Pavel Covaliov did his best tonight but he never picked up cards when he really needed them and had to watch others fight it out while he was laddering up the pay jumps.

He finally picked up and moved all in, but once again it was Christian Rho making the call, this time with , and the race was on. The board ran out and that brought Covaliov’s tournament life to an end.

Third place: Pavel Covaliov, $6,670