Ion Pavel Eliminated in 11th Place (�30,000)
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The real damage to Ion Pavel's tournament was done by Roberto Nulli in a small to big blind confrontation which ended up spiralling out of control on the river. You can see why: Nulli limped preflop and Pavel called. Both players checked the 
flop. On the 
turn, Nulli quickly pushed forward a stack of 100k, about the size of the pot. Pavel thought for what was, for him, a short time, before making the call.
The 
river was still being positioned by the dealer when Nulli insta-shoved all in (around 500,000 due to some small previous wins). Pavel called and they were on their backs:
Ion Pavel: 
Roberto Nulli: 
This river was the killer for Pavel, not the subsequent tiny all in with 
which Peter Skripka picked off with his 
. Five per table now...