Topic Drops a Few
Hand #1: Stefan Drabert made it 60,000 with 
from the hijack and was raised to 150,000 by Georgios Vrakas on the button with 
. Marco Topic alone called in the big blind with 
. The flop of 
saw Topic check to Vrakas, who c-bet 185,000 and took it down.
Hand #2: Marco Topic woke up with 
in the small blind and made it 160,000. Ivan Banic called with 
and the two men saw a flop of 
. Both men checked to the turn of , where they did the same, but on the river, Banic bet 475,000 and that was enough to scare Topic away.
Hand #3: Banic moved all-in from the small blind with 
and Yehuda ‘Chikkita’ Cohen folded his big blind of 
. There’s some history there, with Chikkita having survived when extremely short several times in the build-up to the final eight. Can he spin his way back into it?
Hand #4: Topic made it with 130,000 with 
from the cut-off, but Michal Kadziela called in the big blind with 
. The flop of 
gave Marco Topic the nuts, but his c-bet of 130,000 didn’t get a call.
Hand #5: Topic bet to 175,000 with 
from the hijack and Chikita folded ace-four in the button. Kadziela had 
, however, and Kadziela three-bet to 355,000 from the small blind. Topic called. The flop of 
was better for Topic, but it was Kadziela who led for 345,000. Topic called. The turn of was ideal for Kadziela, who checked to his German opponent. Topic checked behind to a 
river. Kadziela value-bet to 525,000, a quarter of Topic’s remaining stack, and he let it go.