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.
Hand 1
The action folded around to Raul Cuc in the small blind, and he made it 500,000 to go. Sonay Kehya in the big blind contemplated his options for a moment before making it 1.6M total, and that was enough to take the pot from Cuc. Kehya showed the as he dragged the pot.
Hand 2
The very next hand Kehya made it 525,000 from the small blind, and Mrakes gave up his big blind without any further ado.
Hand 3
Eddy Scharf entered the pot with a raise to 500,000 and Kehya on the button reraised to 1.5M. With action back on Scharf he pulled his tower of pink 500K-denomination chips to the front, but ultimately let it go after fiddling with them for a while.
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.
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.
. 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.
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.
. 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. 
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.
as he dragged the pot.
flop was of little help to Wesemael. 
on the turn and the