The first couple of hands saw no major action on the unofficial final table and then there was a raise and four callers. On the flop , Aleksandar Tomovic took the lead and made a bet of what looked like 18,200. Philipp Zukernik raised to 45,000 and Tomovic called to see the appear on the turn. Tomovic checked and then folded to a push from Zukernik.
Unfortunately the stack sizes are not known yet but this will be fixed once there are eight players remaining.
Pierre Mothes won another two pots off Besim Hot and the latter then four-bet jammed out of the big blind. Mothes had raised, Stipo Vladic then three-bet very large to 31,100 from one seat over. Hot moved all in out of the big blind for 101,600 and Vladic called it off after the fold of Mothes.
Hot:
Vladic:
The flop came and Vladic immediately improved. Only an ace could save the Swiss after the turn and the dealer burned and turned the as final community card to send Hot to the rail.
The clock just moved on to the next level when an another player was all in and at risk on the feature table. He got it in ahead, but the opponent caught up to reduce the field to the last nine. There was no further spectacular hand on the secondary table and the redraw of the unofficial final table now takes place.
Expect the details of the 10th place finisher and his final hand in about half an hour from now.
The live stream has now caught up with the next elimination on the feature table as well. Renato Nowak limped in for 2,400 from under the gun and Pierre Mothes raised to 6,800. One player called and then Nowak moved all in for 88,100. Mothes shoved over the top for 102,800 and the third player in the hand folded.
Mothes:
Nowak:
The board ran out and that was it for Nowak. Mothes however went from one of the shortest stacks to a decent stack in the matter of 15 minutes.
A short-stacked Evangelos Vrakas moved all in for 47,000 from early position and Pierre Mothes reshoved from the small blind to enforce a fold from Stipo Vladic.
Vrakas:
Mothes:
The flop came and immediately left Vrakas in desperate shape. It was all over after the turn and the meaningless was just a formality.
Martin Kabrhel raised to 5,800 from the button and Franco Cantarella as well as Philipp Zukernik called in the blinds. On the flop , Cantarella and Zukernik both checked and Kabrhel continued for 10,000 to get a call from Zukernik only. The Czech high stakes expert then took down the pot with a second barrel on the turn.
Patrik Antonius raised to 5,200 and Philipp Zukernik defended his big blind to see the flop come . The Canadian checked and then quickly folded to a continuation bet of his opponent.
Elliot Smith is the shortest stack on the secondary table and in danger of missing out on the spotlight of the feature table.
Franco Cantarella then raised to 5,000 from the cutoff and Zukernik's three-bet to 15,000 from one seat over did the trick to enforce a fold.