Among others, Dorde Jovanovic and Jesus Rodriguez Lopez have been eliminated and the field is shrinking rapidly.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Tom-Aksel Bedell raised and called the shove of Julian Menhardt for 145,000 in a heartbeat.
Julian Menhardt: 
Tom-Aksel Bedell: 
Things got even worse for Menhardt on the 
flop and he already stood up from his chair and was ready to leave. His elimination was official on the 
turn, and the 
river was a formality.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,050,000
190,000
|
190,000 |
|
Busted |
Jai Saha has emerged with a big stack while Demetrio Caminita has dropped some.
Pablo Rojas also boosted his stack but just took a hit when he three-bet to 70,000 against Kully Sidhu. The Brit four-bet all in and Rojas reluctantly folded.
"Ace king?" Rojas asked and Sidhu indeed flashed his cards, it was the 
. Rojas flipped over 
, grabbed all four cards and tossed them into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
800,000
665,000
|
665,000 |
|
600,000
160,000
|
160,000 |
|
500,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
||
|
350,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
340,000
259,000
|
259,000 |
Enrico Tassinari got his last few chips in from the big blind with 
and big stack Jai Saha called with the 
. The board came 
and that was it for the Italian.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
850,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Over on the feature table, Ramlal Basdeo got his last 24,000 ion with the 
and Andrea Pinelli called with 
to remain ahead on a 
board.
Right after, Marius Stancescu raised and Salvatore Ritrovato three-bet to 68,000. Stancescu jammed and the quick call of Ritrovato followed.
Marius Stancescu:
Salvatore Ritrovato: 
The 
flop saw Ritrovato instantly flop the nuts, and he avoided the split pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
431,000
315,000
|
315,000 |
|
206,000
99,000
|
99,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
Another three players were eliminated and the recent short stack grind of Maksims Gorbacs had come to an end.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
||
Level: 20
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 12,000
Over on the feature table, the biggest pot of the tournament so far took place.
Xavier Riera opened from early position and Martin Jacobson on the button three-bet to 65,000. Riera four-bet to 139,000 and called the shove of Jacobson for 459,000.
Xavier Riera:
Martin Jacobson: 
The board came 
and Jacobson spiked the queen on the river to jump to nearly one million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
998,000
677,000
|
677,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
David Hu limped in from the small blind and Pietro Piraino in the big blind raised to 35,000, which Hu called. The Dutchman check-called bets of 28,000 on the 
flop and 45,000 on the turn.
After the river, Hu check-called a shove for around 130,000 and Piraino knew he was beat with 
for a busted gutshot. Hu had rivered two pair with and climbed above half a million in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
530,000
180,000
|
180,000 |
|
Busted |
The big stacks are changing as Samuel Hernandez has taken over the lead, with Gabriele Rossi and David Hu further rising in the counts.
Stefano Schiano has also chipped up massively and Salvatore Camarda just ended up all in for the last 27,000 with 
versus 
. On a board of 
, Camarda remained in contention but will need a couple further doubles to get back into contention.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,120,000
520,000
|
520,000 |
|
950,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
|
800,000
270,000
|
270,000 |
|
700,000
380,000
|
380,000 |
|
560,000
116,000
|
116,000 |
|
|
450,000
600,000
|
600,000 |
|
60,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
|
Busted |
