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Not long after Gregorio had hit the rail, another all-in took place. This time, it was Bulgarian Ivaylo Eftimov whose tournament life was on the line.

Vasileios Zisis opened the pot with Q♦9♠ to 2,000,000 from the highjack, and Ivaylo Eftimov cold-called behind with A♣J♦. Kyriakos Papadopoulos also joined the party, calling his big blind with 6♣5♣.

The A♠9♦3♦ flop saw Zisis bet his middle pair, and Eftimov called with top pair while Papadopoulos got out of the way. Zisis continued his story on the 6♥ turn, and Eftimov called once more.

The river brought a 9♣ and this time Zisis went all-in. Eftimov, down to only 11 million chips, didn’t think long and called one last time. Zisis flipped over trips, sending Bulgarian to the rail in disgust. With this pot, Zisis regained the lead over Alexandru Farcasanu.

Eftimov was the chip leader after Day 1c, which earned him a €10,000 bonus, resulting in a payday of over €36,000. Eftimov had a big stack almost all the way through the tournament and held the chip lead during the early stages of Day 4. We’d love to get a quote from him about his participation, but unfortunately he speaks no English and my Bulgarian is a little rusty.

Vasileios Zisis – 70,000,000
Ivaylo Eftimov – 0

Ivaylo Eftimov