Although the structure and stacks were both deep, the first hour witnessed two quick eliminations. Stoyan Obreshkov was the first to go in ninth place for $42,711. He got short on chips when he called off with nine-six and didn t get there against ace-queen held by Yuri Dzivielevski.
Rainer Kempe went out shortly after in eighth place for $54,089 when his queens weren t good enough against Dvoress aces.
Henao was short on chips before bowing out in seventh place for $68,181 after his queen-jack didn t hold against the queen-three suited held by
Fabiano Kovalski.
A big hand took place shortly after which resulted in Dzivielevski hitting the rail in sixth place for $86,399. The pot was bloated by the river. Dzivielevski with big slick connected with his ace for two pair with the top kicker. However, Dvoress held jacks for a full house and jammed the river and Dzivielevski was out of chips after he called.
Final Table Recap
Staples began the final table as the short stack of the nine remaining players and was always looking to ladder. Jon Santos started the day fourth in chips and was still in the middle of the pack when he was eliminated in ninth place. He opened ace-queen on the button and was shoved on by overnight chip-leader
Simon Lofberg from the big blind holding eight-ten. Santos called, but an eight on the river saw him eliminated.
Lofberg then held pocket queens to send Lukas Hafner to the rail holding ace-ten, with the Swede now sitting with double the chips of the player in second.