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Marc Inizan is out and Vadzim Kursevich has added to his chip lead after Inizan shipped it in with 
.
Kursevich called with 
and after the flop fell 
, he took the lead. The 
turn gave Inizan some chop outs, but he went broke when the river came the 
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,150,000 | 350,000 |
|
Busted |
For the second hand in a row, Patrick Nataf three-bet all in, only this time, Bruno Jais made the call setting up a classic race.
Nataf was on 
and Jais held 
with Nataf's tournament life hanging in the balance.
He fell behind on the 
flop, and stayed there on the turn and 
river.
Nataf has now made his exit in 22nd Place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,500,000 | 530,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Kevin Vandersmissen opened to 48,000 under the gun and Andre Corredoira called from the hijack. Paul Guichard then re-raised to 134,000 from the cutoff, getting through the button and the blinds. Vandersmissen responded by shoving for roughly 670,000. Corredoira ducked out of the way, but Guichard called.
Vandersmissen: 
Guichard: 
The board fell 
, ending Vandersmissen's Main Event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,250,000 | 700,000 |
|
Busted |
Denis Cheremisin opened to 50,000 in the hijack and Karim Lehoussine shoved from the button for 343,000. Action folded back to Cheremisin who called with . Lehoussine tabled 
and appeared primed to double up.
However, the board came down 
as Cheremisin spiked a jack on the flop and river to eliminate Lehoussine.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,525,000 | 408,000 |
|
Busted |
The two biggest stacks at the feature table have butted heads already, with chip leader Luca Pagano and Vadzim Kursevich going at it in the first hand here on Day 5.
The hand began with Pagano making it 51k from the button and Kursevich three-betting from the big blind, making it 157k. Luca called and the flop fell 
.
Kursevich made a 155k continuation bet and Pagano flatted again. He fired another 275k bullet at the turn, but could not shake Pagano.
Finally, after the 
river, Kursevich bet 430,000 and again Pagano called with , but second pair was not good enough.
Kursevich held and after adding the chips to his stack, he moved into the chip lead above Pagano.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,800,000 | 985,000 |
|
2,500,000 | -1,061,000 |
It didn't take long for the action to get going at the outer tables. On table three Nikolaus Teichert open shoved for 487,000 from under the gun. Artem Litvinov was in the big blind and tanked for three minutes before calling.
Litvinov:
Teichert: 
The board ran out 
.
The German paired his kicker and banged both fists down on the table in celebration.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
980,000 | 509,000 |
|
700,000 | -493,000 |
The show is under way. We've got two tables, or 16 players to lose before we reach the final table of eight players. That's when play will pause until tomorrow. How long will that take? Who knows. Stayed tuned and we'll all find out together.
Level: 24
Blinds: 12,000/24,000
Ante: 3,000
The players are taking their seats and play is expected to begin shortly.
