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With around 88,000 already in the pot and two players in the hand the flop went 
and both players, Jean-Noel Thorel in the big blind and Tobias Reinkemeier in the early position checked.
The 
on the turn was followed by a 75,000 bet from Thorel and a call from Reinkemeier. The dealer opened 
and both players checked. Thorel showed 
for a pair of aces which was good for the win.
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From under the gun, Jean-Noel Thorel limped in. Action then folded to short stack Kristijonas Andrulis on the button and he raised to 150,000, effectively telling the table he was all in as he only had 36,000 behind. Play folded back to Thorel and he announced a call. The dealer asked him for 150,000, which seemed to surprise Thorel that it was so much. Either way, he was verbally committed and put the chips out.
The flop came down 
and Thorel announced that he was all in. Andrulis quickly called off the last of his chips with the 
, but was behind the 
for Thorel.
The turn was the , giving Andrulis some additional outs, but the 
on the river missed him. Andrulis was eliminated in ninth place and took home €27,190. With his elimination, the tournament is now down to the official final table and everyone is guaranteed €32,630.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Tobias Reinkemeier opened with a raise to 32,000 from middle position and Stanislav Labutkin flatted from the cutoff seat. The flop came down 
and both players checked to see the 
land on the turn. Reinkemeier checked and Labutkin bet 26,000. Reinkemeier called.
The river completed the board with the , putting a pair of fours in the middle. Reinkemeier check-called a bet of 35,000 from Labutkin, but mucked his hand when Labutkin tabled the 
.
From middle position, Jean-Noel Thorel raised to 52,000, which seemed to catch the eye of everyone else at the table when the dealer announced the raise amount. No one opted to play, though, and Thorel won the pot.
Alex Bilokur raised from early position to 32,000 and Jean-Noel Thorel called from middle position. Laurent Polito also called from the big blind and the flop came down 
. Polito checked and Bilokur bet 44,000. Thorel and Polito both folded, giving this one to Bilokur.
Level: 18
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,000
Alex Bilokur opened with a raise to 26,000 on the button and Jean-Noel Thorel called from the big blind. The flop produced the 
and Thorel check-called a bet of 37,000 from Bilokur. The 
was then added on the turn and Thorel checked again. This time, after Bilokur bet 62,000, Thorel fired back with a more powerful check-raise to 162,000. Bilokur gave it up and Thorel won the pot.
From early position, Team PokerStars Pro Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier opened with a raise to 25,000. Jean-Noel Thorel was in the next seat and reraised to 52,000 before play folded over to Carlos Mora in the cutoff seat. He took a minute and counted down his stack before reraising all in for 276,000. Play folded back to Grospellier and he reshoved. That knocked Thorel out of the way, leaving Grospellier and Mora heads up.
Grospellier: 
Mora: 
The flop, turn and river ran out 
and Mora's set of aces landed him the double to over 600,000 in chips. Grospellier lost roughly half his stack and currently sits on 333,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
640,000
412,000
|
412,000 |
|
620,000
-53,000
|
-53,000 |
|
333,000
-281,000
|
-281,000 |
|
||
| Seat | Player | Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alex Bilokur | 1,038,000 |
| 2 | Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier | 614,000 |
| 3 | Jean-Noel Thorel | 673,000 |
| 4 | Joao Vieira | 218,000 |
| 5 | Tobias Reinkemeier | 753,000 |
| 6 | Carlos Mora | 228,000 |
| 7 | Stanislav Labutkin | 700,000 |
| 8 | Laurent Polito | 1,114,000 |
| 9 | Kristijonas Andrulis | 195,000 |
