One more hand was happening on the live-streamed feature table at the end of the level.
Five ways limped to a flop of J♠8♠5♥, Adolf Buettner bet 150,000 with 9♥7♠6♠4♣ for a wrap and flush draw in the cutoff. Oswin Ziegelbecker called with the A♠9♣8♥4♠ and Samuel Albeck did so from under the gun with A♦J♦9♦7♣.
The A♥ turn was checked to Ziegelbecker who made it 350,000 to go.
Albeck opted to shove for 1,380,000 and Buettner asked for a count to then let go.
Ziegelbecker called after short consideration with his inferior two pair and nut flush draw. The J♥ river improved Albeck further to jacks full of aces and he doubled.
Marco Di Persio raised to 125,000 and Adolf Buettner called with the K♠Q♦10♠8♦ from one seat over. Jakob Madsen then jammed for 545,000 and Di Persio rejammed to isolate.
Jakob Madsen: K♦K♣5♥5♦
Marco Di Persio: A♥A♦K♥6♥
There was no escape for Madsen on the Q♥Q♣7♥9♠8♥ and he was knocked out in 14th place for €9,114.
Goran Urumovic raised to 180,000 in the cutoff before Adolf Buettner shoved all in from the small blind. Urumovic called for his last 390,000.
Goran Urumovic: A♦Q♦J♣8♣
Adolf Buettner: A♣K♦K♣10♠
Urumovic needed to improve against Buettner's kings and picked up some outs on the J♥3♠2♥ with a pair of jacks. The 7♣ turn was no help, and neither was the 7♦ river as Urumovic was sent to the rail in 15th place.
Tomasz Kozub raised to 110,000 in the cutoff and Samuel Albeck called on the button. Matthew Macioce potted to 480,000 out of the big blind and earned two folds.
Sebastian Langrock then opened to 100,000 in the cutoff for chip leader Dorel Eldabach to defend the big blind. On a flop of A♣4♣2♣, Eldabach check-called for 75,000 and did so again for 275,000 on the 6♣ turn.
After the 5♣ river, Eldabach checked once more. Langrock bet 575,000 with a single T-5,000 chip behind.
Eldabach called after thirty seconds and mucked when he was shown the A♦K♥K♣9♣ by Langrock.
Several minutes went off the clock in the new blind level before the table realized the blinds had gone up.
"How much is it," Dorel Eldabach asked before raising to 100,000 in the cutoff.
"Like it matters," Sebastian Langrock joked as the rest of the table folded.
The next hand, Seamus Cahill raised to 85,000 in the hijack before Tomasz Kozub three-bet to 355,000 on the button. Cahill then reraised to 1,100,000, Kozub pushed in his last 1,300,000, and Cahill called.
Tomasz Kozub: A♠A♣J♥5♥
Seamus Cahill: A♥K♣Q♣10♥
The board ran out 5♠6♥9♣9♥2♠ and Kozub tapped the felt and got up from his seat to make his exit.
"Why are you leaving," Samuel Albeck said.
"Oh, I thought he had a nine," Kozub replied, realizing that his aces stayed in front to secure him a double up.
Adolf Buettner limped in with the A♥K♠J♦3♥ and Ali Balci raised small with the K♥Q♣J♣9♦. Jakob Madsen called and Tim Van Loo potted to 375,000 with the A♣K♦K♣3♣, which only Balci called.
The flop came Q♠10♠8♦ and Balci bet the pot, Van Loo called all-in.
Van Loo needed a jack for broadway or running cards to a full house but caught no help on the 6♥ turn and 9♥ river to become the first casualty on the final day.
The Grand Big Wrap festival at King’s Resort in Rozvadov concludes today with the final day of the €2,350 Main Event, and the question swirling around 15 players’ minds is: can anyone stop Dorel Eldabach from running away with the title?
Eldabach, the Israeli pro who regularly plays in high-stakes cash games, put on a stunning performance at the end of play yesterday on his way to bagging up 5,115,000, far and away the largest stack among the 16 returning players. Only Adolf Buettner with 3,740,000 is even within 2,000,000 of his massive chip lead.
Final 16 Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Dorel Eldabach
Israel
5,115,000
171
2
Adolf Buettner
Germany
3,740,000
125
3
Oswin Ziegelbecker
Austria
2,950,000
98
4
Seamus Cahill
Ireland
2,620,000
87
5
Ali Balci
Germany
2,300,000
77
6
Samuel Albeck
Germany
2,105,000
70
7
Tomasz Kozub
Poland
1,940,000
65
8
Joao Estanislau
Portugal
1,740,000
58
9
Marco Di Persio
Italy
1,480,000
49
10
Sebastian Langrock
Germany
1,415,000
47
11
Eran Carmi
Israel
1,405,000
47
12
Jakob Madsen
Denmark
1,280,000
43
13
Quan Zhou
China
995,000
33
14
Tim Van Loo
Germany
990,000
33
15
Matthew Macioce
United States
975,000
33
16
Goran Urumovic
Sweden
495,000
17
A collection of talented players, though, are lurking further down the leaderboard who will try to chase down Eldabach when play resumes at 2 p.m. local time. They include Oswin Ziegelbecker (2,950,000), Seamus Cahill (2,620,000), Joao Estanislau (1,740,000), WSOP bracelet winner Sebastian Langrock (1,415,000), and Jakob Madsen (1,280,000). Quan Zhou, who already won the Diamond High Roller this week in Rozvadov, and Tim Van Loo enter the day near the bottom of the counts with 995,000 and 990,000, respectively.
Sebastian Langrock
The action picks up on Level 21 with blinds of 15,000/30,000 and a 30,000 big blind ante. The players are already guaranteed €8,123 for navigating their way this far out of a starting field of 316, but all eyes will be on the €132,400 top prize and trophy. With the average stack of more than 60 big blinds at the start and hour-long levels, the road to the championship could be a long, hard journey today.
The feature table will be streamed on a 30-minute delay on King’s Resort’s YouTube channel. PokerNews will be providing updates as the field plays on to the final table and onward toward the crowning of a champion.
