Douglas "Doncic77" Souza and Francois Billard have become the last two casualties and the latter fell victim to Qiao "chiqiao" Chi in the following preflop contest.
Francois Billard: 
Qiao "chiqiao" Chi: 
Chi took the lead on the 
turn and the 
river bricked off.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
8,114,726 | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Alexandru Papazian raised to 720,000 with fewer than that behind and was called by Joni Jouhkimainen as the far biggest stack on the table.
On a 
flop, Papazian check-called all-in to create the following showdown.
Alexandru Papazian: 
Joni Jouhkmainen: 
No ace appeared on the 
turn and 
river to keep Papazian in contention.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
11,080,354
2,890,568
|
2,890,568 |
|
||
|
3,035,306
1,732,653
|
1,732,653 |
|
||
Daniel "Ronalauc" Smyth defended his big blind against a button min-raise by Lachezar "Psychedelica" Petkov and both headed to the 
flop. Smyth check-called for 201,600 and the turn went check, check. The river brought no betting action either and Smyth's 
won the pot versus 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
8,191,810
-1,846,188
|
-1,846,188 |
|
|
||
|
5,786,676
2,786,676
|
2,786,676 |
|
4,261,777
-99,500
|
-99,500 |
|
3,679,816
-1,055,816
|
-1,055,816 |
|
3,239,564 | |
|
|
||
|
1,892,932 | |
Stanley "Donkey_Fish" Topol raised to 832,000 with 169,980 behind and was called by "iownumind" in the cutoff. On the 
flop the last few chips went in and "iownumind" called.
Stanley "Donkey_Fish" Topol: 
"iownumind": 
The 
turn provided a gutshot but it was the 
that struck on the river to eliminate Topol.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
9,049,294
9,049,294
|
9,049,294 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
Only 67 hopefuls remain in contention as the next scheduled five-minute break has kicked off.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
13,409,056
12,166,951
|
12,166,951 |
|
|
11,989,649
10,050,094
|
10,050,094 |
|
11,856,488
6,971,380
|
6,971,380 |
|
|
11,240,354
160,000
|
160,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
9,670,112
-1,265,440
|
-1,265,440 |
|
|
9,321,326
1,206,600
|
1,206,600 |
|
|
9,049,294 | |
|
8,615,459
-775,090
|
-775,090 |
|
|
7,994,821 | |
|
|
7,951,810
-240,000
|
-240,000 |
|
|
||
Michael Addamo jammed the button for under 1 million and was called by "TheFireStarter" in the big blind.
Michael Addamo: 
"TheFireStarter": 
The board ran out 
for "TheFireStarter" to turn a pair.
Kenneth Smaron was more fortunate in his most recent showdown when he got it in preflop against Jesse "thebignit" Fonseca.
Kenneth Smaron: 
Jesse "thebignit" Fonseca: 
The 
board provided no suckout and Smaron earned a double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
9,667,521
1,052,062
|
1,052,062 |
|
|
9,429,178
-2,560,471
|
-2,560,471 |
|
5,480,942
4,231,096
|
4,231,096 |
|
Busted | |
|
||
Level: 17
Blinds: 100,000/200,000
Ante: 25,000
Mike Watson had previously chopped with a dominated ace and then got it in again, facing Matthias "ILUCKuHARD" Lipp this time around.
Mike Watson: 
Matthias "ILUCKuHARD" Lipp: 
The 
board spelled the end for Watson and the table broke right after.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
6,540,352
6,540,352
|
6,540,352 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
||
The pace of eliminations has slowed down only a tad as the field has dropped below 60 remaining contenders.
Among the last to bust were Lachezar "Psychedelica" Petkov and Timothy Nuter, who came up short in the following preflop contests.
Lachezar "Psychedelica" Petkov:
Daniel "Ronalauc" Smyth:
The board ran out 
and Smyth made trips aces.
Timothy Nuter:
George Wolff:
Wolff got there on the flop, made top two on the turn and the river changed nothing anymore.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
7,271,341
3,009,564
|
3,009,564 |
|
6,309,542
2,440,085
|
2,440,085 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
||
|
|
Busted | |
