Sorel Mizzi was third in chips when he just moved all in before the flop in a three-handed game against Isaac Haxton and Igor Yaroshevsky. Haxton went into the tank for a very long time to figure out what the correct math on the decision was, but ultimately he called.
Haxton: 
Mizzi: 
The board ran out 
and Mizzi was knocked out giving Haxton a big chip advantage to secure a victory.
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Almost at the same time, Vitaly Lunkin and Marc-Andre Ladouceur were shoving before busting.
Ladouceur moved all in for 17,000 with 
from the button and was called by Erwann Pecheux in the big blind, who held 
. The board ran 
and Team Canada earned a single point for the fourth-place finish.
Lunkin had a similar amount when he moved all in from the small blind with 
. Man of the day, Giuliano Bendinelli, was in the big blind with 
and made the call. The board ran 
. He's now heads up with Oleksandr Gnatenko.
Oliver Price just doubled with his 
against Igor Yaroshevsky's 
. The board ran out 
and Price got his 15,000 something stack times twice.
Not much later, Philipp Gruissem busted on the same table. He shoved from the small blind with 
and Isaac Haxton in the big blind called with 
. The board ran out 
and the German made his exit in fourth.
The remaining four players are awarded points; Mizzi (Canada), Haxton (United States), Yaroshevsky (Ukraine) and Price (United Kingdom) are still in over at table 1.
If Eugene Katchalov folds every hand from now on he will secure the first victory for Team Ukraine, and 9,000 very important points to stay alive in this event.
Katchalov was all in for this tournament life against Olivier Busquet in a heads-up showdown.
Katchalov: 
Busquet:
The board ran out 
and Katchalov locked up an almost certain Team Ukraine win in this heat.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
48,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
42,000 | |
|
37,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
35,000 | |
|
33,000 | |
|
32,000 | |
|
22,000 | |
|
13,000 |
We were down to just four players on the featured table and on back-to-back hands we just went down to two.
First it was Ole Schemion who was all in against Busquet and the showdown went as following.
Busquet: 
Schemion: 
The board ran out 
and Schemion was knocked out in fourth place. On the next hand it was Filatov who was all in for his tournament life against Busquet.
Busquet:
Filatov: 
The board ran out and Eugene Katchalov is now heads up against Busquet.
Here's a list of the amount of players per country still playing in Heat 4.
| Country | Active Players |
|---|---|
| Team United States | 3 |
| Team Germany | 2 |
| Team Ukraine | 2 |
| Team Canada | 2 |
| Team Italy | 2 |
| Team Russia | 2 |
| Team United Kingdom | 1 |
| Team France | 1 |
The toughest table remaining is Table 1 where all countries except for Russia, France and Italy are still active.
Ole Schemion raised before the flop and ended up calling Olivier Busquet's all in after he moved all in.
Schemion:
Busquet: 
The board ran out 
and Busquet doubled up to keep Team USA's hopes alive of scoring the top seed at the end of the day.
Oliver Price shoved from the cutoff for 5,700 and big blind Philipp Gruissem looked at one card and made the call with his .
Price showed but Gruissem still only showed one card and wanted to see the board before having to know if he even needed the second.
The flop was pretty good for Gruissem with and the on the turn was looking pretty as well.
The fell on the river though, leaving Gruissem no card able to save him as Price had the nuts. Gruissem turned out to have and doubled Price.
Paul Tedeschi, Philipp Gruissem and Sorel Mizzi got their chips in before the flop.
Paul Tedeschi:
Philipp Gruissem: 
Sorel Mizzi:
Mizzi: "I have a good feeling about this one"
Mizzi: "That just about ends it"
|
Mizzi: "Oh, there's hope"
|
Mizzi: "Dang!"
Mizzi tripled up while Tedeschi busted. Gruissem still has plenty of chips left.
