From the cutoff, Armin Mette raised to 33,000 and Benjamin Pollak defended his big blind.
The flop provided a lot of action. Pollak checked, only to check-raise when Mette fired out a bet of 38,000. Pollak made it 102,000 and Mette rechecked his cards twice before moving all in for around 200,000. Pollak immediately called.
Armin Mette:
Benjamin Pollak:
Mette had flopped top pair, but was way behind against Pollak's flopped straight. The Swiss started packing his bag while the dealer was ready to lay down the turn.
It was the and it was all over for Mette. The on the river didn't matter anymore.
"Nice hand", said Mette while he zipped his bag, and went on his way to the payout desk.
Down to just ten big blinds, Guillaume Diaz shoved 157,000 total from under the gun. Frederik Jensen called from the cutoff, which brought the action to Bastian Dohler on the button.
The German, who won his package for EPT Malta with a €10 Spin & Go on PokerStars, went all in over the top for 492,000. Jensen immediately called to put both players at risk.
Guillaume Diaz:
Frederik Jensen:
Bastian Dohler:
Jensen was in prime position to score the double knockout, but the flop flipped the tables on the former EPT champion. Dohler flopped a set of tens to take a commanding lead in the hand.
The on the turn made things interesting, giving Jensen a flush draw to go with the case king. Diaz needed to hit a non-diamond queen to save his tournament.
The river sealed it for Dohler, who raked in a pot of over a million chips. Diaz was forced to the rail, while Jensen had to ship almost half his stack to his German neighbor.
Dominik Panka limped in for 16,000 in the small blind. Ole Schemion raised to 50,000 in the big blind. Panka shoved all in and Schemion immediately released his hand.
Initially, there were five levels scheduled for today or the tournament would play down until 16 players. With only 17 players left after less than 2,5 levels, the tournament directors have changed the schedule.
Play will continue until the completion of level 21, which means one more level after the current level. That means we'll play four levels today, no matter what number of players remain.
The reason behind all this is as follows: due to today's speed of bustouts, it might take a lot longer on the final day. To prevent the final table from taking ages on Saturday, play will resume today, even if it means less than 16 players will come back tomorrow.
After the next bustout, there will be a redraw for the final two tables.
Short stack Yury Gulyy shoved three times in the past orbit. The Russian was sportsmanlike and showed his hand every time, to show he wasn't stealing: twice ace-jack and once ace-king.
There was a lot of preflop action on the feature table. Bastian Dohler raised to 32,000 and Dominik Panka threw in a three-bet to 112,000.
It was folded to Frederik Jensen and the former EPT champion four-bet all in for 569,000 in total. Dohler got out of the way, but Panka made the call.
It was Panka who was all in for 505,000. Jensen had him barely covered.
Dominik Panka:
Frederik Jensen:
Jensen's squeeze did not get through, but it wasn't as bad as it could be. It was still a race.
The flop gave Panka a set, but Jensen had outs with a double belly buster straight draw. The turn did not help the Dane and neither did the on the river. Jensen was left with just four big blinds.
and the two players basically swapped their stacks.
provided a lot of action. Pollak checked, only to check-raise when Mette fired out a bet of 38,000. Pollak made it 102,000 and Mette rechecked his cards twice before moving all in for around 200,000. Pollak immediately called. 
and it was all over for Mette. The 
on the river didn't matter anymore.
flop flipped the tables on the former EPT champion. Dohler flopped a set of tens to take a commanding lead in the hand.
sealed it for Dohler, who raked in a pot of over a million chips. Diaz was forced to the rail, while Jensen had to ship almost half his stack to his German neighbor.
flop gave Panka a set, but Jensen had outs with a double belly buster straight draw. The 
turn did not help the Dane and neither did the 
and this time Cartarius check-called an 85,000-bet. The 
on the table in frustration.
and was slightly ahead against Luo's 
board. First for 40,000, then 78,000 and finally 238,000 on the river. 
for turned trips and took it down.