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, a hand in quite poor shape against Mr. Strassmann's 
. It was looking quite grim for Diaz when he badly missed a flop of 
. The 
on the turn that gave Strassman a pair of aces didn't change much; it merely shifted Diaz's outs for the win from any jack to any queen. It was a queen that hit the river, the 
, prompting Diaz to slam the table in joy and jump out of his chair. He took a big chunk of Strassmann's stack; both players are now level at about 1 million chips.
. Diaz moved all in himself, for 336,000, drawing a pass from Strassmann and leaving Diaz heads up with Vilela for the main.
and 
. That made Vilela the 30th place finisher with winnings of €45,000.
face up.
and was called by Jaime Vilela's 
. Vilela was dismayed to see flop of 
, which gave Tulchinskiy a flush draw. The draw filled with the turn 
, a card that left Vilela looking for outs to a straight flush only. A black seven hit the turn, but it was the 
, drawing some nervous chuckles from the Russian gallery.
from middle position. Action passed to Dag Mikkelsen in the blinds, who called with 
. Mikkelsen paired his king on the flop, 
, leaving Cernuto looking for an ace or running spades (as TD and MC Thomas Kremser helpfully announced). The on the turn gave Mikkelsen trip kings and Cernuto a flush draw, but he missed everything when the river fell . He's the first victim of the day, earning €45,000 for his trouble.
Level: 23
Blinds: 12,000/24,000
Ante: 2,000
