Incredibly, over an hour passed without an elimination, but that was soon rectified after back-to-back hands led to the departure of ‘Khaanos’. Sitting as the short stack with just over 2 big blinds, the Austria-based player first doubled up when queen-nine hit two pair against the ace-four of Ottomar Ladva. But in the next hand, Khaanos lost with ace-jack to the suited king-queen of Nemeth, the chip leader taking out Khaanos in eighth place for $48,125 after two clubs on the flop and another on the turn gave the chip leader the winning flush. 

Ladva had been left short by his earlier loss to Khaanos and, a short time later, was sent to the rails in seventh for $61,623. The Estonian will have been disappointed to exit where he did, not the least because he entered the final table of this poker tournament third in chips, but the manner of the defeat will also sting. His pocket fours were all-in on a board of Q-5-3, and his shove for four big blinds into a pot of five was called by the chip leader ‘spaise411’ who held just king-jack. The turn ran clean with a 7 hitting the board, but the king on the river ended Ladva’s chances. 

Brazilian Felipe Boianovsky, who also plays under the name ‘LisFlower,’ busted next in sixth place for $78,907. All-in pre-flop with queen-ten of hearts, he was called by ‘spaise411’ with ace-king. A board of J-J-4-3-K saw an unnecessary king on the river land as the Russian ousted another opponent. Soon, five became four, as the last Brazilian at the table was shown to the rail. Pedro Garagnani leaving in fifth for $101,039. The Brazilian had only two-and-a-half big blinds to his name when he shoved with king-seven, and Nemeth called him with queen-six. The Hungarian paired both his cards to take Garagnani’s last few chips.