We found Maksim Semisoshenko all in and at risk before the flop for his last 98,000 against Georgios Zisimopoulos. The hands were turned over to find Semisoshenko in a dominating position.
Semisoshenko: 
Zisimopoulos: 
The board fell down 
, allowing Semisoshenko to finish the hand with a winning full house of aces full of eights. He scored the double and now has about 220,000 to his name.
Jonathan Abdellatif started with around 200,000 in chips and squared off with big stack Amir Touma early on. In the first level the two of them clashed in a big hand and Abdellatif filled us in on the details.
Touma opened under the gun for 7,000 and Abdellatif three bet to 18,000 from middle position with 
off suit. Touma called.
The flop came 
and Touma checked. Abdellatif made a bet of 11,000 and Touma raised to 25,000. Abdellatif called in position.
Touma bet another 40,000 on the 
turn and Abdellatif called again.
The river made Touma check. Abdellatif shoved all in for around 105,000 and Touma called with 
.
Several smaller pots got Abdellatif up to 540,000.
Niels van Alphen was all in and at risk before the flop for his last 75,500 against Concepcion Tacoronte. The hands were tabled to find Tacoronte in a dominating position.
Tacoronte: 
Van Alphen: 
The board ran out 
, allowing Tacoronte to score the knockout. With this elimination, Tacoronte's stack has increased to about 310,000.
With just 6 players to go before the in the money stage of the tournament is there, WSOP Main Event runner up Felix Stephensen has been eliminated.
He was down to about 50,000 and shoved over a raise with . His opponent called with 
and Stephensen failed to improve with the board not getting higher than a nine.
The action folded to Erwann Pecheux in the small blind and he shoved, putting Evgeny Taranyuk under pressure. Taranyuk had about 80,000 chips left, and he decided to risk them all.
Pecheux:
Taranyuk: 
The board ran out 
and Pecheux knocked out the short stack by hitting a king on the river. We're now just a few eliminations away from the bubble, and play will slow down at this point.
Boghean Andrei Lucian raised to 9,500 from middle position and it folded around to Aki Virtanen in the cutoff who three-bet to 22,000. The button and blinds folded, putting action back on Lucian. He called to see a flop.
The dealer fanned 
on the felt and both players checked to see the 
fall on fourth street. Lucian moved 36,500 into the middle and Virtanen opted to stay the course.
The river was the 
and Lucian thought for a moment before betting 70,500. Virtanen let his hand go and Lucian was awarded the pot.
Pierre Chevalier moved all in from early position and two positions down it was Sabina Hiatullah moving in as well. All other players folded and with the cameras buzzing, it was time for the showdown.
Pierre Chevalier:
Sabina Hiatullah:
The flop came 
, giving Hiatullah a glimmer of hope. The 
on the turn was a blank and so was the 
on the river. Hiatullah now short with 251 players remaining, 247 get paid.
On the button, Alexander Ivarsson raised to 8,000. Five-time World Series of Poker gold bracelet winner John Juanda called from the big blind, and the flop came down 
. Juanda checked, Ivarsson bet 8,000, and Juanda called.
The turn was the , and Juanda checked again. Ivarsson upped his bet to 20,000 and slid it across the line. Juanda folded, and Ivarsson won the pot.
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