After very recently running his into Aristeidis Moschonas' and failing to improve, Giorgi Tsintsadze was left dangerously short on chips.
The man known only as EA raised to 1,400,000, with Giorgi Tsintsadze moving all-in next to act. SThe action slowly folded round, with EA making the immediate call. Tsintsadze tabled but had, very unfortunately, run into again!
It looked to be all over when EA drilled a set on the flop, but there was a little light at the end of the tunnel when the dealer turned the . It wasn't to be, though, as the river bricked the and the chips went EA's way.
Giorgi Tsintsadze will finish 9th and take home �5,000
Rolando Lombardi raised to 1,400,000 and was called by Ela Kubincova. Milenko Smardzija needed some time to consider his options and then decided to shove all in for 7,900,000. Lombardi got out of the way quickly for Kubincova to call the all-in.
Ela Kubincova:
Milenko Smardzija:
The board ran out - no seven for Smardzija and he went home with �3,750 in total.
Dragan Zaric opened under the gun with a raise to 1,300,000, with Vladimir Burstein quickly 3-betting the button to 4,100,000. Both blinds got out of the way, before Zaric decided to make the call.
The dealer spread a flop, with Zaric checking the action over to Burstein who reached for a continuation bet of 2,900,000. No sooner had Zaric put in the check-raise to 7,500,000, then Burstein had put the rest in, shoving for Zaric's 20,000,000-chip effective stack.
After a momentary dwell, Zaric made the fold as Burstein dragged in a big pot bringing him into second position of the 10 remaining players.
Harald Heigl raised to 1,400,000 from the under-the-gun position, Martin Lechner on the button three-bet. The players in the blinds folded and Heigl shoved. Lechner called.
Martin Lechner:
Harald Heigl:
The board ran out - no ace or queen for Heigl to survive and he was sent home with �3,750 in total for finishing in 11th place.
Martin Lechner raised to 1,400,000 from the under-the-gun position and action folded to Stefan Raschbauer in the small blind. Raschbauer three-bet and Lechner shoved all in. Raschbauer called being covered by Lechner.
Martin Lechner:
Stefan Raschbauer:
The board ran out - no help for Raschbauer and he made his way to the payout desk.
The players have just had a break while the tournament organization removed the orange 25,000-value chips from play. The brown 1,000,000-value chips have made their appearance now.
Christian Georgescu shoved all in for his remaining 2,750,000 from the cutoff and was called by E. A. and Dragan Zaric in the blinds. E.A. and Zaric checked through the whole board.
Dragan Zaric:
Christian Georgescu:
E. A.:
No help for Georgescu and he has been eliminated in 13th place.
Martin Lechner raised from the cutoff to 1,050,000, with Rolando Lombardi 3-betting to 2,250,000 from the small blind. After a short dwell, Lechner put in the call and the pair took a flop heads up.
Lombardi continued on the flop for the same bet - 2,250,000 - with Lechner making the call, before both players checked down the turn and the river.
Lechner went to table his hand, but was promptly shown Lombardi's . As the dealer pushed the pot Lombardi's way, Lechner flashed the , before the tournament director announced there would be a short break after this level.