| Seat | Table 1 | Country | Table 2 | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phillipp Teipel | Germany | Michael Uguccioni | Italy |
| 2 | Antoine Vranken | Netherlands | Zoltan Ban | Czech Republic |
| 3 | Dorin Rauta | Romania | Anestis Anagnostidis | Greece |
| 4 | Sebastian Malec | Poland | Robert Zipf | Germany |
| 5 | Mirko Willsch | Germany | Aviv Meiri | Israel |
| 6 | Boris Kuzmanovic | Croatia | Martin Bartos | Slovakia |
| 7 | David Urban | Slovakia | Paul Skipper | UK |
| 8 | Pietro Errante Parrino | Italy | Daniil Kiselev | Russia |
Shortly after doubling Antoine Vranken, Stefan Schulze was all in and at risk preflop. And he would be up against the very same opponent to take revenge or lose the entire stack within two hands.
Stefan Schulze: 
Antoine Vranken: 
The board came 
and Vranken spiked a king on the flop to eliminate Schulze in 17th place. All remaining players will now redraw for the last two tables.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
210,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
Hand 1
David Urban raised to 16,000 on the button and Phillipp Teipel three-bet to 46,000 in the small blind. The action folded back to Urban, and he moved all in after some consideration, Teipel called.
David Urban: 
Phillipp Teipel: 
The 
flop immediately improved Urban and Teipel shook his head, the double was locked on the 
turn already. This made the 
river a formality and Urban doubled for 148,000.
Hand 2
Antoine Vranken open-shoved for his last 53,000 on the button and Stefan Schulze called in the big blind.
Antoine Vranken: 
Stefan Schulze: 
On a board of 
, Vranken flopped two pair and doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
305,000
151,000
|
151,000 |
|
|
110,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
90,000
-55,000
|
-55,000 |
|
50,000
-151,000
|
-151,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
444,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
404,000 | |
|
374,000
-22,000
|
-22,000 |
|
||
|
280,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
275,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
244,000
7,500
|
7,500 |
|
210,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
201,000
31,000
|
31,000 |
|
193,000
88,000
|
88,000 |
|
|
154,000
-11,000
|
-11,000 |
|
145,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
|
|
145,000
-95,000
|
-95,000 |
|
142,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
98,000
-42,000
|
-42,000 |
|
84,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
81,000
-69,000
|
-69,000 |
|
|
78,000
-7,000
|
-7,000 |
|
|
||
Level: 18
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
The remaining 17 players have been sent into a 20-minute break, and the T-500 chips will be raced off during that time.
Boris Kuzmanovic limped in from the small blind and Daniil Kiselev checked his option in the big blind. On the 
flop, Kuzmanovic check-called a bet worth 9,000 and then bet the turn for 14,000. With a diamond flush draw out there, Kiselev raised to 40,000 and Kuzmanovic called.
On the 
river, Kuzmanovic moved all in for around 200,000, having Kiselev covered. The Russian folded and showed 
for the bottom straight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
404,000
104,000
|
104,000 |
|
|
141,000
-119,000
|
-119,000 |
A congratulations ticket for the 77th place in the PokerStars Cup was next to the big stack of Zoltan Ban, and the local player had bagged up chips and opted to blind down in the Side Event today while focusing on the High Roller. That has worked out incredibly well so far, and Ban just sent PokerStars Team Online Pro Randy Lew to the rail.
Ban raised to 14,000 from the cutoff and Lew moved all in for what looked like just under 100,000. Ban called and Lew was in need of help.
Randy Lew: 
Zoltan Ban: 
The board came 
and Lew was eliminated in 18th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
440,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
||
Short stack Leonardo Mancuso was all in for around 45,000 and Phillipp Teipel looked him up from one seat over and both players tabled pocket pairs.
Leonardo Mancuso: 
Phillipp Teipel:
The board ran out 
and Mancuso was the second player out in the money.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
170,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
Busted |
After his big fold on the money bubble, Robert Zipf raised and then quickly called the shove of table neighbor Oren Rosen for just 10 big blinds.
Oren Rosen: 
Robert Zipf:
After a board of 
, Rosen failed to improve and he was the first player out in the money, receiving €3,437 for his efforts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
165,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
Busted |
