Action as Far as the Eye Can See
When Simone Falorni busted out in 17th place, that meant that it was time for a redraw. But before that could happen, it would be all change in the stack sizes on at least one of the other tables.
First up, Konstantin Bilyaver raised to 46,000 under the gun only for Johan Storakers - who's suffered some dreadful luck so far today - to shove from the button. Back around to Bilyaver who thought about it for some time. Eventually he called.
Storakers was dominating with up against Bilyaver's and in great shape to double up, but Storaker's bad luck continued as the board came down to chop the pot. It was better than busting out, but not much - Storakers looked heartbroken and remained a short stack as the new players joined the table.
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Over on the other table, Steven van Zadelhoff was in the process of doubling through chip leader Arnaud Mattern.
Mattern:
Van Zadelhoff:
Board:
Van Zadelhoff doubled to 670,000 and looked much happier about things as they broke the table. Mattern didn't look particularly bothered about any of this - on over 2 million after that, he remains the chip leader as we go to two tables.