Hans Winther raised to 10,000 and Mika Paasonen then three-bet jammed for 66,000 out of the big blind.
The start of day chip leader sighed and went into the tank. "Anyone but you," he said but eventually called anyways.
Mika Paasonen: A♠J♥ 
Hans Winther: A♥Q♥
The superior kicker reigned supreme on the K♣9♣6♠3♠Q♣ board for Paasonen to bust. Winther had been struggling as of lately but bounced back to an average stack.
On a three-way flop of []9s6s4c], Andres Vilhjalmsson and Pyry Kekäläinen checked out of the blinds and Mart Tammoja bet 12,000 for them to check-call.
Vilhjalmsson led the 10♥ turn for 33,000 to force out Kekäläinen and Tammjoa then pushed all-in to get snap-called.
Mart Tammoja: A♥A♦
Andres Vilhjalmsson: 8♥7♥
Tammoja was drawing dead to the K♦ river and quickly left the tournament area.
Sami Natri three-bet out of the small blind and Keimo Suominen called in the cutoff with a shorter stack behind. Natri checked his cards on the K♥Q♣2♥ flop and checked thereafter, Suominen bet 6,000 and earned a call.
On the J♦ turn, Natri checked again and Suominen bet another 13,000 to win the pot uncontested. He flashed the 4♦3♦ and Joni Väistö joked "I think that wasn't a valuebet."
Bo Gustafsson was all-in with the A♠Q♣ and another two players got their chips into the middle in Andres Vilhjalmsson and Raini Lelle with the latter holding the biggest stack.
Vilhjalmsson had the best of it in a setup hand with A♦A♥ against the K♥K♦ of Lelle. Nothing changed on the 7♦5♥4♠4♣7♠ board and Vilhjalmsson scored a healthy double through Lelle while knocking out Gustafsson.
Floor staff has confirmed a total of 504 entries, which generated a prize pool of €244,400. The top 62 spots on seven tables will be paid at least €1,000 for their efforts while the nine-handed final table will pay at least €4,665.
Tomorrow's winner can look forward to a top prize of €50,000, the full payout structure is available in the Let's Poker app for the players already and right here on PokerNews.
On a heads-up turn of 10♠9♦7♥2♣, Paul Le Cheviller and Lars Erdal-Aase got their near identical stacks into the middle and both players revealed pocket pairs.
Paul Le Cheviller: 8♠8♥
Lars Erdal-Aase: J♠J♣
Both blocked each other's straight hopes and the 3♥ river changed nothing. Erdal-Aase had 68,500 at his disposal by then and Le Cheviller was covered by fewer than one big blind.
Paul Koppe was already all-in and awaited his fate while Davy Wathne and Asgrimur Johannesson played the side pot with the latter ending all-in on the A♠Q♦5♣2♠ turn as well.
Paul Koppe: J♣10♣
Asgrimur Johannesson: Q♠J♥
Davy Wathne: A♦K♠
The river was the 10♠ and both shorter stacks were eliminated.
"Such a small raise with ace-king," Johannesson said and Wathne replied "I am not a poker player".
Paul Le Cheviller raised to 4,000 and then instantly called the shove by Nidal Dawoud for 51,500.
Nidal Dawoud: A♥J♥
Paul Le Cheviller: A♠K♥
The A♦A♣3♥2♣J♦ runout gave Dawoud a full house on the river and he survived.
After paying off his opponent, Le Cheviller simply said "nice hand".
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