So, with an advantage in chips of about 2,400,000 (Hansen) to 1,440,000 (Murariu) the next and final phase of the tournament is about to get underway.
Prizes for the final competitors:
1st – €150,705
2nd – €97,515
Not to be sneezed at.
We’re now on a 1 hour dinner break before the HU.
Dan Murariu open-shoved from the small blind and suddenly Lasse Nielsen made the call in the big blind.
Murariu: 
Nielsen: A small but ahead 
The flop came 
and Murariu took the lead but the 
on the turn gave Nielsen a few additional outs. The 
on the river wasn’t one of them though and it meant that Nielsen would go out in third place taking home just over €65,000 for his work. It’s now Romania vs Denmark for the title, chip counts to follow but it looks like they are virtually even at this point.
Salvation on the river for Lasse Nielsen, he was all-in preflop with K-T against Dan Murariu’s K-J but the board came Q-2-7-7-Q meaning the King played and the pot was chopped.
Dan Murariu limped in preflop and Lasse Nielsen checked his option.
Murariu fired out 35,000 on the 
flop and Nielsen made the call.
The turn was the and Murariu fired again which seemed a bit odd as it polarised his range towards 7’s and air only and Nielsen would be unlikely to fold a pair now the board had paired.
Nielsen called the bet of 75,000 from his Romanian opponent and they saw a 
river which was checked down. Murariu turned over a rivered 
having pipped Nielsen’s 
right on the river.
Bjaerke Hansen raised preflop to 64,000, only for big blind Simeon Naydenov to reraise to 163,000.
Hansen elected to flat-call and they saw a possible action inducing 
flop. Naydenov led out for 220,000, a good chunk of his chips while Hansen stared intently at him. Naydenov turned around and stared back before Hansen announced he was all-in, the Bulgarian sighed, shrugged and called in about three seconds.
Naydenov: 
Hansen: An incredibly sneakily played 
Hansen had top set but Naydenov could hit a king or an eight to win the pot, the turn however was the and Naydenov was relying on the river to save him but the board paired with the 
.
Hansen is now a big chip leader here having almost been out about an hour ago, he has over 2 million and more than half the chips in play.
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These are the rough stacks four handed:
Simeon Naydenov – 770k
Bjaerke Hansen – 1.3 mil
Dan Murariu – 1.1 mil
Lasse Nielsen – 630k
Hansen was up to 1.5 million chips, raising preflop with the big stack’s confident aggression repeatedly, until he paid off Dan Murariu’s river 125k bet after Murariu had flopped top pair (
) on a 
board. Both players had checked the flop, with Murariu raising to 70k when Hansen bet out 25k on the turn, and then getting another six figures on the river.
Wow. Seconds after Sharov headed off the Feature Table, and Twan Bakens takes his place at the rail. Bakens made his move preflop with repopping the flying Bjaerke Hansen, only to find he’d been raising with a big old hand – 
. This improved to no less than a full house to send Bakens reeling out. What a comeback for Hansen, and disappointment for the suddenly bright-orange-clad Dutchman (and his loyal and hitherto enthusiastic rail)!
Having doubled up Simeon Naydenov with 
vs. all in on a 
flop, Bjaerke Hansen found himself the shortie on just 177k. This was his queue to move in preflop again, and again and again. Three lots of (large) blinds uncontested, and then on the big blind he called Alexandr Sharov’s button shove.
Sharov: 
Hansen: 
His kicker stayed ahead as the board ran out and he busts Sharov (pictured), coming back from the brink of elimination himself.
12k/24k – getting steep now. Here’s the distribution of chips:
Twan Bakens – 550k
Alexandr Sharov – 350k
Simeon Naydenov – 530k
Bjarke Hansen – 500k
Dan Murariu – 1.2 mil
Lasse Nielsen – 620k
Nielsen’s momentum sort of stalled and then headed in reverse lately, but he’s still the second largest stack after the quiet but determined-looking Murariu. Just now he raised to 55k preflop but laid it down to a Bakens button threebet.
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The last half hour has mainly been made up of preflop raises to 45k or so, followed by passing from the table. Flops have dried up somewhat. Murariu, Nielsen and Naydenov have all given the preflop blind steal a go, successful apart from Naydenov who got repopped to 110k by Murariu in the small blind and gave it up.
