Nicolas Le Floch opened to 450,000 from under the gun before partypoker Sponsored Pro Natalia Brevilglieri three-bet to 1,350,000. Le Floch jammed to 4,625,000 before Breviglieri snap called.
Le Floch:
Breviglieri:
Breviglieri was behind on the flop and after the appeared on the turn. However, the completed the board and Breviglieri's chip stack soared to 12,200,000.
Meanwhile, Le Floch fell just short of the final table and collected €8,000 for finishing in 10th place.
On the feature table Adriatik Agalliu picked up in the hijack and moved all-in for 2,450,000, and Frederic Femont in the next seat over reshoved for 4.7M with . The rest of the table got out of the way, and it was Agalliu at risk.
The flop was about as exciting as it could be, keeping the sevens in front but offering a flush draw and a gutshot straight draw for the Belgium. The turn didn't improve anyone, but the on the river made Femont a top pair to take the pot.
Adriatik Agalliu will have to be content with a 12th place finish and €8,000.
Sliverer moved all-in for 2,805,000 total on the feature table, and Michaelis on the button found and committed his last 1,555,000. The blinds quickly got out of the way, and it was all in the hands of the dealer.
The flop changed nothing, but the on the turn was exactly what the doctor ordered for Sliverer, who only needed to dodge any of the three remaining aces in the deck to score the knock-out. The river was the , and thus the German WSOP bracelet holder exited in 13th place - good for a payday of €7,250.
Michal Mrakeš has been trucking along despite him losing five flips in a row. The sixth time was the charm for Mrakeš at the expense of Edzevit Zukorlic.
Mrakeš led out for 450,000 before he called a three-bet jam from Zukorlic for 2.15 million.
Mrakeš:
Zukorlic:
Zukorlic had a small lead before the flop and was looking good until the river with the appearing on the flop followed by the on the turn. But Mrakeš finally won a "flip" when the appeared on the river to give him top pair.
Zukorlic quietly exited the tournament area and headed to the cashier to collect the 11th place prize of €8,000. The tournament is now on the nine-max final table bubble with 10 players left.
On the feature table, the action folded to Camilla Reventlow in the hijack, and the Dane put her short stack at risk holding . In the next seat over Sandro Pitzanti moved all-in over the top for 4.5M with , which was enough to get the pot heads up.
The didn't offer much help to Reventlow, but the did open the door for a chop pot if a nine would roll off. The river was a , and ace high was enough for Pitzanti to score the knock-out and boost his stack to more than 6M. Reventlow, on the other hand, was eliminated and headed directly for the cash game area.
Hael Al-Labani opened to 450,000. Raul Cuc three-bet a huge stack of chips that would effectively put Al-Labani all-in if he called.
Al-Labani tanked for a couple of minutes before calling for his remaining stack of around 3.5 million.
Cuc:
Al-Labani:
Al-Labani breathed a sigh of relief when he nailed top pair on the . The room then went silent after the went on the turn giving Cuc one card he needed for a runner-runner to win the hand.
The dealer paused for a moment before the completed the board on the river. Al-Labani violently knocked over his chip stack in frustration. He collected himself and apologized to the table before heading to the cashier to collect his 14th place prize for €7,250.
Meanwhile, Cuc's stack grew to more than 13 million in chips after the hand.
Raul Cuc opened up for 1.4 million before Sander van Wesemael quickly jammed in for 3.1 million. Cuc tanked for two minutes before calling with and was in a flip situation against Wesemael's .
The flop was of little help to Wesemael.
The on the turn opened up more outs to the flush. However, the on the river sent Wesemael packing in 16th place for €6,500. At the same time, Cuc's stack grew to over 10 million for the first time.
Grzegorz Gosk learned before the first break that he was the last remaining partypoker online qualifier remaining in the field. While this sounds cool by itself, what makes it even better is that he will bank another €20,000 on top of the prize pool.
Gosk is fired up about winning free money and how he is performing late in the Main Event.
"For sure I am excited about winning the free money in the last longer," said Gosk with a huge smile to PokerNews while piling up chips right before the break.
Perhaps another reason he was smiling is that he recently went over the 10 million chip count mark. Edzevit Zukorlic opened to 325,000 from early position before Gosk raised to 1,150,000 from late position. The blinds got out of the way and Zukorlic called.
Flop:
Zukorlic checked the flop before Gosk fired out for 900,000. Zukorlic tanked for a minute before declaring himself all in. Gosk thought for a moment before calling his remaining chip stack of nearly 4 million.
Gosk held top pair with while Zukorlic was holding the nut flush draw with . The on the turn and the on the river were of no help to Zukorlic and improved Gosk's hand to a full house.
On the feature table the action folded around to Grzegorz Idziak in the cutoff and he moved all-in for 2,200,000 total with . Raul Cuc in the big blind had picked up and made the call, and with an in the door, Idziak fell even further behind.
The board ran out , and Cuc's trips aces were good enough for the knock-out.
The very next hand after the Konáš bust-out it was Eryigit Cem to put his chips at risk. Cem opened preflop for 350,000 from first position and action folded around to Sonay Kehya in the small blind, who announced all-in. Big blind got out of the way, and Cem quickly committed his 2.2M with , and he was in front of the of Kehya.
The pocket kings was still ahead after the flop, and the on the turn changed nothing either. The river was like a lightning bolt from a clear sky to Cem, and he let out a deep sigh before getting up from his chair and heading for the rail.
With that elimination, there will be a redraw for the last two tables.