Former chip monster Luis Rufas has fallen even further from the top spot, his lowly 
no good against Oscar Garcia Pelayo's pocket 
. It looked as though the last of Pelayo's chips went in on the [
flop, although it could also all have gone in pre. Either way, the 
turn and 
river did nothing for Rufas, and Pelayo doubled up.
PokerStars Online Qualifier Giuseppe Pantaleo has eliminated Alejandro O after his pocket kings stood the test of time against Alejandro O's 
. The board ran out 
and was no help to Alejandro O
Popular Bulgarian Atanas Gueorguiev has taken a hit doubling up Jesus Cortes Lizano. Gueorguiev had a right to be confident, holding the 
against Lizano's 
, but a king dropped on the flop and bisected Gueorguiev's stack.
Bryn Kenney has just eliminated his first player of the day, Vitalijs Zavorotnijs being the casualty.
Zavorotnijs raised first in from middle position to 34,000 and when the action folded arond to Kenney in the blinds, he asked his opponent how many chips he had in his stack.
"180k," was the short, abrupt answer.
With his knew found knowledge, Kenney three-bet to 64,000 and then snap-called when his opponent moved all-in for his tournament life.
Zavorotnijs: 
Kenney: 
Flop: 
- No ace there for Zavorotnijs and he was in grave danger of elimination
Turn: 
- Zavorotnijs was now drawing extremely thinly
River: 
- Game over for the Latvian, who picks up €7,500 for his efforts over the three days.
Meanwhile, Kenney is now up to 853,500 chips and the clear chip leader
Pascal Lefrancois played well all day yesterday and today has started in similar fashion. The Canadian opened up from the button with a raise of 11,000 and Candido Gonçalves called in the big blind. The Dealer gave us a flop of 
and Gonçalves checked the action to Lefrancois and he made the continuation bet of 13,500 and Gonçalves check raised to 27,500. Lefrancois took his time before counting out a four-bet of 55,000 and Gonçalves folded.
We warned that the elimaintions would could thick and fast and we were correct. As we entered the poker room, Anders Rasmussen had moved all-in from early position and Govert Metaal made the call, the rest of the tsable slid their cards into the muck.
Rasmussen: 
Metaal:
Board: 
PokerStars Online Qualifier and over night chip leader Bryn Kenny has decided to hit the ground running immediately. He was seated in late position in his first hand and opened with a raise of 14,000. Andrey Danilyuk shoved in the cut off for 54,000 and everyone folded around to Kenny who made the call.
Kenny: 
Danilyuk:
The King never reared its head on a 
board and Danilyuk doubled up.
In the next hand Kenny again opened up with a raise of 14,000 and this time everyone folded and he took the blinds and antes.
Tournament Director, Thomas Kremser has just muttered those immortal words, "Shuffle up and deal!"
The cards are in the air and off we go!
Level: 17
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 500
The majority of the 112 surviving players have taken their seats in the vast cardroom and have begun to unbag and stack their chips. Considering they are all playing for a potential €825,000 they all look relatively calm and collected, maybe it is just their poker faces?
When play does restart, the blinds will be 3,000/6,000 with a running ante of 600, meaning a few of the shorter stacks will need to make a move early on so expect a flurry of eliminations from the start.
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