Most of the chips were already in the money and Barny Boatman got the rest of it in with the on the flop of . Lukas Zaskodny called with the and the turn and river were blanks to eliminate Boatman before the money.
Rifat Palevic raised to 13,500 and Jan-Peter Jachtmann called, as did Barny Boatman in the cutoff. The flop fell and Jachtmann bet the pot for 45,000 with 30,000 behind. That did the trick to force folds from all opponents and the German flashed the .
The cards of Dario Alioto were all but rushed away while the stack of Jozef Mlcoch was counted out to be 82,000. Mlcoch had doubled with on a board of and Alioto missed out on a gutshot and hearts flush draw.
The elimination of Sanjit Bhatia by Mikko Hirvonen brought the field down to the last 48 players and a table broke to balance the remaining field. Also no longer in contention are Kenny Hallaert and [Removed:153], who both vanished before the last break.
The remaining 52 players were sent into the last 20-minute break of the night and will play another three levels before bagging and tagging. Whether or not the top 29 and money spots will be reached until then remains to be seen.
Gisle Olsen was all in and at risk for 124,900 with the and a Vitek Pesta called with the superior stack and . The board came and Olsen back doored the nut flush to score a big double.
While Allen Kessler has grinded himself into a big stack, Krasimir Yankov just did it the hard way. On the flop of , Martin Rothärmel bet 17,000 and Lukas Zaskodny called. Yankov raised to 100,000 and that forced out Rothärmel, while Zaskodny called.
After the turn, Yankov got his last 18,900 in and Zaskodny called.
Lukas Zaskodny:
Krasimir Yankov:
The river was a blank and Yankov scored a big double, while Rothärmel sighed to Jan-Peter Jachtmann "I had ace-queen-queen with diamonds, if I would have seen the turn ... ."
Wissam Turkie was all in and at risk before the flop and picked up two callers with the player on the button and Anatoliy Zyrin in the small blind. The two remain ing active players checked the flop and Zyrin bet the pot on the turn to force out the button.
Wissam Turkie:
Anatoliy Zyrin:
The on the river was too little too late for Turkie and he headed to the rail.
Peter Bstieler was all in and at risk for 24,400 with the and Eric Lescot looked him up with the . The board came and Bstieler doubled. Thomas Pettersson was less fortunate and headed to the rail soon after from one table over.