Jeffrey Brouwer was all in and at risk with 
against the 
of Barny Boatman. Both players had hit their ace on the turn and the 
river sent Brouwer to the rail with a bad beat story to tell.
Only 47 players remain!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
230,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
Anthony Rodrigues open-shoved his short stack with pocket nines and was called by Jozsef Szabo from two seats over with 
. The 
flop all but locked up the hand for the Belgian, however turn and river provided running aces for Szabo to send Rodrigues to the rail. The other players at the tables did some quick calculation and it was 0.7% on the flop to see Szabo win.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
245,000
191,100
|
191,100 |
|
Busted |
Matas Cimbolas defended his big blind against the button raise of Mathieu Alciato and a huge pot developed until the river of a 
board. Cimbolas moved all in and Alciato snap-called.
"You win. I told you it was gonna be a big pot," Cimbolas remarked with a smirk before flipping over his 
. Alciato held 
and doubled up for 101,500, leaving Cimbolas on eight big blinds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
360,000
323,300
|
323,300 |
|
40,000
-200,000
|
-200,000 |
|
||
David van Roosbroeck was down to only a few big blinds not that long ago and he is back around 145,000 in chips after getting involved in a bigger pot to the river of a 
board. The Belgian moved all in for 43,500 for half the pot and this enforced a fold from his opponent.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
145,000
54,400
|
54,400 |
Level: 18
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 1,000
Niels Gybels continues to build his stack, which has grown to 750,000 already. He raised and called the three-bet shove of Thierry Gogniat for 69,000 with to win a flip versus pocket threes. Ace on the flop, 49 players left.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
750,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
|
Busted |
Day 1a chip leader Mike Gerry raised and then called the 90,000-shove of Bart Lybaert with 
. His countryman held king-jack in the small blind and the board ran out 
to send Lybaert to the rail just shy of the money.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
475,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
|
Busted |
Gurkan Cifci couldn't spin up his short stack anymore after being crippled a few minutes ago. On the rail, he is joined by Kamel Hachmi who also ran out of chips as well. There are now 52 players remaining on the last six tables and the top 45 will get paid at least €2,335.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
The 
was exposed when cards were pitched to the player in the small blind and Marcel Luske had the action checked to him on the button. The Dutchman moved all in for 35,000 with 
and Matas Cimbolas called out of the big blind with pocket aces to score the knockout.
As soon as Luske was eliminated, the screens moved to 54 players remaining and yet another table was broken.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
240,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
After a three-way flop of 
, Gurkan Cifci bet and Kyne Elmouloua raised to 57,500. [Removed:373] folded from the button and Cifci now shoved all in. Elmouloua was in the think-tank for quite some time and eventually announced the call for his last 239,000 chips.
Elmouloua: 
Cifci: 
Neither the 
turn nor river changed anything, leaving Cifci with less than 10 big blinds behind.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
510,000
170,000
|
170,000 |
|
|
35,000
-215,000
|
-215,000 |
