The players have decided to take a break and will reconvene in about an hour. Join us then.

The deal has been struck by the combined efforts of the players and tournament director Thomas Kremser. $41,100 will be taken out of the remaining $541,100, with $30,000 going to the winner and $11,100 going to the runner-up. Here are the prizes the remaining four players are now guaranteed.

Brian Jensen	$148,000
Jan Van Der Wal	$129,000
Martin Clemmensen	$111,500
Mihai Manole	$111,500

 

Here are the counts:

Brian Jensen	$815,000
Jan Van Der Wal	$615,000
Mihai Manole	$430,000
Martin Clemmensen	$430,000

With the top four spots totaling $541,100, here's what the payouts would look like if we made a deal based just on chip counts. Remember, whoever takes first will receive the extra $20k.

Brian Jensen	$188,750
Jan Van Der Wal	$142,500
Mihai Manole	$99,500
Martin Clemmensen	$95,500

These are approximations; we'll let you know when a final deal is decided.

 

With the elimination of Leon Yanovski the remaining four players have started negotiating a deal to split up the top four payouts. Jan Van Der Wal has suggested they split it up according to the current chip counts and each put $5,000 back in the pot which will go the winner. We're just getting the official counts now and then we'll see how the deal will shake out. Stay tuned.

We're down to four and it is Leon Yanovski of Israel headed out the door in fifth place. He moved all-in from under the gun and Brian Jensen made the call from the button. Pocket eights for Jensen had to hold up against Leon's A Q but when we saw the flop of J J 8 it quickly became apparent that "holding up" wouldn't be a problem. A queen hit the turn, giving Leon some outs, but the river was a blank and he does his handshakes as he goes to get paid. $56,200 is the prize for his fifth-place finish.

We're down to five with the elimination of the short-stacked Christoffer Sonesson. He'd been treading water for the last level or so, trying to find a spot to make a stand, and it came in this hand when it was folded to him in the small blind. He moved all-in for about $75,000 and got snap-called by Jan Van Der Wal in the big blind. 9 T for Sonesson would need a whole lot of help against VDW's pocket jacks but the board of A K 3 2 3 didn't bring it. Sonesson's out in sixth and will take $45,600.

Seat 1	Mihai Manole	$310,000
Seat 2	Christoffer Sonesson	$77,000
Seat 3	Jan Van Der Wal	$600,000
Seat 4	Leon Yanovski	$230,000
Seat 5	Martin Clemmensen	$430,000
Seat 6	Brian Jensen	$500,000

It seems Leon Yanovski attended the Tiffany Williamson school of poker as he just took an incredibly long time releasing his hand in the face of an all-in re-raise from Mihai Manole. It began with Manole opening to $48,000 from the cut-off and Leon re-raising an additional $80,000 from the big blind.

Manole then moved all-in, putting another $151,000 back on Yanovski. That's when it began, talking his way through the hand, listing all his opponent's possible holdings, dissecting every possible angle. After the clock was called he commended his opponent on his good play and tossed his hand in the muck. Chip counts in a sec.

Martin Clemmensen has just taken down two consecutive pots with pre-flop opening raises. He made it $45k to go first from the button, then from the cut-off, with the rest of the table getting out of the way on both occassions. On the second hand he showed an ace as he raked the pot.

The players are back in their seats and the cards are in the air. We're on to Level 21 and the blinds have gone up to $8,000/$16,000 with a $1,500 ante.