As some tables had been playing slower, the tournament direction has decided to stop the clock after the end of the current hand and start hand for hand mode early to make sure all players have the same environment so close to the money.
Anthony Zinno scored a vital double up through Ramin Hajiyev after getting his stack in with 
. Hajiyev had the 
and failed to get there on the board 
.
From under the gun, Ben Heath shoved for 190,000 and the action folded all the way around Quan Zhou in the big blind, who made the call.
Heath: 
Zhou: 
The board ran out 
and Heath headed to the rail.
[Removed:17] raised from under the gun for slightly more than the minimum and Imad Derwiche flat-called from one seat over to go heads-up to the flop 
. Yan continued for 20,000 and Derwiche raised to 80,000, picking up a call.
On the 
turn both players checked and Yan shoved the river for 216,000. Derwiche counted his stack and was covered, he did call though and put himself at risk with the 
for 199,000. Yan flashed 
for a busted double draw and was left with a mere two big blinds. Derwiche jumped to almost twice the average and the Frenchman came second to Charlie Carrel in this very event last season.
One hand later, Daniel Negreanu raised the button with 
and Yan called all in from the big blind with 
. The board ran out 
and that was it for Yan.
Max Silver made it 24,000 and Stefan Schillhabel shoved in behind him for less than 100,000.
It folded back to Silver and he called with the 
. Schillhabel had the and a 
board gave him the double up without much of a sweat.
[Removed:2] raised to 19,000 and picked up calls by Vladimir Troyanovskiy and Saar Wilf in the blinds before both check-called a flop of .
Daniel Negreanu raised and then showed when picking up the blinds and antes before Steve O'Dwyer was left with his head shaking after paying off the 
on the river 
versus Zvi Stern.
O'Dwyer however doubled for 87,000 with against the of Quan Zhou soon after thanks to a board of 
.
After a button raise by Alexandros Kolonias, Mikita Badziakouski shoved the small blind and Mikhail Korotkikh reshoved the big blind to isolate successfully.
Badziakouski:
Korotkikh:
The board ran out 
and Korotkikh jumped out of his chair, celebrated loudly as usual and as if he had just won the tournament. Down to 35!
Level: 17
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
The players have been sent into a 75-minute dinner break and the T-500 chips will be raced off as they are no longer required for the remainder of the tournament. The payout spots are just five eliminations away and full chips will be available as soon as PokerNews receives them.
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