The tournament director just announced there will be 6 levels of play, not 5 like announced earlier. That means there will be a 75-minute dinner break as well. Play finishes around midnight.
Thore Nordboe got his chips in with 
up against the 
of Elliot Smith. Nordboe fist pumped after the 
flop, but he wasn't home safe yet. The 
on the turn was a blank but the 
on the river wasn't. Nordboe to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
500,000
237,000
|
237,000 |
|
Busted |
Frederik Jensen was just all in for 296,000 chips and he was up against Miguel Cieri Di Pentima. Jensen and raised, Pentima three-bet to 51,000 and the former EPT Madrid winner moved all in. Pentima called, and the showdown went as following.
Jensen: 
Pentima: 
The board ran out 
and Jensen raked in the full double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
635,000
285,000
|
285,000 |
|
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|
100,000
-8,000
|
-8,000 |
John Juanda, who's only playing his second tournament in the last 12 months after the €50,000 Super High Roller earlier this week, is among the top stacks in the room right now. Bernd Vogelhuber was all in for his tournament life worth 94,000 chips and the showdown went as following.
Vogelhuber: 
Juanda: 
The board ran out 
and Vogelhuber hit the rail, which also abruptly ended the massage he was enjoying.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,380,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
|
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|
Busted | |
Jamel Hassani was all in for 210,000 and Denys Shafikov put chips forward to make the call.
Hassani: 
Shafikov:
The board ran out 
and Hassani doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,000,000
-110,000
|
-110,000 |
|
435,000
225,000
|
225,000 |
Alessandro Furneri was just all in for 163,000 and at risk against Mateusz Zbiowski.
Furneri: 
Zbikowski: 
The board ran out 
and Furneri doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
340,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
260,000
-182,000
|
-182,000 |
German pro Heinz Traut has been around for quite some time, and earlier this week he won the Seniors event here in Barcelona. The German's biggest score came at the 2014 Estrellas Main Event where he finished third for €89,219, but right now he's probably in the biggest spot of his life.
Traut had just one big blind right before the bubble of this tournament, but currently he's the chip leader after just knocked out Michel Leibgorin.
Leibgorin raised from the button to 24,000 and Traut used his big stack to put the Frenchman all in. Leibgorin called it off for about 230,000 chips, and the showdown went as following.
Traut:
Leibgorin:
The board ran out 
and Traut knocked out yet another player to put himself at 1.75 million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,750,000
1,144,000
|
1,144,000 |
|
Busted |
Earlier today Jonas Palsgaard cracked ace-king with ace-queen by spiking a queen on the river, and just now he sent Saar Wilf to the rail in similar fashion.
Palsgaard had raised from the cutoff to 27,000 and Wilf shoved from the small blind for 228,000. After tanking for a while the young Dane called, creating the following showdown.
Palsgaard:
Wilf: 
The board ran out and Palsgaard hit a jack to send Wilf packing.
"Just call me 'Jonas Three outer' from now one," Palsgaard joked, as he's now up to over a million chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,065,000
275,000
|
275,000 |
|
Busted |
Another break for the players. Back in 20 minutes.
Michael Eiler was down to his last 150,000 and lost those to Peter Eichhardt. Eiler raised to 24,000, Eichhardt three bet to 52,000, Eiler shoved all in, Eichhardt called. Eiler had ace-king while Eichhardt had jacks. No ace or king on the board and Eiler hit the rail before the break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,100,000
330,000
|
330,000 |
|
Busted | |
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