he also joined the rail.
Soon after the money bubble had burst in spectacular fashion, the all in calls came fast and furios. Richard Pfeffer was all in for 60,000 with pocket jacks and Ismael Bojang called with the . The board came and that was it for Pfeffer. At almost the same time, Benjamin Garcia Rivera, Jesper Mertz and Alexander Schlien all busted as well.
After three short stacks doubled up, there was an all-in and call on four different tables. On the first table, Viktor Katzenberger was all-in with and was up against Giovanni Petroni who held . The board ran out and Katzenberger was the first casualty.
On the next table over, Carlo Savinelli doubled up with against Valentin Vornicu's . Savinelli was all-in for roughly 145,000 and now sits with one of the larger stacks in the tournament.
Then we came to Mario Mosböck who was all in for 62,500 with the and Ricardo Chauriye looked him up with the . The board ran out and Mosböck became the second casualty in the same hand, ensuring that Katzenberger would not leave empty-handed.
Finally, on the last table, the board read . The pot had around 100,000 in the middle and there were three hands waiting to be tabled. Konstantinos Tsirakidis rolled over and was the player at risk. Ivo Donev tabled and Serge Danis held the best hand with . Tsirakidis was the third player eliminated on the money bubble which would mean Katzenberger, Mosbock, and Tsirakidis would share two payout positions.
Maciej Kondraszuk opened to 9,000 from early position and Micky Blasi shoved all-in for 30,000 in the cutoff. The action folded back to Kondraszuk who made the call.
When the cards were tabled it was Blasi holding and Kondraszuk with . The board ran out and Blasi held on to double up.
Thomas Morstad raised from the hijack and picked up two callers in Sander van Wesemael on the button and Milan Topoly in the big blind. The flop fell and Topoly checked, Morstad bet 12,000 and van Wesemael raised to 29,000. Topoly called that bet and Morstad then moved all in for 77,000.
This forced out van Wesemael, but Topoly called with the superior stack. Once all other tables were completed, the cards were turned over.
Thomas Morstad:
Milan Topoly:
The turn and river failed to improve Topoly and Morstad doubled on the money bubble.
Vincent Moscati opened to 10,500 from middle position and was called by Jan Bendik on the button. The flop came and Moscati continued for 10,000. Bendik made the call and the landed on the turn.
Moscati checked this time and Bendik made a bet of 18,000. Moscati folded and showed . Bendik replied by showing the and raked in the pot.
Over on table 83, Theodoros Aidonopoulos and Viktor Kovachev were eliminated in the same hand to narrowly miss out on the money while Matous Houzvicek and Milan Topoly were more fortunate.
Houzvicek won a big flip for 75,500 with against the of Viktor Katzenberger on a board of .
Topoly faced a raise by Sander van Wesemael to 8,000 and the call by Konstantinos Tsirakidis. Topoly shoved for 49,000 and van Wesemael folded, Tsirakidis eventually called.