Hands #20-30: Final Eight Players

Hand #20  –  Mike Linster raises under the gun to 13,000, winning the blinds and antes.

Hand #21  –  Dan Murariu raises from the cutoff to 13,000, winning the blinds and antes.

Hand #22  –  Mike Linster completes the small blind to 6,000, and Christophe Rosso checks his option in the big blind. Both players check to the river on a board of [AcQc4c9hQh], Linster bets 10,000, and Rosso folds. Linster takes the pot.

Hand #23  –  Darren Elias raises from the hijack to 13,000, and Mike Linster calls from the button. The flop comes [7c3d2h], Elias bets 15,000, and Linster calls. The turn is the [9d], Elias checks, Linster bets 20,000, and Elias calls.

The river is the [4h], and both players check. Linster shows [5h5s] to win the pot, and Elias mucks.

Mike Linster  –  405,000  (67 bb)
Darren Elias  –  510,000  (85 bb)

Hand #24  –  Everyone folds to George Griffith, giving him a walk in the big blind.

Hand #25  –  Christophe Rosso raises from the cutoff to 25,000, winning the blinds and antes.

Hand #26  –  Frederic Maniez raises UTG+1 to 15,000, winning the blinds and antes.

Hand #27  –  Mike Linster raises UTG+1 to 13,000, Christophe Rosso reraises from middle position to 25,000, and Linster calls. The flop comes [Jc7h4s], Linster checks, Rosso bets 40,000, and Linster calls. The turn card pairs the board with the [7c], Linster checks, Rosso bets 100,000, and Linster folds.

Rosso shows [KcKh] as he takes the pot.

Christophe Rosso  –  1,650,000  (275 bb)
Mike Linster  –  345,000  (57 bb)

Hand #28  –  Ziga Jamnikar min-raises from the cutoff to 12,000, Dan Murariu calls from the button, and Frederic Maniez calls from the big blind. The flop comes [9s8h5c], Maniez checks, and Jamnikar bets 15,000. Murariu calls, and Maniez folds. The turn is the [7s], Jamnikar checks, Murariu bets 27,000, and Jamnikar calls.

The river is the [9c], Jamnikar checks, Murariu bets 42,000, and Jamnikar check-raises all in for about 180,000. Murariu folds, and Jamnikar takes the pot.

Ziga Jamnikar  –  350,000  (58 bb)
Frederic Maniez  –  59,000  (9 bb)
Dan Murariu  –  145,000  (24 bb)

Hand #29  –  Christophe Rosso raises under the gun to 22,000, winning the blinds and antes.

Hand #30  –  Mike Linster completes the small blind to 6,000, and Christophe Rosso checks his option in the big blind. The flop comes [KsQcJs], Linster bets 10,000, and Rosso folds. Linster takes the pot.