On the very next hand after Kitson Kho was knocked out, the action folded to Rainer Kempe in the small blind. Kempe enquired after [Removed:17]'s stack, before deciding to call the big blind.
"All in," Yan announced, and Kempe called right away.
Yan:
Kempe:
The board ran out and after counting down the chips Kempe had Yan covered by just 50,000 chips. Kempe's now in real contention with four players left, as Yan went to collect his �152,900 payslip.
Kitson Kho moved all in for his last 250,000 under the gun plus one and the action folded to Rainer Kempe in the big blind. Kempe gave it some thought, but in the end he tossed in the chips in order to make the call.
Kempe:
Kho:
The board ran out and Kho was knocked out by Kempe's two pair.
[Removed:17] pushed all in for 470,000 from the hijack and Kitson Kho in the cutoff reshoved for 250,000 more. The other players all folded and Yan and Kho opened their cards.
[Removed:17]:
Kitson Kho:
The board ran out and Kho was left with 250,000 while Yan doubled.
"Short stack ninja!" Adrian Mateos said with a smile.
Tobias Reinkemeier opened for 105,000 from the cutoff and Ramin Hajiyev in the big blind made the call. The flop came and Hajiyev check called a bet of 75,000. Both players checked the on the turn and the hit the river. Hajiyev bet out 180,000 and was instantly called by Reinkemeier.
Hajiyev showed . "What's that?" Reinkemeier asked as he showed his . It was a in fact a straight, and Reinkemeier lost a good portion of his stack.
Ramin Hajiyev opened the button for 110,000 and [Removed:17] made the call from the big blind. He pushed all in for 245,000 on and Hajiyev folded. An extra 170,000 for Yan without a showdown!
Luuk Gieles moved all in under the gun for 470,000 and action quickly folded around to Jean-Noel Thorel. The Frenchman instantly called and the two of them threw their cards on their backs.
Luuk Gieles:
Jean-Noel Thorel:
The flop was not particularly good for Gieles as he lost some outs. He gained some on the turn but the on the river was a blank and Gieles had to get up to leave the tournament area.
"Good luck guys" he said as he made his way to the pay out desk to collect his �73,500. After having finished 7th in the �50,000 Super High Roller (�137,140), now 8th in the Single-Day High Roller for the 21-year old Dutchman. The remaining players are guaranteed �94,050.