Thomas Mercier has left us in 20th place after a flop that looked ideal cost him.
Adrian Mateos opened from early position and Mercier peeled from the big blind to see a 
flop appear.
Mercier check-shoved for 86,000 after Mateos c-bet for 16,000. Mateos snapped him off and that caused the Belgian to wince.
Mateos: 
Mercier: 
The board ran out 
and the 18-year-old Spaniard gave a little fist-pump to himself.
Level: 16
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 1,000
The players are on another short break.
JC Alvarado has taken two levels to go from chip leader to out. No limit hold'em can be a cruel game sometimes.
Ironically it was Martin Jacobson, who could've easily busted himself not so long ago, that dealt the final blow.
The Swede raised on the button and called when Alvarado shoved from the big blind.
Jacobson: 
Alvarado: 
The board ran 
.
The Mexican hit only for Jacobson to hit bigger on the river.
This hand came after he lost a really big pot. He tweeted:
"lost a 53bb flip on the river :("
Vojtech Ruzicka is continuing to rebuild his stack by taking on Davidi Kitai and Team PokerStars Pro Vicky Coren.
On a 
flop, Kitai lead for 7,500 from the small blind and Coren called. This left Ruzicka, on the button as the only player left to act, and act he did, making it 23,000 to play. Kitai snap folded and Coren gave him a look that suggested she blamed him for costing here 7,500 chips.
"I'd have preferred to have been alone," said Coren to Ruzicka.
Janos Nagygyorgy looked like he was very close to pulling the trigger and building a large pot in a hand with Adrian Mateos, but he just couldn't quite pull the trigger.
Mateos opened to 11,000 in the cutoff and Nagygyorgy defended his big blind with a call. Nagygyorgy then checked the arrival of the 
flop, Mateos bet another 11,000 and Nagygyorgy check-raised to 35,000. Mateos sat completely motionless before leaping into life and moving all in for 128,000.
This shove rocked Nagygyorgy and he looked pained in his decision making. He counted out the correct number of chips before growing increasingly agitated as time went by. Eventually, Nagygyorgy opted for a fold and Mateos got to work stacking his new found chips.
Ramin Hajiyev has slipped to 160,000 chips after he elected to give up on the river of a 
board.
He was battling with Alexandre Reard who raised to 10,000 from early position. Hajiyev three-bet to 28,000 from the small blind and c-bet 23,000 on the flop after Reard called.
From there on it was Reard who became the aggressor, betting 32,000 and 45,000 on the turn and river when checked to him. Hajiyev stuck around on the turn before he admitted defeat on the river.
Janos Nagygyorgy does not have the best seat in the house right now as he has to contend with the likes of Kevin MacPhee, JC Alvarado and Martin Jacobson among others. He has just gone head-to-head with the latter.
On a 
flop, Jacobson checked to Nagygyorgy from the small blind. Nagygyorgy then bet 13,000 from the UTG+1 seat. Jacobson was not done with the hand, instead he check-raised to 45,000 to put Nagygyorgy under pressure. Nagygyorgy then put in a raise of his own, one to 93,000. Jacobson had seen enough and let his hand go.
Davidi Kitai is right up there with the chip leaders and has shown that he is not afraid to take on fellow big stacks.
On a 
flop, Kitai lead out for 28,000 from the small blind and a minute later Troyanovski called. Kiti placed his scarf over his mouth — his trademark pose — as the dealer put the into play. Kitai now picked up a pile of chips worth 48,000 and flicked them past the betting line. They spread onto the felt like a grey snake that had a green head!
We're not sure if the serpent-like bet scared Troyanovski or not but it resulted in him folding his hand. Kitai took another look at his cards and from his expression it looks like he may have wanted a call.
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