The tournament director just announced that instead of the planned five levels, the players will only play four today. There will be one more 15-minute break after this level, and we'll call it a day after Level 18.
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Action folded to Luca Moschitta in the cutoff and he raised, which prompted Sebastian Gohr to move all in from the button for 90,000. The blinds got out of the way and Moschitta snap-called.
| Showdown |
Gohr:   |
Moschitta:   |
Moschitta was well out in front and never looked back as the board ran out 
. Gohr quietly collected his things and exited the tournament area.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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245,000
140,600
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140,600 |
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We caught up to find Samuel Panzica all in and at risk before the flop against Alex Roumeliotis. Panzica was all in for his last roughly 150,000.
Roumeliotis: 
Panzica: 
The flop was 
giving Roumeliotis a set of nines but giving Panzica diamond outs to made a flush. Panzica picked up even more outs when the 
hit the turn. The river, however, was the , securing Panzica's fate in this tournament.
By scoring this knockout, Roumeliotis was able to build his stack to about 540,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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540,000
230,000
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230,000 |
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Busted |
Stephen Chidwick shoved all in before the flop for around 70,000 and big-stacked Isaac Haxton made the call.
Showdown:
Chidwick:
Haxton: 
Tens were good after the dealer flipped 
, although Haxton hit a straight draw and ironically the ten on the turn or the river would have eliminated Chidwick. Fortunately for him, the turn card was 
while the river brought giving Chidwick a double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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610,000
273,000
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273,000 |
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155,000
70,000
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70,000 |
From the cutoff seat, Isaac Haxton raised to 11,500. Marc-Andre Ladouceur reraised to 27,000 from the small blind, and Haxton called.
The flop came down 
, and Ladouceur bet 21,000. Haxton made the call to see the land on the turn. At this point, Ladouceur had 100,500 left in his stack, and Haxton had over 500,000. Ladouceur checked, and Haxton fired all in. Ladouceur made the call with the 
for a pair and a flush draw. Haxton also held a pair and a flush draw with the 
, but his pair was better.
The river was the , and although Ladouceur made two pair, Haxton had made his flush. Ladouceur was eliminated while Haxton climbed to over 700,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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738,000
128,000
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128,000 |
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Busted |
Charly Maracchione is soaring after a big hand that saw him eliminate Rudi Van Mol and take a chunk out of David Vamplew.
He opened to 10,000 from under the gun and was called by Van Mol and Vamplew out of the blinds.
All three checked the 
flop before Vamplew led for 16,000 on the 
turn. Maracchione called and Van Mol shoved for 22,000 more. Both players called.
The river fell and Vamplew led for 62,000 but had to painfully admit defeat and folded when Maracchione raised to 145,000.
Van Mol opened 
but lost out to, and was eliminated by Maracchione's 
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
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860,000
360,000
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360,000 |
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280,000
84,000
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84,000 |
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Action folded to Nadir Yusupov on the button and he moved all in with 
. Unfortunately for him, Maksim Semisoshenko woke up with 
in the big blind and made the call. Yusupov was in need of some help, but came up dry as the board ran out 
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
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158,000
38,000
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38,000 |
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Busted |
Players are now on a 15-minute break.
Level: 18
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 1,000
