Mark Buckley raised with 250,000 with the 
and Haoxiang Wang called in the big blind with the 
. The flop came 
and Wang bet 200,000, Buckley called.
The 
fell on the turn and Wang fired a second barrel for 1.0 million, Buckley called once more. After the 
river, Wang checked and Buckley checked behind to see the pot shipped over to his opponent.
Patrick Clarke raised to 250,000 from middle position with 
and saw Ognyan Dimov three-bet to 750,000 in the next seat with 
. The rest of the table folded and Clarke called to see a 
flop.
Clarke opted to check-call a 450,000 bet from Dimov, with the turn card coming the . Clarke checked again, and Dimov continued his aggression with a 1m bet.
Clarke didn't need much time to think and folded as Dimov collected the pot and became the new chip leader.
Blind versus blind, Ognyan Dimov limped in with the and John Juanda raised to 360,000 with the 
, Juanda called. On the 
flop, Juanda moved all in for 2.835 million and that forced a fold.
Patrick Clarke then raised to 250,000 with the 
in the cutoff and was called by Dimov on the button with 
and Mark Buckley in the bib blins with 
. On the 
flop, action checked to Clarke and he continued for 225,000. Dimov called and Buckley check-raised to 750,000. Both opponents called and they headed three-way to the 
turn.
Buckley and Clarke called, and Dimov checked behind to see the on the river. Again the action checked to Dimov and he bet 2.25 million. Buckley used two time banks and folded, Clarke quickly folded, Dimov raked in the pot and moved into a comfortable second place behind Haoxiang Wang.
Haoxiang Wang raised from the cutoff with , and Pedro Marques called on the button with 
.
The flop came down 
, and both players checked to see the turn. The action went check-check again, and the river was the 
.
Wang bet 425,000 with two pair, but Marques held the nut flush. The latter used a time bank card to think through his options before he raised to 1.8m.
Wang already knew what he wanted to do and almost immediately folded to gift the pot to fellow big stack Marques.
In a battle button versus small blind, Haoxiang Wang raised to 250,000 on the button with the and Pedro Marques called with the 
. On the 
flop, Marques checked and Wang bet 250,000.
Marques was having none of it and check-raised to 1.1 million. Wang made it 2.32 million to go and that forced a fold from Marques, who was shown the .
Piotr Nurzynski raised to 250,000 from the button with 
, and Haoxiang Wang called in the big blind with 
. The flop came down 
, and both players checked to see the 
turn. Again both players checked with the 
river coming down.
Wang checked before Nurzynski bet 300,000 and Wang called. Nurzynski took the pot with his ace kicker as both players held two pair.
Wang showed his hand, and the two players shared a laugh before Wang mucked.
Level: 30
Blinds: 60,000/120,000
Ante: 120,000
Pedro Marques raised to 225,000 with 
in early position and Patrick Clarke three-bet to 600,000 from one seat over, Matthias Tikerpe folded pocket sixes on the button. Marques gave it some thought and used one time bank card before four-betting to 1.65 million.
Clarke stared at his opponent and folded.
The remaining nine finalists are back in their seats and will play the remaining three minutes of the current level and the next 90-minute level at once. Action will conclude when the field has been reduced to the final six.
There are three minutes left in the current level and the redraw of the unofficial final table can be found below. All further PokerNews updates will now be published according to the 30 minute delay of the live stream.
| Seat | Name | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Buckley | Ireland | 7,630,000 | 76 |
| 2 | Matthias Tikerpe | Estonia | 2,395,000 | 24 |
| 3 | Piotr Nurzynski | Poland | 4,375,000 | 44 |
| 4 | Rodrigo Carmo | Portugal | 3,795,000 | 38 |
| 5 | Haoxiang Wang | China | 10,650,000 | 107 |
| 6 | Pedro Marques | Portugal | 9,315,000 | 93 |
| 7 | Patrick Clarke | Ireland | 7,425,000 | 74 |
| 8 | Ognyan Dimov | Bulgaria | 8,960,000 | 90 |
| 9 | John Juanda | Indonesia | 3,315,000 | 33 |
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