Philipp Zukernik opened to 9,000 with the 
showing and Patrik Antonius three-bet from one seat over with the 
. Zukernik quickly mucked in a battle of the smaller stacks.
One hand later, the action folded to Martin Kabrhel with 
on the button and he claimed the blinds and antes with a raise to 10,000.
The first few hands of the new level brought no exciting hands until an open raise of Franco Cantarella to 9,000. Pierre Mothes three-bet to 26,000 from the hijack and Cantarella called. On the flop of 
, Cantarella shoved for his last 65,500 and Mothes snap-called.
Cantarella: 
Mothes: 
Both the turn and the 
river bricked to reduce the field to its last seven hopefuls.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
540,000
102,000
|
102,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 13
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500
| Seat | Player | Nationality | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aleksandar Tomovic | Serbia | 39,500 |
| 2 | Philipp Zukernik | Canada | 339,500 |
| 3 | Patrik Antonius | Finland | 152,500 |
| 4 | Martin Kabrhel | Czech Republic | 506,000 |
| 5 | Franco Cantarella | Italy | 93,000 |
| 6 | Stipo Vladic | Austria | 519,000 |
| 7 | Pierre Mothes | Germany | 438,000 |
| 8 | Hans Olymp | Czech Republic | 112,500 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
519,000
-126,000
|
-126,000 |
|
506,000
260,400
|
260,400 |
|
||
|
|
438,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
|
339,500
166,600
|
166,600 |
|
152,500
-13,000
|
-13,000 |
|
||
|
112,500
-46,900
|
-46,900 |
|
|
93,000
-23,900
|
-23,900 |
|
39,500
-5,500
|
-5,500 |
Martin Kabrhel raised to 6,300 and picked up three callers including Stipo Vladic on the button. The flop came 
and Kabrhel continued for 13,500. Vladic raised to 31,500 before Kabrhel clicked to 52,700 and then shoved after the squeeze of Vladic to 156,500.
Vladic: 
for two pair, queens and deuces
Kabrhel: 
for trips deuces
The 
turn opened some outs for Vladic with the flush draw, but the 
river bricked and the players then headed into a 20-minute break.
Pierre Mothes raised to 7,000 from under the gun and Aleksandar Tomovic three-bet to 19,000 from two seats over. The action folded around to Mothes and he called, then checked the flop 
. Tomovic made a continuation bet worth 32,000 and Mothes then check-raised to 72,000.
Tomovic moved all in and Mothes called for 198,600.
Tomovic:
Mothes: 
The board filled up with the 
turn and the river to give Mothes an immense double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
440,000
136,500
|
136,500 |
|
|
45,000
-305,600
|
-305,600 |
Elliot Smith got his short stack of 32,300 into the middle out of the blinds and Stipo Vladic looked him up.
Smith: 
Vladic: 
The board ran out 
and that sent Smith to the rail in 9th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Franco Cantarella opened to 7,500 and Hans Olymp called on the button before Philipp Tsukernik squeezed out of the big blind. Both Cantarella and Olymp called before the trio checked down the board 
entirely. Tsukernik showed the and that won the pot.
Patrik Antoninus opened to 7,000 and chip leader Stipo Vladic called in the big blind, checked the flop 
. Antonius continued for 8,000 and Vladic called before the two of them checked the turn. The 
river saw a massive overbet by Vladic for 75,000 and Antonius folded. Vladic teased his opponent by almost showing the card with a big grin on the face.
Stipo Vladic raised to 6,600 from under the gun and Martin Kabrhel called from the small blind. In the big blind, Franco Cantarella moved all in for 96,000 and Vladic tanked for a fair amount of time before making the fold. Kabrhel verified the all in amount with the dealer once again and then sent his cards into the muck as well.
