Miroslav Alilovic raised to 100,000 from the button and Erwann Pecheux moved all in for exactly 600,000 from the button. Mohamed Mamouni reshoved from the big blind and Alilovic quickly folded.
Pecheux's ? were racing the ? of his opponent and the Frenchman doubled up on a board of ????. Mamouni could just shrug with his head and is below 10 big blinds now.
Yehoram Houri raised to 110,000 from under the gun and was called by Jozsef Szabo on the button as well as Heinrich Pauker in the small blind. On a flop of ??, Houri's continuation bet of 165,000 won the pot.
In the first hand back from dinner, Miroslav Alilovic defended his big blind to a raise of Mike Gerry and check-called a bet of 130,000 on the ?? flop. The turn and the river were both checked through and Alilovic's ? won the pot.
Two hands later, Gerry opened to 110,000 and Alilovic three-bet to 265,000, which was called by Gerry. On the ?? flop, Gerry check-raised all in after Alilovic had bet 150,000 and was called for more than 1.5 million chips each!
Alilovic: ?
Gerry: ?
The turn and river failed to improve Gerry. Upon counting the stacks, Alilovic had 1,525,000 and Gerry was covered by 15,000 chips only.
There are 50:32 minutes left in level 27 and play resumes shortly with the dead button in seat six, Yehoram Houri is in the small blind and Miroslav Alilovic posts the big blind.
Yehoram Houri raised to 100,000 from under the gun and was called by Mike Gerry in middle position as well as Nico Lombaerts in the big blind. On the flop of ??, the action was checked to Gerry and he won the pot with a bet of 130,000.
One hand later, Lombaerts moved all in for 300,000 from the small blind and Houri called in the big blind.
Lombaerts: ?
Houri: ?
The board ran out ???? and Lombaerts was eliminated in ninth place. The remaining eight players are now on a 45-minute break to grab something to eat and the official group picture is due as well.
In the second hand of the unofficial final table, Erwann Pecheux shoved from under the gun and claimed the blinds and antes.
Jozsef Szabo raised to 125,000 in the third hand and also got himself the blinds and antes.
Hand number four saw a raise by Mohamed Mamouni to 85,000 and he called the three-bet of Heinrich Pauker for 220,000. Both players checked the ?? flop and Pauker shoved the turn to shut down all further action.
Pecheux won hand number five after raising to 100,000 from the small blind. Mamouni defended his big blind and folded to a continuation bet on the ?? flop.
Nico Lombaerts was then all in for three big blinds and got called by Mamouni and Mike Gerry, The ? ? board was checked down and Lombaerts tripled up with his ? against Mamouni's ? and Gerry's ?.
In the very first hand of the unofficial final table, Yehoram Houri was the preflop aggressor from under the gun and got involved into a raising war with Nico Lombaerts in the big blind. Ultimately it would be Houri at risk for 1,190,000 with ? and faced the ? of Lombaerts.
The board ran out ???? and Houri celebrated with his rail.