Action folded around to Borislav Angelov in the small blind, who completed the 10,000 big blind. Tomaz Kalinowski checked his option, and the two shortest stacks on the table went to see a flop heads-up.

With showing, Borislav checked-shoved all-in and found a call. He tabled and was racing against the of Tomaz. Borislav made a straight as the dealer rung out a and an , and when the counts were done his 74K stack was enough to cover his opponent, bringing the field down to just 6 finalists.

7th place: Tomaz Kalinowski – $1,500.00

Ahmad Akkaoui opened to 22,000 from early position, and Manfred Gunther 3bet his final 88,000 in chips next to act. Peter Johnson Jr. asked for a count before moving in all-in over the top, prompting a muck from the rest of the table.

Manfred:
Peter:

Both players connected with the board, however Peter has the best of it with a higher kicker to send his opponent to the rail.

8th place: Manfred Gunter – $1,500.00

Massimo Zeppetelli opened to 12,000 from middle position, and Eric Schanck 3bet to 32,000 from the button. Massimo then went over the top with a 4bet all-in, which was quickly called by his opponent.

Massimo:
Eric:

Massimo took the lead on the flop by spiking an Ace, leading to Eric’s elimination as the board ran out .

9th place: Eric Schanck – $1,500.00