Benjamin Lebor kicks off the action with a raise to 85,000 from under the gun. The action folds around to David Shallow who calls the bet defending his from the big blind.
Both players check on a flop of . Shallow fires out a bet of 115,000 after the appeared on the turn which Lebor quickly calls.
The improves neither players' hand with Lebor ahead due to the higher kicker. Shallow leads out for a bet of 235,000. Lebor contemplates whether to call and eventually folds.
Akos Gergely raises to 85,000 from the hi-jack with . After thinking for a minute, Nicolas Cardyn opts to three-bet with to 260,000 and takes down the pot after everyone folds.
With the average stack at around 31 big blinds, players appear to have tightened up. The last orbit of hands were either taken down before the flop or without much resistance post-flop.
David Shallow kicks off the action by raising to 65,000 from the hi-jack with . Benjamin Lebor declares he is all-in from the cut-off with for his remaining 498,000 chips which Shallow calls.
Lebor takes a three to one lead when he flops two-pair on a board of . Four of Shallow's outs to win the hand turn into a chop if they appear on the river with the appearing on the turn. Lebor doubles up after the completes the board.
After the hand, Lebor says, "Thank you. I am not floor stack anymore, I am now medium."
Julien Rouxel raises the action to 65,000 from middle position with . David Shallow calls behind with in position from the button. Benjamin Lebor thinks and folds from the small blind with before Akos Gergely snap announces he is all-in with for his remaining 426,000 chips. Julien Rouxel calls, and Shallow gets out of the way.
Things look bleak for Gergely as Rouxel flops the world with the dealer turning over . However, his tournament was saved when the spiked the turn. The on the river was of no help to Rouxel, doubling up Gergely.
Bhavin Khatri opens the action for 62,000. The action folds around to the short-stacked Jin Hui who calls from the big blind.
Both players opt to check on a flop of . Action picked up when the hit the turn with Khatri leading out for 76,000. Hui thinks for a minute before declaring himself all-in for his remaining 282,000 chips. Khatri quickly calls and the players turn over their cards.
Hui:
Khatri:
Khatri's set is no match for Hui who is drawing dead after getting all his chips in the middle. The board completes with a . While this gives Hui a set of trips, he is well over-matched by Khatri's boat.
Hui collects £6,300 for his 9th place finish. The remaining eight players are now all guaranteed a payout of £8,400.
from the big blind.
. Shallow fires out a bet of 115,000 after the 
appeared on the turn which Lebor quickly calls.
improves neither players' hand with Lebor ahead due to the higher kicker. Shallow leads out for a bet of 235,000. Lebor contemplates whether to call and eventually folds.
. After thinking for a minute, Nicolas Cardyn opts to three-bet with 
to 260,000 and takes down the pot after everyone folds.
. Benjamin Lebor declares he is all-in from the cut-off with 
for his remaining 498,000 chips which Shallow calls.
. Four of Shallow's outs to win the hand turn into a chop if they appear on the river with the 
appearing on the turn. Lebor doubles up after the 
in position from the button. Benjamin Lebor thinks and folds from the small blind with 
before Akos Gergely snap announces he is all-in with 
for his remaining 426,000 chips. Julien Rouxel calls, and Shallow gets out of the way.
spiked the turn. The 
on the river was of no help to Rouxel, doubling up Gergely.
hit the turn with Khatri leading out for 76,000. Hui thinks for a minute before declaring himself all-in for his remaining 282,000 chips. Khatri quickly calls and the players turn over their cards.
