Fionn MacNamara opened for 90,000 in middle position and called the shove of Andrey Pateychuk, who had 450,000 in the big blind and showed 
. MacNamara was dominated with 
and it stayed that way on the 
board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,400,000
-940,000
|
-940,000 |
|
915,000
530,000
|
530,000 |
|
||
Evangelos Bechrakis opened for 60,000 under the gun and got calls from Diego Zeiter on the button and Xixiang Luo in the small blind. The flop came 
and Bechrakis continued for 105,000. Zeiter made it 350,000 and Luo shoved all in for around 1.1 million. Bechrakis mucked and Zeiter called right away, turning over 
for middle set.
"Oh my God," groaned Luo, standing up and slapping down 
.
The turn brought an 
and Luo asked for a nine or a six. The river was the 
though, and Zeiter had him slightly covered.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,650,000
1,200,000
|
1,200,000 |
|
Busted |
Aleksandr Merzhvinskiy was sitting on the button and looked at Andrija Robovic's stack in the small blind before he decided to raise to 60,000. Robovic looked at his cards and decided to shove. Paul Michaelis was sitting in the big blind and asked for a count, the dealer confirmed Robovic had 995,000 in total. Michaelis opted to also shove and Merzhvinskiy quickly got out of their way.
Andrija Robovic: 
Paul Michaelis: 
The board ran out 
for Michaelis' higher pocket pair to hold and eliminate Robovic in 21st place for €33,540.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,600,000
1,300,000
|
1,300,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
Fionn MacNamara opened for 75,000 and called the shove of Andriy Mertengren, who had 220,000 on his left.
Fionn MacNamara:
Andriy Mertengren:
Mertengren pounded the table in disappointment when the window card appeared, but it was followed by 
to give him a flush draw. The missed him but the river shipped the double and he smiled and grabbed a photo with his phone.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,085,000
-315,000
|
-315,000 |
|
515,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Photos by Neil Stoddart.
Ugo Faggioli raised to 70,000 from under the gun and Guenter Halak shoved from the hijack. Action folded to Evangelos Bechrakis in the big blind who asked for a count. The dealer confirmed Halak had 410,000 in total and Bechrakis called. Faggioli shoved too for almost 2,000,000 and Bechrakis snap-called.
Guenter Halak: 
Ugo Faggioli:
Evangelos Bechrakis: 
The board ran out 
for Faggioli's pocket aces to eliminate Halak in 20th place and double up through Bechrakis. The dealer counted out Faggioli's stack and confirmed Bechrakis needed to pay up a total of 1,930,000 which makes Faggioli the new chip leader.
The 19 remaining players have just gone for a 20-minute break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,315,000
2,380,000
|
2,380,000 |
|
1,745,000
-1,975,000
|
-1,975,000 |
|
Busted |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,170,000
-145,000
|
-145,000 |
|
|
3,885,000
285,000
|
285,000 |
|
|
||
|
3,185,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
|
||
|
2,700,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
||
|
|
2,510,000
-140,000
|
-140,000 |
|
2,450,000
385,000
|
385,000 |
|
|
2,150,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
|
1,755,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
1,725,000
265,000
|
265,000 |
|
1,645,000
-285,000
|
-285,000 |
|
1,635,000
275,000
|
275,000 |
|
1,350,000
-25,000
|
-25,000 |
|
|
1,060,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
|
1,050,000
135,000
|
135,000 |
|
|
||
|
985,000
-320,000
|
-320,000 |
|
975,000
-125,000
|
-125,000 |
|
|
915,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
|
650,000
-150,000
|
-150,000 |
|
600,000
-380,000
|
-380,000 |
Level: 25
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 40,000
Ivan Zhechev raised to 85,000 from under the gun and action folded to Artem Kobylynskyi in the small blind. Kobylynskyi looked at his cards and decided to shove, Tobias Peters was sitting in the big blind and wanted to see how much Kobylynskyi had. Peters then shoved too for around 600,000. Zhechev quickly scrambled and got out of the hand.
Artem Kobylynskyi: 
Tobias Peters: 
The board ran out 
for Kobylynskyi's pocket tens to hold and eliminate Peters in 19th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,660,000
675,000
|
675,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Liviu Ignat opened for 80,000 under the gun and Andriy Mertengren jammed for about 450,000. Ignat called and tabled , dominating the shown by Mertengren.
The board ran out 
, leaving Mertengren dead on the turn.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,125,000
675,000
|
675,000 |
|
|
Busted |
