Richard Toth Eliminated in 17th Place (€10,200)

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Johannes Holstege opened to 42,000 only for Huub Verdonschot to shove behind. Holstege folded.

And so it was that next hand Richard Toth raised and Verdonschot shoved again. This time he got a call, the two of them with very similar stacks.

Verdonschot: {Q-Hearts}

Toth: dominating with {A-Clubs}

"Let's see king-ten-jack-ace," said garrulous tablemate Jonathan Schroer, "That way nobody gets knocked out."

Board: {10-Clubs}

As soon as Verdonschot had flopped the straight, Toth understandably kicked a chair and wandered off. When he came back, he went to shake Verdonschot's hand, but was informed that he had change - his stack had been 460,000 at the start of the hand while Verdonschot's all in had been for 449,000.

Toth's 9,000 remaining chips (2,000 went in as the ante) were pushed in blind the next hand, and he didn't even look at his cards until Jonathan Schroer had raised and everyone else had folded.

Schroer: {A-Hearts}