Paul Testud allowed his stack to blind all the way down to 45,000 before he made a stand.
The action folded to him in the small blind and in they went. Fady Kamar was in the big blind and called blind.
Testud: 
Kamar: 
The board ran 
to eliminate the jovial Frenchman.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Kut Fu Chow has just eliminated Ramon Romero. We arrived at the table with what seemed like an all-in and call, on the turn, on a board of 
.
| Fu Chow |   |
| Romero |  |
The river was the and Fu Chow swiped his brow in a show of relief. Romero packed up his things and left, while Fu Chow counted his 200,000 stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
200,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Carlos Sanchez Vegas moved all-in from late position and Griffin Benger called in the big blind.
| Vegas |  |
| Benger |  |
Board: 
The spoils were shared but Vegas had to be reminded several times as he was sure the pot was his.
On the 
flop, Justin Bonomo checked to Sergio Castelluccio and he bet 25,000. Andrew Pantling made the call behind him and then Bonomo folded.
The turn was the 
and both players checked to see the land on the river. Castelluccio checked and Pantling bet 54,000. Castelluccio tank-called and then Pantling tabled the 
for a busted flush draw. Castelluccio showed the 
for king high and won the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
940,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
|
570,000
289,000
|
289,000 |
|
255,000
-235,000
|
-235,000 |
Leo Margets has just been eliminated by the quads of Dan Abouaf. We are not sure at what stage the money went in, but we do know that Margets hit top pair whilst Abouaf had managed to hit quad sevens.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
520,000
311,000
|
311,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
||
This is Pratyush Buddiga's first trip to Europe to play poker. He only intended to play EPT Berlin but after he made the final table there (8th for €72,000) he thought he might as well try his luck here. Good job he did as he's tearing up the chip counts post bubble.
He just eliminated Chanracy Khun in a race to move up to around 700,000 chips. He opened from late position and called when Khun shoved from the small blind.
Khun: 
Buddiga:
The board ran 
to make him trips.
(Thanks to Autumn from PokerStars PR for this hand. She's trailing as a field reporter this afternoon.)
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
700,000
550,000
|
550,000 |
|
Busted |
From the hijack seat, Andrew Pantling raised to 18,000. Team PokerStars Pro Richard Toth reraised all in from the cutoff seat for 126,000. Pantling took a minute and then called with the . Toth held the 
.
The 
board meant Toth held the winner and he doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
450,000
-120,000
|
-120,000 |
|
271,000
41,000
|
41,000 |
|
||
From the hijack seat, Amit Makhija raised to an unknown amount. Action folded to Mohsin Charania in the big blind and three-bet to 42,000. Makhija four-bet all in for 241,000 and Charania folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
294,000
-11,000
|
-11,000 |
