Boros blows up for 4th

Tibor Boros failed to take heed of PPTs past, it seems, as his monstrous stack has been transferred across the table to Luboš Galuška.

The Czech player had already doubled up through his Hungarian counterpart, but the decisive hands saw the two biggest stacks collide in dramatic half an hour's play.

Boros' exit in 4th continues a trend in the PPT that has seen runaway leaders pegged back again and again, but this was arguably the most incredible of them all.

Sitting with two thirds of the chips just a short time ago, Tibor must now console himself with €9,150 in prize money.

The most significant hand between the aggressive duo saw Boros defend his big blind to a button raise from Galuška, peeling off an A♠9♦9♣ flop.

He check-called a c-bet before opting to check-raise the K♦ turn. It would prove a fatal mistake, as Galuška insta-shoved.

The clock had to be called to finally get Tibor to act, and his decision to call was followed by a yelp as his Czech opponent rolled the inevitable trips.

The end followed soon after, as left with just 500,000 chips, Boros got it all-in good against his nemesis with AQ dominating A10 - only for the bad beat to follow.

Prize pool reminder: 1st - €30,000; 2nd - €21,300; 3rd - €14,000.