Balazs Botond Eliminated in 8th Place (€34,517)
It came out , and Marin led out with a covering bet of 74,000. Botond smirked and shook his head, pausing for at least a minute as he clearly did not want to commit himself to this hand. Finally, and reluctantly, he splashed in his few remaining chips, all in for his tournament life.
Marin turned over for king-high, and he was in the lead, poised to eliminate Botond and his . He wasn't in the worst of shape with two live cards, but the turn and river went brick-brick with the and respectively.
With that, Balazs Botond becomes our 8th-place finisher, earning himself nearly €35,000. Not too shabby.