Patrick Bornicke opened to 110,000. Pavel Stolar shoved 700,000 all in and Bornicke instantly called it off.
Patrick Bornicke:
Pavel Stolar:
The flop wasn't good for Stolar, but he picked up some extra outs on the turn. The river bricked with the and another hometown player parted from the tournament.
Jan Stariat opened the action from under the gun. Behind him, Karel Mokry committed his stack of around 600,000 to the pot. When it was back on Stariat, he instantly called and Mokry was in a world of hurt.
Jan Stariat:
Karel Mokry:
Stariat caught his countryman with the hand in the proverbial cookie jar. To make things worse, the flop left him nearly drawing dead and the on the turn sealed it. Mokry received €6,803 for his 19th place finish.
Sonay Kehya raised to 90,000 in late position and Gerhard Brimmers defended his big blind. On the flop, Brimmers simply open-shoved for 1,000,000, over four times the size of the pot!
Kehya wasn't impressed and quickly called to create a monster pot.
Gerhard Brimmers:
Sonay Kehya:
Brimmers had flopped bottom two pair, but Kehya had a ton of outs with his overpair and flush draw. The on the turn was safe for Brimmers, but the on the river gave Kehya the winner with a set of queens.
Brimmers headed to the payout desk to collect his winnings. Keyha, who started the day as the absolute short stack, now wields one of the largest stacks in the room.
With the pot up to 380,000 and the board reading , Max Henkel bet 275,000 with 320,000 behind. Patrick Bornicke shoved all in and Henkel was faced with a tough decision.
The German eventually elected to let it go and was left with just 8 big blinds.
Slovakia's Ivan Sebeledi and Germany's Felix Schulze just busted from the Main Event in 22nd and 21st place. Both players received €6,083 for their strong accomplishment.
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier started the day off as second in chips, but the Team PokerStars Pro couldn't seem to win a hand today. Down to just 349,000 in chips, Grospellier shoved all in from the button. [Removed:266] called from the small blind to put "ElkY" at risk.
Bertrand Grospellier:
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Grospellier was behind and couldn't catch up on . "ElkY" fell in 23rd place and had to settle for just €6,083. The cash did put Grospellier over $11 million dollars in lifetime winnings as a small consolation.