Hands 18-21: Kempe Crippled by Sanchez
Hand #18: Denys Shafikov limped from the button for 120,000 and Amir Touma completed from the small blind and Rainer Kempe checked in the big blind. The flop came down 
and all three players checked. The turn was the 
and again the action was checked. The river was the 
and again nobody wanted to bet, until Shafikov threw in 150,000 from the button. Both Kempe and Touma folded.
Hand #19: Victor Bogdanov moved all in under the gun for 1,255,000 and he won the pot.
Hand #20: John Juanda raised to 240,000 under the gun and that was enough to take it down.
Hand #21: Mario Sanchez Cano raised under the gun to 260,000 with 1.58 million left behind, and Rainer Kempe three-bet to 700,000 from the cutoff. Kempe Sanchez moved all in for 1,835,000 total and the showdown went as following.
Kempe: 
Sanchez: 
The board ran out 
and Sanchez doubled up, leaving Kempe with just 315,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,890,000
1,975,000
|
1,975,000 |
|
315,000
-2,115,000
|
-2,115,000 |