Aleksei Ivanov raised to 115,000 in the hijack and Henrik Brockmann shipped all in for 437,000 on the button. James Walker was in the small blind and called off his last 430,000. Ivanov only had 15,000 chips remaining but waited to see if he could score a pay jump before sticking his last chips in the middle.
Henrik Brockmann:
James Walker:
Aleksei Ivanov:
The flop of left Brockmann in charge along with the largest stack. The on the turn gave Ivanov some hope but the on the river brought the tournament down to the final three tables.
Aleksei Ivanov and Manish Goenka were all-in and heads-up and Ivanov was at risk with the shorter stack of 222,000.
Aleksei Ivanov:
Manish Goenka:
The flop came for Ivanov to hit a straight draw.
The turn was the to give Ivanov the straight indeed but he could also improve to the straight flush or normal flush. Goenka was looking for the king to give him the broadway but the on the river kept Ivanov ahead to double up.
Goenka was left behind with less than 8 big blinds which he lost shortly after.
The cards were already spread out across the table and Luiz Ferreira's pocket kings was the only hand still face up. Ferreira and Danny Covyn got all of the chips in the middle preflop and Ferreira was the player at risk for 433,000.
The board came and Ferreira's were good enough to earn him a full double up at the hands of Covyn.
Quan Zhou raised to 37,000 from the button and Markus Steger shoved in the small blind. Zhou asked for a count and the dealer confirmed Steger had 191,000 behind. Zhou asked if the dealer could put the bet in so he could see the difference. The dealer complied and advised Zhou it would be 154,000 extra. Andres Zepeda called the clock on Zhou immediately. The floor came over and the dealer explained the situation. The floor took no action yet. Zhou took a few more seconds before making the call in the end.
Markus Steger:
Quan Zhou:
The board ran out for Steger to stay in the lead and double up by the time the river was dealt.
Roman Svab shipped all in for 120,000 in early position and was called by Amar Begovic on the button and Aleksei Ivanov in the small blind. The flop came and both remaining players checked to the on the turn.
Ivanov checked again and then quickly folded when Begovic tossed in a bet. Svab flipped over but Begovic turned a set of fours with . The river was the and Svab was eliminated.
The board read with Yang Zhang all-in for 144,000 from the mid-position and called by Ahmed Abdella in the small blind and Michal Mrakes in the late position.
Abdella and Mrakes were playing for the side-pot that already contained 220,000. Abdella had checked and Mrakes bet 175,000. Abdella tanked while getting a massage and decided to call.
The river completed the board with the and Abdella checked for the last time. Mrakes counted out some chips and put 450,000 over the line for the bet. Abdella tanked and tanked, and then decided to fold. Mrakes tabled to scoop the side-pot but Zhang tripled up as he held for the rivered flush.