| Level 17: | 10,000/20,000/20,000 |
| Entries: | 54/414 |
| Prizes: | €372,600 |
After the elimination of Vasileios Zisis, we are now in hand for hand play on the bubble.
Here, Panagiotis Arkeles opened to 100,000 under the gun, and jammed for 575,000 total over a three-bet to 180,000 from Lulei Hu, who snap-called.
Panagiotis Arkeles: K♦K♠
Lulei Hu: A♣A♥
It was a brutal bubble cooler, and Arkeles reached across the table and fist bumped his opponent.
The 8♠6♦4♦ flop was clear for Hu, but the 2♦ turn gave Arkeles outs to the flush, and he hit it in the most rubdown worthy manner on the A♦ river.
Arkeles stood up and went absolutely berserk, shouting “Yes, come on!” repeatedly and pumping his fists, before stepping away from the table to unleash an almighty roar of celebration.
In the previous hand, Ivan Popov had spiked a river with A♦Q♠ to survive against Nikolaos Valtatzis’ Q♦Q♣ on the J♠7♠3♥K♥A♥ runout.
Panagiotis Arkeles – 1,200,000
Lulei Hu – 1,300,000
Ivan Popov – 525,000
Nikolaos Valtatzis – 925,000
