Thomas Bardset found himself all-in preflop with a shorter stack holding the 10♦10♠ and he was up against Teemu Kaonpää with the A♣Q♠.
The pocket pair remained ahead until the K♥7♣3♠9♣ turn but the Q♦ river spelled the end for Bardset.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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180,000
114,200
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114,200 |
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Busted |
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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165,000
80,000
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80,000 |
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Busted |
It is just a matter of time until all remaining players are in one room only, as two side rooms have already broken all of their tables. The field has been cut down to just 148 contenders out of 504 entries.
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Another preflop raiser was already out of the way when Ingvill Nilsen was all-in for 47,500 and looked up by Ott-Kaarli Toome.
Ingvill Nilsen: Q♥Q♣
Ott-Kaarli Toome: A♥J♦
The ace never came on the 4♣3♠2♠10♣4♦ board and Nilsen doubled to put a dent into Toome's stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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112,000
37,000
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37,000 |
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100,000
103,900
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103,900 |
Vignir Runolfsson was all-in for just 9,500 with the A♦K♥ and looked up by Tarmo Anton with the inferior K♦10♠.
The 9♦4♥3♥7♣6♥ board missed both players and Runolfsson doubled to stay in contention.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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215,000
55,000
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55,000 |
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80,000
36,000
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36,000 |
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22,000
64,700
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64,700 |
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.
Kasper Wurtz raised to 4,500 and Esko Brandt three-bet to 14,000 in the next seat. Russel Wheatley called and Wurtz folded.
On the J♠10♥7♠ flop, Brandt check-called for 15,000 and then bombed the K♥ turn for 75,000 with around 30,000 behind. Wheatley folded and was asked if he had pocket queens, the South African shook his head.
"Ace king?" Brandt asked again, Wheatley shook the head once more.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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170,000
100,200
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100,200 |
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145,000
62,800
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62,800 |
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115,000
22,900
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22,900 |
Kai Tiainen had been all-in previously and was left short while Jari Hurri had chipped up. They clashed again and Tiainen joked "round two" before they flipped over the cards.
Kai Tiainen: A♥10♦
Jari Hurri: A♦Q♦
The kicker played on the 5♥4♥3♠7♦K♦ board to knock out Tinainen.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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80,000
45,000
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45,000 |
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Busted |
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
With fewer than 140 players still in contention, only two more tables are in play in the secondary room. Two of the biggest stacks in the field right now can be found there in Taago Tamm and Taavi Pusa.
It was Pusa who bet a heads-up turn of A♣A♥A♠9♠ for 5,500 and Seyed Tabaei folded to get shown the Q♠J♥.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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340,000
85,000
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85,000 |
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295,000
35,000
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35,000 |
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160,000
76,200
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76,200 |
