Thirteen still vying for PPT glory

With the blinds reaching 4,000/8,000 with an 800 chip ante, the players are feeling the heat ahead of the final table.

Kostadin Ivanov was our most recent departure, having been forced to try his luck with 3♦4♠ after losing a crucial race for all but 3,400 of his stack.

That hand had seen him ship with pocket sevens and when his opponent made the call with K♠9♠, it was left to a turned 9 to paralyze him. Nonetheless, Kostadin walks away with €1,995 to ease his woes.

Before him it was Daniel Todorov making an exit, the local player finding Aces blocking his path after shoving with A10.

Meanwhile our chip leader at the last interval, Aske Muff, continued to make his presence felt at the table.

Having tangled with an aggressive player to his left more than once, the Dane got into another blind battle with his foe and came out on top.

Raising from the small blind with J♥10♠, he bet top pair on the flop, checked with his opponent on the turn and induced a bet from middle pair by checking the river.

With the average stack now standing 161,538 chips high, we still await our final table line-up.