Daniel Idema Eliminated in 8th Place (A$125,000)
From early position, Bjorn Li raised to 85,000. Oliver Speidel called from the hijack seat and then Mile Krstanoski made the call from the button. In the small blind was Daniel Idema and he reraised all in for 1.39 million. After Yann Dion folded from the big blind, Li requested an exact count. Then, Li reraised all in for greater than three million, having both Speidel and Krstanoski covered.
Speidel quickly folded, but Krstanoski looked as though his decision was a bit harder. He tanked for a bit and even asked for a count on Li's stack. He found that it was over three million and greater than his stack. A minute later, Krstanoski folded.
Li showed the 
and was dominating Idema's 
. Krstanoski told Li he had the same hand.
The flop came down 
and so far, Li stayed in front with his big slick. The turn was the 
and then the river completed the board with the 
. Idema's ace-queen high fell second best to Li's ace-king high and he was officially eliminated in eighth place. For his finish, Idema walked away with A$125,000.
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