Our final 18 is set but despite looking strong not so long ago, Simon Mertlitsch will not be among them after a clash with Maly Viteslav effectively cost him his tournament life.
The pair had tangled in a blind battle, with Vitezslav raising in the small blind and snap-calling when his Austrian rival came over the top all-in.
The Czech showed QQ vs the A4o of his bigger stacked opponent and the dealer flipped 10♠3♣5♦ before the turn made his set to end the contest.
A few hands later it as all over for Simon, who bows out in 19th with the final payout of €1,040.
Also exiting since we last updated you was overnight chip leader Daniel Korczak (21st), who scores a cluster of Fantasy Poker teams some crucial points, along with Andre Bogumil (22nd) and Oswin Zielgelbecker (20th).
Saturday, 31 March 2012
Mertlitsch chases the chip leaders
Simon Mertlitsch moved to within striking distance of the biggest stacks in the room after getting the better of Billy Ngo in a big hand.
The board read 5♥10♦4♣-4♥-9♠ when he shipped his stack into the centre and after some thought, Ngo gave up on the big pot and let Simon build his stack to 325,000.
That's still a little way short of the 550,000 wielded by Mario Karman after his earlier double up, while Vincent Gomez is sitting on half a million chips himself after winning his war with Sven Ellrich.
Following Ellrich out the door most recently was Andre Bogumil and we're edging closer to the next payout level. Here's a quick reminder of the prize structure:
1st €34,510, 2nd €19,520, 3rd €13,020, 4th €10,410, 5th €8,460, 6th €7,160, 7th €5,860, 8th €4,560, 9th €3,250, 10-12th €1,820, 13-15th €1,560, 16-18th €1,300, 19-27th €1,040
Superman stung by Gomez
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| Ellrich pictured pre Superman t-shirt |
The Austrian player tangled with Vincent Gomez in a sizeable pot and having got as far as the river on a 7♦5♦5♥-7&sapdes;-3♥ board, he led out for 46,000.
Gomez came back over the top all-in and after Ellrich tanked, heaped on the pressure by calling a clock. Sven folded his hand face up in frustration.
Across the room Mario Karman eliminated a similarly stacked rival when he got it all-in with 4s vs AK and saw his small pair hold up. It leaves him with a good size chip stack with 23 players remaining.
Zsolt Adamovics (27th), Dan-Ionut Hila (26th) Eduardo Lacal (25th) and Ioannis Bouzalis (24th) have all made their exits as we cross the midnight mark in Vienna.
Update - Having hurt Ellrich earlier, Gomez finished completed his role as kryponite just a few moments ago. The pair got into another battle and the German raised all-in with top pair, only to find Vincent with a set on the flop.
That became quads on the turn to seal Sven's fate, which is a 23rd place finish and €1,040 prize.
FP disaster: Daniel Fresneda Jaro is our bubble boy
The bubble has burst here in Vienna and while we can raise a glass to the money, we must lament the loss of Daniel Fresneda Jaro after he was our unfortunate bubble boy.The Spanish player will be mourned by seven Fantasy Poker teams, each of whom is denied a share of the points a little extra towards that €1300 Greek package.
Jaro met his end in well-established fashion, getting it in with AK vs 10s and finding no help from the board, but it will be little consolation to his supporters.
With nine players all set to be paid the same prize now, we would expect a glut of exits in the coming hands so keep a close eye on the blog for news of your FP favourites.
Also missing out on the money is Rachid Waret, though Pavlos Xanthopolous, Vincent Gomez and Simon Mertlitsch fight on.
Action stations!
The bubble draws ever nearer after a slight lull in the number of exits, another spate of exits including our much blogged about friend Jan-Peter Jachtmann.
The German has been involved in the thick of the action since the very first hour of the tournament, but he will play no further part after running JJ into QQ. With far fewer chips on the back of his earlier duel with Vincent Gomez, the blow proved fatal.
Playing executioner on another table was Simon Mertlitsch, as the Austrian slow-played Aces to deadly effect in the last few minutes.
Calling a raise from middle position in the small blind, Mertlitsch tempted the big blind into coming along too and the flop fell Jack high. All three players checked.
The turn was a Q and after leading out from the small blind, Simon prompted a shove from the pre-flop aggressor. He snap-called of course and was shown KQ before the departing player leaped up and quickly left the cardroom.
The German has been involved in the thick of the action since the very first hour of the tournament, but he will play no further part after running JJ into QQ. With far fewer chips on the back of his earlier duel with Vincent Gomez, the blow proved fatal.
Playing executioner on another table was Simon Mertlitsch, as the Austrian slow-played Aces to deadly effect in the last few minutes.
Calling a raise from middle position in the small blind, Mertlitsch tempted the big blind into coming along too and the flop fell Jack high. All three players checked.
The turn was a Q and after leading out from the small blind, Simon prompted a shove from the pre-flop aggressor. He snap-called of course and was shown KQ before the departing player leaped up and quickly left the cardroom.
Cold deck puts an end to Stefan's hopes
It never quite felt like Stefan Karlsson's day and so it proved, as the cards continued to turn their back on him right 'til the last.
Reduced to a short stack, the Swede raised pre-flop with 77, was called by the small blind and three-bet by the big blind.
With a large pot finally within his grasp, Karlsson made the call hoping to find himself in a heads-up race with AK - but instead found KK blocking his path.
There was no help on board for Stefan, leaving him some 17 place shy of the money and crucially for our Fantasy Poker entrants, the points as well!
Reduced to a short stack, the Swede raised pre-flop with 77, was called by the small blind and three-bet by the big blind.
With a large pot finally within his grasp, Karlsson made the call hoping to find himself in a heads-up race with AK - but instead found KK blocking his path.
There was no help on board for Stefan, leaving him some 17 place shy of the money and crucially for our Fantasy Poker entrants, the points as well!
Jan-Peter roller coaster continues
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| Vincent Gomez |
He had raised from late position and been called by Vincent Gomez in the blinds when the flop fell 7♦6♥Q♠. Jan-Peter led out and was check-raised by his opponent, but made the call anyway.
The turn was 6♣ and the unknown rival shipped his remaining 105,000 into the centre and after some thought, Jachtmann made the hero call with Q♥9♥.
It proved to be a good decision as his rival tabled A♣7♣ - but a river 7 was greeted by whoops and cheers from Gomez, as 150,000 chips were pushed his way.
Elsewhere Rachid Waret chipped up when he turned a set of sixes and took down a chunky pot. He is now up to around 110,000, which roughly equates to the average stack.
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