Up at the feature table, Victor Ilyukhin got his short stack of 67,000 all in preflop and was up against Team PokerStars Pro Johnny Lodden.
Lodden: 
Ilyukhin: 
Ilyukhin was in need of some help, but it wasn't in the cards as the board ran out a lackluster 
. Lodden's ace was good, and Ilyukhin saw his EPT11 Grand Final Main Event come to an end.
Jean Montury, who is the reigning EPT Malta champ, moved all in for his last 44,000 from early position and Mustapha Kanit called from the small blind.
Montury: 
Kanit: 
Montury had the better kicker, and it made the difference after the board ran out 
.
Yury Gulyy moved all-in from early position and got called by Sammartino after a short while thinking.
Gulyy:
Sammartino: 
The board ran out 
and Gulyy, who had spent most of the day on the feature table, had been eliminated.
Things were a little tense on the Main Event bubble, which seemed to last a lot longer than anticipated. Was it the stallers or just bad luck? The PokerStars Blog reports here.
Big blind Connor Drinan bet 40,000 into a 76,000 pot against Hady El Asmar, who raised from the button to 90,000. Drinan tanked for about four minutes and folded 
face-up on the 
board.
"I will show you because you're a good player," El Asmar said, turning over for a flush.
Level: 19
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
Players are on break for 30 minutes.
In one of the last hands before the break, Liviu "0Human0" Ignat got his stack of 115,000 all in preflop holding the 
and was racing against the 
of Brazil's Joao Simao. Ignat proved faster in this contest as the board ran out a clean 
.
After Team PokerStars Pro Andre Akkari opened with a raise from middle position, Yury Gulyy three-bet all in for roughly 80,000 from the button. Both blinds folded, Akkari called, and the cards were turned up.
Gulyy: 
Akkari: 
The 
flop made things interesting as Akkari flopped an open-ended straight draw, but the running turn and river proved safe for Gulyy to give him the double.
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