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Team PokerStars Pro JP Kelly has be eliminated by Per Linde in a huge 800,000 chip pot.
It was a preflop raising war, Linde had opened preflop and Kelly made it 37,000 from the big blind to which Linde replied with a 4-bet to 88,000. Kelly tanked for a minute before moving all-in and Linde quickly called.
Linde:

Kelly:

The flop came
and Kelly picked up a gutshot to give him seven outs, but the
turn didn't help him and neither did the
river. The Team Pro went out in 41st place while usually stoic Linde celebrated with an out-of-character mini-fist pump admitting the significance of the hand afterwards, "That was a big one..."
Lars Krogh got his last in with 
and found himself a big dog against JP Kelly's 
.
Board: 




Krogh didn't even see the flush, and was attempting to leave when it was pointed out to him. He sat back down - he had doubled up to 320,000. Kelly was left with 395,000.
Overnight chip leader Michael Tureniec is back down below the million chip mark - well below it, in fact, at 750,000.
We only caught this monster hand on the river, with the board reading 



. It looked as though Tureniec had checked; either way there was a bet of 104,500 in front of his opponent Simon Hanninger and Tureniec tanked for several minutes before calling and mucking to Hanninger's 
.
Hanninger is up to 675,000.
Pierre Genot made the opening raise before Thorsten Schafer re-popped to 30,500. Genot made it 90,000, Schafer pushed, and Genot finally called.
Genot: 

Schafer: 

Board: 




Genot had Schafer covered by just 10,000 or so, and that is what he was left with at the end of the hand. We suspect that he will shortly take his leave of the tournament. Schafer meanwhile is back in contention on 540,000.
Georgios Sotiropoulos is hanging on by his fingernails here but he isn't doing the walk of shame just yet. The Greek pushed for about 25,000 preflop with
and was isolated by Kent Lundmark in the small blind, the EPT Barcelona champion holding
.
The board came
, Sotiropoulos has nearly 60,000 now. Lundmark still has a very comfortable stack over 300,000.
Nicolo Calia has doubled up, again.
He pushed for about 60,000 over the top of Helge Rahbek's opening raise from the button and Rahbek made a reluctant call with
against Calia's
.
The board came a topsy-turvy
, Rahbek turning his vital ace but Calia delighted to river a straight to survive. He's up to almost 150,000 now.
Pernille Ravn has doubled up to 200,000 after doubling through Daniel Pettersen. The last lady in the tournament opened to 16,000 and Pettersen 3-bet to 33,000, Ravn shoved all-in for 94,500 and Pettersen sighed and called.
Ravn:

Pettersen:

The board came
and Ravn had the better three pair to secure the double up.
A cry of, "YESSS!!!" and some banging on the table marked Charles "Alan" McIntyre's double up.
McIntyre: 

Georgios Sotiropoulos: 

Board: 




"Got some rivers today," said McIntyre approvingly as he doubled up to 290,000. The hapless Sotiropoulos was crippled to just 25,000 and is our current favourite to hit the payout desk next...