Evangelos Tsairis Eliminated in 18th Place (€22,160)

Georgios Kapalas opened to 33,000 from early position and it folded over to Joseph Carlino in the hijack. He three-bet the action to 90,000 only to have Evangelos Tsairis put out a four-bet from the button. Kapalas folded and Carlino wasted no time five-betting all in. Suddenly the pressure was put back on Tsairis who was put to the decision for his last 718,000. Tsairis spent about two minutes in the tank before announcing a call for his own tournament life.

Tsairis:
Carlino:

Carlino was in a dominating position and stayed that way through a flop of . Tsairis picked up some additional outs with the on the river, but ultimately nothing materialized with the on the river. Carlino took down the pot and assumed the role of table chip leader with 2.46 million.