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Players are now on a 75-minute dinner break. We'll recommence around 9.35pm local time, play two more levels and then be finished for the night.
With
on the table Dominik Nitsche bet out 4,000 from the under the gun plus one position. His opponent, German player Paul Hoefer, made the call in position. 
on the river and Nitsche quickly checked. Hoefer thought about it for some time, smirked and eventually checked behind. Nitsche showed 
and Hoefer mucked.
German PokerStars qualifier [Removed:203] opened for 1,000 and was raised to 2,325 by Marie Furstoss from late position. The blinds folded and Mueller made the call. They saw a flop of 
and both checked to see a turn card 
. Mueller bet 3,000 and got a call from Furstoss who did not have a lot behind. The river 
prompted a bet of 7,500 from Mueller and Furstos released her cards.
Not long after it was Mueller’s turn to three-bet, from the small blind when Joel Vanderschelden from France opened. Mueler had ascertained that Vanderschelden had just under 15,000 behind and they saw a flop of 
. Mueler bet 3,000 and was called. They both checked the turn 
before a river prompted a bet big enough to put Vanderschelden at risk. He made the call and an exasperated Mueler said “Ace high.”and tabled 
. Vanderschelden tabled 
fpr the winning pair.
Zimnan Ziyard has continued his almost 90 degrees ascent to near the top of Mount Lotsofchips. The British player just had a 24,000 bet paid off by an opponent on the river of a 
board.
Ziyard flipped 
- so just the flopped quads then.
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105,000 | 61,000 |
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
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130,000 | 24,000 |
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80,000 | 38,000 |
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60,000 | 10,000 |
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49,000 | -6,000 |
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45,000 | -13,000 |
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42,000 | -12,000 |
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38,000 | 8,000 |
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28,000 | -11,000 |
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Pre-flop Jerome Huge (small blind), Eric Theissen (middle position) and Maksim Semisoshenko (button) all put in 2,100 with Huge having the betting lead. He kept that distinction by betting 1,800 on the 
flop, both players called though and the fell on the turn.
First to act Huge fired a bet of 2,400 and one by one his opponent's folded, the Frenchman showed 
as he claimed the pot.
Kenny Hallaert had doubled down to about 14,000 but doubled up moments later when he busted Philippe Lima who had a 13,000 stack. Lima, who doubled Hallaert earlier on as well with 
, now had 
. Hallaert had pocket eights in the preflop all in confrontation and won the important flip.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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36,000 | 10,000 |
On a 
flop we saw Oleksii Khoroshenin bet out 1,700. Right next to him EPT London 2013 third place finisher Olof Haglund made the call. Chakib Bennani on the button bumped it up to 3,500. Both players made the call and all three of them checked the 
on the turn. The 
hit the river and Khoroshenin checked to Haglund. The Swedish player made it 7,200 and Bennani made a rather quick call. Khoroshenin folded and Haglund said "I have kings" before turning over his 
. That hand bested Bennani's which he gracefully mucked seconds later.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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75,000 | 46,400 |
