Sylvain Loosli moved all in for 380,000 chips from the under-the-gun plus one position and Dzmitry Urbanovich proceeded to re-shove from the button to put both blinds all in as well. Neither of the players in the blinds wanted to play for their tournament life, and the showdown went as following.
Loosli:
Urbanovich:
The board ran out and Loosli caught an eight on the river to keep his tournament hopes alive.
Sylvain Loosli pushed all in from the cutoff for 1,560,000. His next door neighbor Ivan Luca on the button pushed all in as well. Both blinds quickly released and it was time to put the cards on their backs.
Sylvain Loosli:
Ivan Luca:
The board ran out and Luca doubled his 1,190,000 stack, leaving Loosli with under 4 big blinds.
Sylvain Loosli opened under the gun to 175,000, but folded to Ivan Luca's 1,060,000 shove right next to him.
One hand later saw Michael Egan open to 160,000 preflop. Dzmitry Urbanovich made the call and so did Sylvain Loosli in the big blind. The flop came and action checked to Urbanovich. The Polish player bet 215,000 and just Egan made the call. The two of them checked down the on the turn and on the river and Egan took it down with the , Urbanovich mucked.
Paul Newey moved all in under the gun plus one for 625,000 and the action folded to JC Alvarado on the button. After a while Alvarado opted to call, and both blinds gave up to create a heads-up showdown.
Newey:
Alvarado:
The board ran out and Newey's big pair was cracked by Alvarado. We're now down to seven players as Newey collected �168,700 for his efforts.
In the first hand of the official final table, Sylvain Loosli moved in for his last 830,000 from middle position. His next door neighbor Ivan Luca in the hijack, reshoved all in. Action quickly folded around and it was time fo the French and Argentinian player to put their cards on their backs.
Sylvain Loosli:
Ivan Luca:
The flop was a harmless , but the on the turn made all the difference. The on the river completed the board and Loosli's double up.
After tripling up, the next hand Byron Kaverman moved all in again. This time his shove was for 420,000.
Action folded to Michael Egan in the small blind and the Australian made the call. Big blind Dzmitry Urbanovich tanked for a bit before sliding 975,000 total forward. Egan thought about it for just a bit before releasing his hand.
Byron Kaverman:
Dzmitry Urbanovich:
The flop came , giving Kaverman a gutshot to go along with his tens and jacks for outs. The on the turn didn't bring the man at risk any fortune though, and neither did the on the river.
With Byron Kaverman's exit the official final table of eight is set. Play has halted to do a complete chip count and make the official final table photo. The remaining eight players are guaranteed �168,700.
and Loosli caught an eight on the river to keep his tournament hopes alive.
and Luca doubled his 1,190,000 stack, leaving Loosli with under 4 big blinds.
on the river and Egan took it down with the 
, Urbanovich mucked.
and Newey's big pair was cracked by Alvarado. We're now down to seven players as Newey collected �168,700 for his efforts.
on the river completed the board and Loosli's double up.
on the river.
