Pavel Novotny has been eliminated in 11th place after two battles with Aleksandar Trajkovski.
Firstly, Trajkovski shoved for 165K (14BB) from the Cutoff and Novotny called on the Button.
Trajkovski: T ♦T ♥
Novotny: A ♦2 ♦
The board ran out 6 ♦6 ♠8 ♣T ♠9 ♠ and Trajkovski secured the double up.
A few hands later, Novotny limped Under the Gun while 5-handed. Trajkovski then raised to over 200K, enough to put Novotny all in, who thought for a few seconds before he called.
Trajkovski: A ♣Q ♠
Novotny: Q ♦Q ♥
Novotny was in a strong position to reclaim the chips he had recently lost to Trajkovski.
The flop fell 4 ♣K ♥7 ♦ and Novotny held the advantage. However, poker is never straightforward, and the players saw the A ♦ appear on the turn. Trajkovski’s pot was confirmed on the T ♠ river.
Novotny was unfortunate to exit in 11th and missed out on a place in Day 2.
The final 10 players will now bag their chips and return on Sunday.
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