The pace of eliminations has been extremely slow due to a combination of very tight play and a series of improbable double-ups by the shorter stacks. After almost a full level of this, Martin Peltier open raised all-in and was quickly called by Andreas Loubounakis.
Martin:
Andreas:
A couple of players at the table seemed to plead for the best hand to win, and the board run-out of gave them their wish – but ushered Martin to the tournament desk to pick up his payment coupon.