Santeri Valikoski is heading for the rail after losing a vital race against his German opponent, Ognjen Sekularac.
Sekularac raised from the button, Valikoski moved all-in from the big blind and Sekularac instantly made the call.
Valikoski: 
Sekularac: 
The final board ran out 
and Valikoski was eliminated.
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The diminuitive Russian Roman Makhlin qualified for this event through a PokerStars Satellite and it is turning into a pretty impressive investment.
He has just found himself all-in against Stephane Albertini pre flop. Albertini had a stack in the region of 145,000 when all the chips went into the middle and Makhlin had him well covered.
Albertini: 
Makhlin: 
Makhlin needed an Ace to overtake Albertini and the Dealer provided him with two of them on a flop of 
. The turn 
and river 
was not enough to save Albertini and he was eliminated from the tournament.
Makhlin on the other hand becomes our new chip leader
Team PokerStars Pro Ruben Visser and fellow countryman Jasper Wetemans have been eliminated. Unfortunately we do not know the details but do know they have gone.
Marc Naalden had a spot of good fortune and Sebastien Bovyn a disaster. Bovyn was all in preflop with , well ahead of Naalden's 
- but the board ran out 
and put an end to Bovyn's tournament run.
The popular Dutch WSOP bracelet winner is up to 430,000.
Bryn Kenney is making a new assault on the top of the chip counts - he's just knocked out Oskar Lind. Lind open-shoved from the button with 
but Kenney made the call from the big blind with 
and promptly spiked on the 
board.
2001 World Champion Carlos Mortensen will not become a triple crown winner this time around - he is out of the running after getting his tiny stack in with a dominated hand.
Mortensen:
Tomer Berda:
Board: 
(brief pause as the TV guys realised that Mortensen was all in and hurrued over to film)
Berda, who also possesses a WSOP bracelet of his own after taking down the $2,500 NLH event this summer, is up to 300,000.
Zachary Korik could have started a new craze in poker, calling the clock on himself when facing an decision that would have cost him around half of his stack.
With 90,000 chips already in the pot, Korik checked, which opened the door for Bryan Pellegrino to move all-in for around 160,000 chips. Korik sat squirming in his seat for a couple of minutes before asking his table mates to call the clock on him.
They all refused so Koric called the clock on himself, giving himself a minute to make his decision. Tournament Director, Thomas Kremser stood behind him and was about to start the timer but Koric finally made his decision, and that was fold.
Pellegrino is now standing on 240,000 chips
Roman Makhlin's excellent start to the day continues, and he is now our monstrous chip leader on 1.15 million after knocking out Bryan Pellegrino.
Pellegrino:
Makhlin:
Board: 
Surinder Sunar recently cashed in EPT Vienna and he has achieved the same feat this time but has not run as deep.
Sunar opened with a raise under the gun to 16,000 and Zachary Korik to his immediate left three-bet to 50,000 and Sunar who had 75,000 behind just called. Even before the flop was dealt Korik had a pile of chips in his hand ready to put Sunar all-in should he check. The flop was 
and Sunar instead pushed all-in and Korik did go through with his threat and made the call.
Sunar:
Korik:
Turn and river 
did not help Sunar.
Iddo Feinberg has eliminated Artem Litvinov when his pocket Jacks held up against Litvinov's pocket eights.
