Stephen Malone raised to 100,000 in early position. Damien Luis called to his direct left, and Spyridon Koukoukis defended his big blind. On the flop, Koukoukis checked, Malone bet 150,000, Luis called, and Koukoukis folded. The turn was the , and Malone check-called a 250,000 bet from Luis.
The river brought the . Malone checked, prompting a bet of 360,000 from Luis. Malone sat back in his chair as the camera's swarmed in to capture the situation at hand. Malone, slightly annoyed by the many noises coming from the rail, folded after a minute of thought, leaving Luis to rake in the big pot. The tournament director quickly cleared the area of any spectators afterwards.
Aram Sargsyan limped in from the small blind and Alisan Holozlu raised to 120,000 from the big blind, Sagsyan called.
On the flop, Sargsyan checked, Holozlu bet 90,000 and then faced a check-raise to 200,000. Holozlu called and Sargsyan checked the turn. Holozlu bet 125,000 and Sargsyan called. The appeared on the river and Sargsyan checked, Holozlu moved all in for around 375,000 and that forced a fold.
At almost the same time on different tables, Sam Grafton and Yordan Mihaylov Petrov have been eliminated.
Petrov open-shoved his last 450,000 with and Jean-Jacques Zeitoun called from one seat over with the . The flop came and Petrov was drawing dead on the turn, making the river a formality.
Grafton shoved for what looked like 575,000 from early position and Anthony Chimkovitch reshoved in the small blind for around 725,000, Stephen Malone folded in the big blind.
Grafton:
Chimkovitch:
The board ran out and Grafton headed to the rail in 30th place, while Petrov took 31st.
Over on the feature table, Stefan Vogt raised to 90,000 from the hijack and Chebli Cheli shoved for 270,000 from the cutoff. All opponents folded and Vogt called.
Chebli:
Vogt:
The flop paired up Vogt, and the turn left Chebli drawing dead. An insignificant river completed the board and Chebli was eliminated in 28th place.
It had been rather quiet with regards to Jose Quintas as of lately and his stack had plummeted a lot. When Morten Mortensen raised to 90,000 from early position, Quintas shoved the big blind for 560,000 and Mortensen called.
Quintas:
Mortensen:
The gave Quintas top pair, but Mortensen had a set. It was all over for the Portuguese on the turn, and he grabbed his belongings while the appeared on the river.
Koukouris was busted in 27th place when he decided to move all in over the top of Owen's 90'000 opening bet. Koukouris' move all in was for a huge 870,000 with and Owen made the call with .
The board of saw Koukouris depart and Owen leap to a Day 4 high stack of well over two million chips.
Sebastian Malec raised to 90,000 from under the gun and Aram Sargsyan moved all in for 515,000. Malek eventually called and the cards were tabled.
Sargsyan:
Malek:
"The way I run, the ace comes on the river," Malec said in table chat. The flop came and the was a blank as well, but as predicted by Malec, the appeared on the river and Sargsyan exited in 26th place.
On the three-way flop of , Andreas Chalkiadakis checked in the big blind and Anthony Chimkovitch bt 115,000. The third player in the hand folded and Chalkiadakis called. The on the turn saw Chalkiadakis check, Chimkovitch bet 275,000 and the Greek folded.
Soon after, the two were in a battle of the blinds and Chalkiadakis bet the flop for 105,000. Chimkovitch called in the big blind and the turn went check, check. After the river, Chalkiadakis bet 415,000 and Chimkovitch called to see the former turn over and the latter muck.
It folded to Damien Luis in the small blind who raises to 110,000. Alexandru Baron was in the big blind and three-bet to 300,000. Luis thought before four-betting to 650,000. The action was back on Baron who five-bet all in and Luis called.
Damien Luis:
Alexandru Baron:
The board ran out and Luis was left with around 300,000 in chips.
Hand 2
In the very next hand, Damien Luis open shoved from the button for his remaining chips. Alexandru Baron called in the small blind and action was on Adam Owen in the big blind. He asked how much the all in was for and after a couple of minutes elected to fold. The cards were turned over, with Luis holding and Baron . Meanwhile, Owen had shot to his feet and was shaking his head.
"Sevens?" asked Baron as the board began to be dealt, "Ace-Queen?" It seemed like the focus was on what Owen folded more than what the board was going to run out.
The flop came , and although the on the turn meant that Luis was open-ended, the river was the meaning the Frenchman was eliminated.
The remaining 24 players bagged up and will return tomorrow at 12 p.m. local time. All chip counts and a recap of today's action will be available shortly.
flop, Koukoukis checked, Malone bet 150,000, Luis called, and Koukoukis folded. The turn was the 
, and Malone check-called a 250,000 bet from Luis.
. Malone checked, prompting a bet of 360,000 from Luis. Malone sat back in his chair as the camera's swarmed in to capture the situation at hand. Malone, slightly annoyed by the many noises coming from the rail, folded after a minute of thought, leaving Luis to rake in the big pot. The tournament director quickly cleared the area of any spectators afterwards.
turn. Holozlu bet 125,000 and Sargsyan called. The 
appeared on the river and Sargsyan checked, Holozlu moved all in for around 375,000 and that forced a fold.
and Jean-Jacques Zeitoun called from one seat over with the 
. The flop came 
and Petrov was drawing dead on the 
river a formality.
and Grafton headed to the rail in 30th place, while Petrov took 31st.
river completed the board and Chebli was eliminated in 28th place.
turn, and he grabbed his belongings while the 
appeared on the river.
. 
saw Koukouris depart and Owen leap to a Day 4 high stack of well over two million chips.
and the 
turn went check, check. After the 
river, Chalkiadakis bet 415,000 and Chimkovitch called to see the former turn over 
. Meanwhile, Owen had shot to his feet and was shaking his head.
