1:13 a.m.: Slav Sariyski eliminated in ninth

Shortly after Level 33 began, Slav Sariyski open-raised all in for 1,680,000 from middle position, and it folded to Jose Carlos Garcia at the button who asked for a count, then after a brief little bit of thought called the raise. The blinds folded, and the players tabled their hands:

Sariyski: 4♠4♣Garcia: 6♥6♠

It was a nasty spot for Sariyski, and five cards later -- T♣A♠T♦2♠J♦ -- he was out in ninth.

Players are bagging their chips now. We'll be back in a little while with a recap of this exciting Day 3 that played all the way down from 98 players to the general eight.

Slav Sariyski

1:07 a.m.: Level 33 begins

The blinds at the moment are 120,000/240,000 with a 30,000 ante.

12:57 p.m.: Last break of the night

Level 32 has come to an end with all nine players still battling. They'll take that 10-minute break now and are available back for one final level tonight.

12:49 a.m.: Planning the Day 3 endgame

The tournament director just announced that are supposed to they reach the tip of Level 32 with nine players still with chips, they'll take a brief 10-minute break and are available back for an additional one-hour level with the plan to prevent either with the following elimination or the tip of Level 33, whatever comes first.

Nine-handed action

12:37 a.m.: Garcia getting active again

Players are operating cautiously in this Level 32, not desirous to risk missing the general table and an opportunity for the €491,000 first prize tomorrow's winner will claim. After a protracted spell of mostly folding while nursing what has now become a brief stack, Jose Carlos Garcia was getting active again, as evidenced by a few hands with Mario Lopez.

In the primary Lopez raised to 400,000 from middle position, Garcia raised to 800,000 from a few seats over, and Lopez called. Both checked the 7♠7♥T♠ flop, then when Lopez led for 350,000 on the J♥ turn, Garcia waited a few minutes then pushed all in. Lopez thought of a minute himself before folding.

The next hand saw Lopez raise again to 400,000 and Garcia just call this time. The flop came 3♣4♣T♠, and Lopez check-called Garcia' bet of 725,000. The turn brought the 6♠ and another check from Lopez, and when Garcia bet again, Lopez folded.

Lopez still has about 11.5 million while Garcia has chipped as much as about 5 million.

12:13 a.m.: Sariyski shoves get through

Slav Sariyski just open-shoved twice -- once from the button, then from the cutoff -- getting no callers either time. He's up around 4 million now, still some of the short stacks with Kondah Abdelhadi and Jose Carlos Garcia. Meanwhile Jonn Forst still leads.

Jonn Forst

11:57 p.m.: Level 32 begins

The final nine players have all made throughout the end of the extent without an excessive amount of drama, only Kondah Abdelhadi open-shoving his stack once and getting no action.

The blinds at the moment are 100,000/200,000 with a 30,000 ante.

11:42 p.m.: Updated chip counts; 9 remain

Players are back of their seats and Level 31 continues with about 17 minutes left to move. This is where the nine are seated along side their stacks to begin this not-quite-final final table:

Seat 1: Mario Lopez - 13,710,000Seat 2: Daniel Selles - 5,925,000Seat 3: Jose Carlos Garcia - 5,525,000Seat 4: Eduard Sanchez - 8,905,000Seat 5: Knut Nystedt - 10,215,000Seat 6: Simon Peter Sennhauser - 12,630,000Seat 7: Kondah Abdelhadi - 4,890,000Seat 8: Jonn Forst - 17,475,000Seat 9: Slav Sariyski - 2,710,000

11:27 p.m.: Esa Karttunen out in 10th

Esa Karttunen just lost his short stack to move out in 10th after his K♥J♠ couldn't catch as much as Jonn Forst's A♦5♦ on a 3♣7♣6♣8♦T♠ board.

Down to nine now, there'll be a temporary pause to redraw to a single table, after which they'll play right down to the offical final table of eight.

Esa Karttunen

11:14 p.m.: Forst earns huge double through Garcia, claims lead

A huge hand just happened between the German Jonn Forst and the Polish player Jose Carlos Garcia.

The pair battled to the river with the board coming A♣J♣5♣8♠2♥. Forst had begun the hand raising the button and Garcia was playing from the massive blind, but Garcia took the lead postflop, then by the river was shoving all in. Forst thought only a few beats after which called, tabling A♠8♦ for 2 pair. Garcia didn't wish to turn his hand but was made to -- T♠3♣.

Suddenly Forst is up around 17 million and the brand new chip leader while Garcia plunges to about 4 million.

Jonn Forst

11:04 p.m.: David Stocker eliminated in 11th

Jose Carlos Garcia raised to 350,000 from the button and David Stocker called from the large blind. The flop came 8♣4♥6♥. Stocker checked, Garcia bet 400,000, Stocker pushed all in for around 2.5 million, and Garcia called.

Stocker had 7♠6♠ for middle pair and a straight draw while Garcia had 9♠8♥ for a greater pair of eights. The turn was the K♥, then when the river brought the 5♥ Stocker pounded the table, appearing for a moment he thought he'd won along with his straight. Then he saw Garcia's flush and realized he was out in 11th.

Garcia is back to about 14 million after that one.

David Stocker

10:56 p.m.: Sennhauser's big call earns double through Garcia

Jose Carlos Garcia opened with a raise to 340,000 from middle position and Simon Peter Sennhauser defended his small blind with a decision. The flop came 9♦T♠3♦. Sennhauswer bet 580,000, Garcia raised to 1.16 million, and Sennhauser called. The turn brought the T♣ and a check-call from Sennhauser of Garcia's bet of 850,000.

The river was the A♥, and when Sennhauser checked, Garcia declared he was all in and after some thought Sennhauser called.

Sennhauser had Q♥T♦ for trip tens, while Garcia's tabled hand was whisked away too quickly to look. That brings Sennhauser as much as 12 million or so, Garcia all the way down to 10.5 million, and puts Mario Lopez back within the lead for the moment.

Simon Peter Sennhauser

10:46 p.m.: Stocker's dramatic double

David Stocker was 11th of eleven to start play after dinner, and shortly was open-pushing his short stack of 1.2 million all in and getting called by Simon Peter Sennhauser sitting to his left.

"I think you have got me beat," said Stocker before turning over 8♠8♣, but he was racing with Sennhauser's K♥J♥.

The flop came 9♠T♥8♦, giving Stocker a suite but Sennhauser a straight draw, and after the Q♦ fell at the turn Sennhauser leaned forward in his seat. He fell back, though, after the Q♥ river that gave Stocker a winning full house, then rapped the table while congratulating his opponent.

Stocker is as much as about 2.5 million now while Sennhauser has about 6.6 million.

10:34 p.m.: Level 31 begins; 11 remain

Players are back of their seats after the dinner break as Level 31 begins. The blinds at the moment are 80,000/160,000 with a 20,000 ante.

The young Polish player Jose Carlos Garcia owns the chip lead at the present with the Argentinian Mario Lopez in second position. Listed below are how the stacks look as play resumes:

Jose Carlos Garcia - 16,005,000Mario Lopez - 13,045,000Knut Nystedt - 10,975,000Eduard Sanchez - 9,005,000Jonn Forst - 7,265,000Simon Peter Sennhauser - 6,885,000Kondah Abdelhadi - 5,610,000Daniel Selles - 5,530,000Slav Sariyski - 2,920,000Esa Karttunen - 2,530,000David Stocker - 1,225,000

The plan is to play until there are three more eliminations and the overall eight-handed table is set.

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