Category Final Day

Level 35: 400,000/800,000 (800,000)
Entries: 4/1,444

Leif Hetland jammed from the small blind for more than 10 million and Georgios Zachmanidis called off his stack of 7.2 million after tanking for nearly a minute.

Georgios Zachmanidis: A♠J♥
Leif Hetland: 10♠6♠

Hetland bricked the 8♠5♠2♣7♥Q♥ board and Zachmanidis doubled his short stack.

Shortly after, Hetland doubled his stack with A♦Q♦ against Arthur Navellou’s 10♠6♠ to gain some breathing room after the 6♠Q♦8♠6♦8♥ ran out on the board.

Kjetil Hanstvedt – 26 million
Arthur Navellou – 22 million
Georgios Zachmanidis – 15 million
Leif Hetland – 9 million

Level 35: 400,000/800,000 (800,000)
Entries: 4/1,444

It’s been a rollercoaster ride for Kjetil Hanstvedt. He just jammed for 8.6 million from the small blind and was called by Arthur Navellou from the big blind.

Kjetil Hanstvedt: A♦Q♠
Arthur Navellou: A♠3♠

Hanstvedt’s hand held strong and he doubled up with two pair after the J♣9♣Q♣8♠8♣ ran out on the board.

Arthur Navellou – 23 million
Kjetil Hanstvedt – 19 million

Level 35: 400,000/800,000 (800,000)
Entries: 4/1,444

Georgios Zachmanidis could have easily hit the rail but instead turned the tables on Kjetil Hansvedt. Zachmanidis jammed for 4.6 million from the small blind and was called by Hansvedt.

Georgios Zachminidis: Q♣3♦
Kjetil Hansvedt: A♥9♣

Zachmanidis’s queen connected with the 4♠8♠9♦Q♥J♥ board to double his stack instead of hitting the rail.

Georgios Zachminidis – 11 million
Kjetil Hanvedt – 9 million

Level 35: 400,000/800,000 (800,000)
Entries: 4/1,444

Kjetil Hanstvedt open-jammed 4.9 million from under the gun and was called by Georgios Zachmanidis from the big blind.

Kjetil Hanstvedt: K♣10♠
Georgios Zachmanidis: 8♦8♣

Zachmanidis began to celebrate after improving to a set on the J♣8♥7♥ flop.

“Oh jeez,” said Hanstvedt who immediately stood up and looked ready to go.

However, the 9♦ turn and Q♣ river completed the board to improve Handsvedt to Broadway to double his stack instead of hitting the rail.

Kjetil Hansvedt – 11 million
Georgios Zachmanidis – 8 million

Place	Player	Country	Chips	Big Blinds
1	Arthur Navellou	France	30,800,000	39
2	Leif Hetland	Norway	22,200,000	28
3	Georgios Zachmanidis	Greece	13,300,000	17
4	Kjetil Hanstvedt	Norway	5,900,000	7

Players are on a quick break. Blinds will increase to 400,000/800,000 with an 800,000 big blind ante when the action resumes.

We will update the chip counts near the end of the break. In the meantime, have a look at the final table payouts:

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1			€140,000
2			€90,000
3			€54,400
4			€40,300
5	Kamil Skawinski	Poland	€32,200
6	Samuel Biland	Switzerland	€25,100
7	Robert Kontkanen	Sweden	€19,100
8	William Kassouf	United Kingdom	€14,530
9	Nidal Dawoud	Denmark	€10,380

Level 34: 300,000/600,000 (600,000)
Entries: 4/1,444

Leif Hetland just lost a big hand against ducks, this time he doubled against ducks as follows. Arthur Navellou jammed from the small blind before Hetland called off his stack of 8.4 million from the big blind.

Leif Hetland: A♥J♦
Arthur Navellou: 2♠2♥

Hetland won the flip after his jack connected on the [invalid notations] board to stay alive and double his stack.

Arthur Navellou – 34 million
Leif Hetland – 18 million

Level 33: 250,000/500,000 (500,000)
Entries: 4/1,444

Leif Hetland opened for 1.1 million from the button before Georgios Zachmanidis three-bet jammed for 5.35 million from the small blind. Hetland tanked for about a minute before he called.

Georgios Zachmanidis: 2♣2♦
Leif Hetland: A♣9♥

The ducks won the flip for Zachmanidis to stay alive and double his stack after Hetland bricked the 3♥5♠Q♥8♥3♦ board.

Georgios Zachmanidis – 12 million
Leif Hetland – 8 million

Level 33: 250,000/500,000 (500,000)
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Arthur Navellou extended his chip lead to more than half the chips in play in a hand that took close to 10 minutes to play out. It all began when Navellou opened for 1.625 million from the small blind. Leif Hetland defended from the big blind.

Navellou led out for 1.6 million on the Q♣7♦2♠ flop. Hetland called before both players checked the 8♥ turn.

The J♥ river completed the board. Navellou fired out for 5.2 million about 2 minutes later. Hetland tanked for about the same amount of time before he found a call.

Navellou immediately turned over the J♠8♠ and his two pair won the hand after Hetland mucked his cards.

Arthur Navellou – 40 million
Leif Hetland – 13 million

Level 32: 200,000/400,000 (400,000)
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Leif Hetland min-raised from under the gun and was called by Arthur Navellou from the big blind. Navellou check-called bets of 600,000 on the 4♣4♠4♦ flop and for 2,000,000 on the 2♥ turn.

Both players checked the 5♠ river. Navellou turned over the A♠2♣ for a full house to win the hand after Hetland mucked.

Arthur Navellou – 31 million
Leif Hetland – 17 million