Event #9: WSOP Europe Main Event – €10,450 No-Limit Hold’em

Down to about 40,000 chips, Konstantin Puchkov moves all in with    against Arda Ozguy's   . The board runs out clean for the pocket threes, and Puchkov is eliminated.

Konstantin Puchkov - Eliminated in 22nd place (€23,500)

Adrien Allain opens to 18,000 in late position, Mario Sanchez calls in the hijack, and Johannes Becker defends his big blind.

The flop comes    . Becker checks, Allain bets 25,000, Sanchez calls, and Becker folds. The turn is the  . Allain checks, then calls a bet of 36,000 from Sanchez. The river is the  , and both players check.

Adrien Allain:   
Mario Sanchez:   

Sanchez wins the pot with two pair.

Mario Sanchez - 750,000
Adien Allain - 250,000

Paul Tedeschi moves all in with    from the small blind, and Kilian Kramer calls with the dominating   . The board provides no help for Tedeschi, and he is eliminated.

Paul Tedeschi - Eliminated in 23rd place (€23,500)

Under the gun, Mark Eddleman moves all in for 111,000, and Ardit Kurshumi re-shover over the top, getting himself heads up with a chance at the knockout.

Eddleman:   
Kurshumi:   

The board runs out      , and Eddleman is eliminated.

The final 24 players are now being redrawn around the final three tables.

Ardit Kurshumi - 422,000
Mark Eddleman - Eliminated in 25th place (€20,000)

Pierre Chevalier limps from the hijack, Mario Sanchez completes the small blind, and Dominik Nitsche checks his option in the big blind.

All three players check through the     flop, and the turn is the  . Sanchez and Nitsche check, and Chevalier bets 10,000. Only Nitsche calls. The river is the  , and Nitsche checks again. Chevalier bets 20,000, and Nitsche tanks for a short while before Chevalier starts to chat.

"If you have a jack, you win," he says. "If you have a queen, perhaps you win. If you have a six, you lose."

Nitsche eventually calls. Chevalier shows   , and Nitsche mucks.

Pierre Chevalier - 415,000
Dominik Nitsche - 135,000

Mario Puccini shoves his short stack in from middle position, and he gets called by Dominik Nitsche with   . Puccini has   .

Both players pair their ace on the board, but no further help comes for Puccini.

Mario Puccini - Eliminated in 30th position (€20,000)
Elliot Smith - Eliminated in 29th position (€20,000)
Jeff Gross - Eliminated in 28th position (€20,000)

The bubble bursts shortly after the elimination of Niall Farrell.

Kilian Kramer opens in early position, and Andrew Lichtenberger calls next door. In the small blind, Tobias Ziegler three-bet shoves for 210,000, and Kramer folds. Lichtenberger calls, though, and Ziegler is at risk.

Ziegler:   
Kramer:   

The board runs out      , and Lichtenberger wins the pot with the ace-high flush.

Tobias Ziegler is eliminated in 33th place, and the 32 remaining players are all in the money.

Andrew Lichtenberger - 725,000
Tobias Ziegler - Eliminated

These two are the shortest stacks in the room with 34 left and only 32 finishing in the money:

Benjamin Pollak - 83,000
Felix Bleiker - 75,000

A few more details about Pollak's double up. He did not get a full double, but he did manage to take down two consecutive pots with reraises, doubling his stack without a showdown.