Table 1

Joachim Buch – 230k
Mats Rahm – 120k
Mikael Johansson – 290k
Tuomas Ketola – 250k
Gall Zsombor – 160k
Micheael Donteville – 71k
Danny Dabbagh – 335k
Claus Bek Nielsen – 195k
Radoslaw Kopec – 90k

Table 8

Konstantin Tsonev – 120k
Gonzalo Sanz Santos – 300k
Rene Bjoern Larsen – 55k
Christian Kall – 400k
Mitrovics Hrvoje – 120k
Anthon-Pieter Wink – 110k
Nils Ral – 150k

Table 9

Peder Skaj – 260k
Espen Kristoffersen – 130k
Maksim Tyurin – 260k
Roman Shaposhnikov – 80k
Petar Zografov – 150k
Kenneth Svensson – 70k
Simeon Naydenov – 100k
Tapani Miska Lahti – 170k

Egmonts Grzibovskis is the latest casualty in the money, he called all-in from the blinds with against Rene Bjoern Larsen’s with a conclusive board of finishing him off.

Maksim Tyurin just eliminated Zoltan Toth. Tyurin’s proved too much against the ‘fake’ aces of Toth who held after a  board.

A preflop threeway all in tripled the short stack and kept the last three tables (as they now are) all in the game.  The money went in quickest from shortest stacked Anthon-Pieter Wink, who had picked up the when all it could win for him was a short stack back, however two players came along for the ride, Egmonts Grzibovskis, with and Patrick Bousquie with .  The flop brought a King, giving the second shortest stack the side pot, and leaving Bousquie short.

He duly shoved the next hand with (with 82k, though) and was quickly called by Christian Kall with which held to bust him in 27th – prize: €4,209.

A bit of pay back for Miska Lahti, he’s made something resembling a major comeback. First against Par Lygren he got there with against after a board.

Soon after he did it again pushing with and Lygren calling with but a : board pushed more chips towards Lahti before Lahti then doubled through Janos Nemeth with A-K vs A-J as well.

From virtually nothing he has got himself back above the 100,000 mark.

Scandinavians hog the top ten, but there are still three tables to lose before the final…

Danny    Dabbagh    Denmark    343400
Gonzalo     Sanz Santos    Spain    337000
Mikael    Johansson    Sweden    297500
Maxim    Tiurin    Russia    287500
Christian    Kall    Denmark    263000
Claus    Bek Nielsen    Denmark    231000
Joachim    Buch    Norway    201200
Toumas    Ketola    Finland    200000
Peder    Skaj    Sweden    199500
Petar    Zografov    Bulgaria    190500
Zoltàn    Tòth    Hungary    180000
Konstantin    Tsonev    Bulgaria    138000
Gall    Zsombor    Hungary    134500
Radoslaw    Kopec    Poland    132900
Mats    Rahmn    Sweden    125900
Par    Lygren    Sweden    121000
Tapani    Miska Lahti        120000
Espen    Kristoffersen    Norway    119500
Patrick    Bousquie    France    113000
Micheael    Donteville    France    109500
Simeon    Naydenov    Bulgaria    108500
Nemeth    János    Hungary    102000
Nils    Ral    Belgium    90000
Roman    Shaposhnikov    Russia    65500
Rene Bjorn    Larsen    Denmark    56000
Lebor    Benjamin        49000
Yuliyan    Kolev    Bulgaria    46500
Egmonts    Grzibovskis    Latvia    46500
Mitrovics    Hrose        42500
Anthon-Pieter    Wink    Netherlands    26500

This has to be the most eye-watering hand of the entire tournament… definitely got the most crowd reaction of any so far – and you can see why.

Not much of a surprise that Par Lygren was happy to commit his stack preflop with , and not much of a surprise that Miska Lahti (pictured) called with .

Flop:  … Turn:   so split potential dawns, but probably not quads potential so much – river = .  Lygren doubles while the table goes, “Ooooh.”

Blinds are now 2,500/5,000 with a 500 ante! Off we go!

15 minute break time.

Miska Lahti has doubled up with against after a board of

Konstantin Tsonev has doubled up just moments after 3-betting for about half his stack and then folding. Tsonev held Q-Q and outraced A-K to get back over the 100,000 mark.

So spoke Mitrovics Hrvoje (pictured) to Zoltan Toth, but he was just a two-outer away from using a different word to ‘gentleman’ entirely, as Toth’s nearly knocked him out!  To be fair, he had just 22k and moved in preflop with , given a spin by small blind Toth.  His railing friends were horrified by the flop, however…

But then… the appeared on the turn to make everything better, and there was no Queen on the river.  So all of his frustration turned to gratitude as he smilingly piled up his (still very short) stack.

They’ve set up hand for hand at every pay jump now, but there seems to be no repeat of the bubble area – players are throwing themselves into the pots like lemmings off cliffs made of potential prize money.

The last couple to make their way to the Casino to be paid were both sent packing by the river.  Frederic Bottoli (left) picked up the monstrous , and also a preflop caller – Gonzalo Sanz Santos – and there came an unassuming flop of .  He moved in, and got a call – Santos had the nut flush draw with .  The turn was safe enough, but the river was the card to bust Bottoli.  Santos couldn’t help a rejoicing clap on the river but then shook Bottoli’s hand as he whispered a sad, “Good Game.”

The next to go was Jeffrey Schurman, who called all in with when Anthon-Pieter Wink moved all-in preflop in early position.  Wink held , but it looked like the flop helped the shorter player:  .  The turn was harmless, but the river was the   giving Wink the broadway straight and busting Schurman.

Peter Skaj has added to his stack after he busted a short stack holding against the board coming a topsy-turvy :Qcc

Or the bar, or the lobby, or taking a nap, but either way Davor Pavic is no longer in the tournament, busting by running K-J into Queens preflop, which went nowhere (an extra Queen even hit the flop for good measure).

It seems like the only short-stack who’s come off with a good double through recently has been fellow Swede Philip Stupar Antonio, who got it in with preflop vs. Patrick Bousquie’s .  Bousquie pictured left, now nursing a shortish stack of his own.  When Antonio’d successfully avoided outdraws by the river, he bizarrely turned to neighbour Michal Wisniewski and shook him by the hand.