Liviu Ignat raised to 80,000 from under the gun and action folded to Andrey Pateychuk in the small blind who shoved for 410,000 which Ignat called.
Andrey Pateychuk: 
Liviu Ignat: 
The board ran out 
for the former EPT champion to double up as his pocket sevens held.
Liviu Ignat opened on the button for 80,000, Fionn MacNamara made it about 290,000 on a three-bet and big blind Konstantin Farber moved all in for around 2.6 million. He won the pot.
Paul Michaelis raised from under the gun and Artem Kobylynskyi called in the cutoff.
The flop came 
, Michaelis continued with a bet of 120,000 and Kobylynskyi called.
The turn brought them the 
, Michaelis now barreled a bet of 280,000 over the line which Kobylynskyi called again.
The river completed the board with the , Michaelis took some time and then decided to shove, having Kobylynskyi covered. Kobylynskyi contemplated his options and then decided to fold.
Action folded to Andrey Pateychuk and the former EPT champ jammed in the small blind to set Sergei Bagirov in. He quickly called and showed 
, dominating Pateychuk's 
. The 
flop had Pateychuk begin counting out a dub — it turned out to be 495,000 — and the 
turn confirmed he'd be sending it over.
Liviu Ignat opened for 80,000 under the gun and Andriy Mertengren jammed for about 450,000. Ignat called and tabled 
, dominating the 
shown by Mertengren.
The board ran out 
, leaving Mertengren dead on the turn.
Ivan Zhechev raised to 85,000 from under the gun and action folded to Artem Kobylynskyi in the small blind. Kobylynskyi looked at his cards and decided to shove, Tobias Peters was sitting in the big blind and wanted to see how much Kobylynskyi had. Peters then shoved too for around 600,000. Zhechev quickly scrambled and got out of the hand.
Artem Kobylynskyi:
Tobias Peters: 
The board ran out 
for Kobylynskyi's pocket tens to hold and eliminate Peters in 19th place.
Level: 25
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 40,000
Ugo Faggioli raised to 70,000 from under the gun and Guenter Halak shoved from the hijack. Action folded to Evangelos Bechrakis in the big blind who asked for a count. The dealer confirmed Halak had 410,000 in total and Bechrakis called. Faggioli shoved too for almost 2,000,000 and Bechrakis snap-called.
Guenter Halak: 
Ugo Faggioli: 
Evangelos Bechrakis: 
The board ran out 
for Faggioli's pocket aces to eliminate Halak in 20th place and double up through Bechrakis. The dealer counted out Faggioli's stack and confirmed Bechrakis needed to pay up a total of 1,930,000 which makes Faggioli the new chip leader.
The 19 remaining players have just gone for a 20-minute break.
Photos by Neil Stoddart.
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