| Level 18: | 2,000/5,000 (5,000) |
| Entries: | 153/1,181 |
| Prizes: | €1,098,330 |
With 153 players remaining and 151 in the money, three all-in and calls were announced in the room. Play was immediately halted as the floor went table by table to announce the hands.
The first hand, Kestutis Jungevicius had gone all in preflop for his final few blinds and was called in two spots. Marek Zigel and Mikael Haapaniemi then checked down the 5♦4♣8♣3♣K♠ board, and a showdown was ordered.
Jungevicius tabled A♥J♥ for ace-high and was third-best against the 10♦8♥ of Haapaniemi and A♦K♦ of Zigel. The highroller champion was eliminated and needed to wait for the other all-ins before he knew if he would get a return on his investment.
At another table, a huge pot of more than 250,000 chips had played out between Ahmet Canatan and Enea Subashi. They had arrived at a river of 4♦Q♣2♥K♥10♠ when Subashi committed his stack of 255,000.
Canatan looked him up, and the cards were revealed once the floor arrived. Subashi tabled A♦K♠ for top pair, but it was no good against the 4♠4♣ of Kanatan, who was awarded the huge pot with his set. Subashi made the final table at the Autumn Edition a few months ago but bubbled the event this time around.
The third all-in player was Nikolay Ponomarev, who at risk for his stack of 63,000 against Isak Bergstrom on a flop of 2♥6♣8♣.
Nikolay Ponomarev: K♥K♦
Isak Bergstrom: A♣K♣
Bergstrom paired his ace on the A♦ turn, leaving Ponomarev with one out. It did not arrive on the 4♣ river, upgrading Bergstrom to a flush instead.
Ponomarev joined Jungevicius and Subashi at the payout desk as the three players split two min-cashes between them, netting them €1,400 each.
Ahmet Canatan – 800,000
Mikael Haapaniemi – 720,000
Isak Bergstrom – 400,000
Marek Zigel – 360,000
Kestutis Jungevicius – 0
Enea Subashi – 0
Nikolay Ponomarev – 0
