From the small blind it was Atanas Kavrakov who moved all in for 174,000 chips and Anatoly Filatov called from the big blind.
Kavrakov: 
Filatov: 
The board ran out 
and Kavrakov was knocked out by Filatov's straight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,580,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
Busted |
On the very next hand after Anatoly Filatov had knocked out Atanas Kavrakov it was another blind battle that ended up in an all-in showdown.
Filatov put his neighbor, Julian Herold, all in and the German pro made the call.
Herold: 
Filatov: 
The board ran out 
and Herold found himself a double up, but he remains as one of the short stacks.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,450,000
-130,000
|
-130,000 |
|
250,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
Frei Dilling opened the cutoff to 24,000 and was met by a three bet from Timo Pfutzenreuter who made it 68,000 out of the small blind. Dilling made the call and the two of them saw a flop.
on the flop and Pfutzenreuter made a 66,000 continuation bet. Dilling thought about it for some time, and then raised to 142,000. Pfutzenreuter made the call and both players checked the 
on the turn.
The 
fell on the river and with one hand Pfutzenreuter bet out 253,000. Dilling folded rather quickly and Pfutzenreuter gathered the chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,650,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
1,176,000
-124,000
|
-124,000 |
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In a pre flop all in between small blind and big blind Jozsef Olah handed over his last chips to Miltiadis Kyriakides.
It was a race pre flop with Miltiadis holding 
and Olah tabling 
.
The flop gave both players something to work with; 
. Miltiadis hit a set but Olah had the flush draw to keep having a fighting chance.
Both turn (
) and river () were black though, and the one time chip leader exited the tournament area.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
962,000
-72,000
|
-72,000 |
|
Busted |
Anatoly Filatov raised to 25,000 from the under-the-gun position and chip leader Pablo Gordillo three-bet to 95,000. Filatov called and the flop rolled out 
and the Russian player checked.
Gordillo bet 33,000 and Filatov called and on the turn the 
hit. Filatov checked again on the turn and now Gordillo bet 63,000 and Filatov check-raised to 175,000.
Gordillo tanked for a bit before ultimately making the call. On the river the hit and Filatov bet 325,000 into a pot of 558,000. After tanking for a quite a while Gordillo called with 
for a flopped straight. Filatov showed and his stack took a big hit.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,547,000
1,047,000
|
1,047,000 |
|
|
718,000
-732,000
|
-732,000 |
The player in the cutoff raised, Michel Abecassis three-bet and Oleksii Khoroshenin opted to four-bet to 112,000. The initial raiser folded and Abecassis moved all in for 334,000 putting Khoroshenin in the tank for quite a while. Eventually the Russian player called and the showdown went as following.
Khoroshenin:
Abecassis: 
The board ran out 
and Abecassis' strong ace fell as Khoroshenin hit his kicker.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,050,000
210,000
|
210,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
Dan Murariu opened under the gun to 27,000 and he received two callers before Timo Pfutzenreuter in the big blind squeezed to 94,000. Murariu clicked it back to 157,000, but was forced to make it 161,000 to make it a valid raise. Both players caught in between, amongst them Marcel Luske in the small blind, folded. Action back on Pfutzenreuter who moved all in. Murariu called immediately.
Dan Murariu: 
Timo Pfutzenreuter: 
The board blanked out completely: 
giving Murariu the pot.
Murariu got his 430,000 stack times twice, plus some dead money and antes. Pfutzenreuter in the meantime is down to a little under a million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,000,000
-650,000
|
-650,000 |
|
926,000
418,000
|
418,000 |
|
||
Ludovic Riehl just ended up all in before the flop for this tournament life worth 283,000 chips and he was up against Bulgarian bracelet winner Simeon Naydenov.
Naydenov: 
Riehl:
The board ran out 
and Riehl was knocked out as his set on the river gave Naydenov a straight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,700,000
660,000
|
660,000 |
|
Busted |
