The nine has been set after there was an elimination on the feature table, with details posted once it appears on the live stream.
The players have now taken a short break while the feature table is set up.
The action folded to Georges Hanna on the button, and he opted to call with 
. The small blind folded and John Juanda looked down at 
. Juanda raised to 350,000 and Hanna called, to leave himself with 515,000 behind.
The flop came down 
, and Juanda checked. Hanna moved all in and the former snap-called.
Hanna needed help from the board, and the 
turn gave him a straight-flush draw. Hanna also had outs for the chop, but the 
river was no help to him, and his exit in 10th place for €98,900 was confirmed.
Now just nine remain in the battle to be crowned 2018 PokerStars EPT Barcelona Main Event Champion.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,100,000 | 700,000 |
|
Busted |
Patrick Clarke just went deep into the tank and folded after Haoxiang Wang put the pressure on. The action from the hand came courtesy of the PokerStars Blog.
Wang opened for 225,000 from under the gun, and Patrick Clarke three-bet to 600,000. When the action folded back around to Wang he four-bet to 2.1 million.
Clarke opted to call, and the flop came .
The pot was around 4.5m at this stage and Wang bet 2 million. Clarke went into the tank. The Irishman needed to use all three of his time bank cards as he mulled over his decision. With the clock ticking down on his final 30 seconds he let his hand go.
Wang showed one of his cards, the 
, and collected the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
10,200,000 | 1,550,000 |
|
7,300,000 | -2,100,000 |
Over on the feature table, Georges Hanna limped in with the 
and Ognyan Dimov raised to 350,000 with 
. Hanna made it 900,000 to go and Dimov called. The flop came 
and Hanna bet 1.4 million into a pot of 1.9 million. Dimov moved all in for 3.605 million and Hanna quickly called with his flush draw.
The 
turn and the 
river let the Bulgarian rail celebrate and Hanna was left with fewer than nine big blinds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
9,010,000 | 4,380,000 |
|
|
865,000 | -4,755,000 |
On the tail end of a pot between Matthias Tikerpe in the big blind and Patrick Clarke, the former checked and the latter bet the 
river for 525,000. Tikerpe called and Clarke showed the 
for the nut flush s winning hand.
Clarke raised to 200,000 and was called by Rodrigo Carmo on the button and Haoxiang Wang in the big blind. They checked the 
flop and Clarke bet the turn for 200,000 to win the pot uncontested.
Carmo got some chips back when he picked up 
against Clarke in the big blind. Clarke check-called 150,000 on 
and the 
turn and 
river were checked. Clarke showed a deuce and Carmo won the pot with his tens.
Carmo made it 200,000 to go and Mark Buckley called in the big blind. Buckley checked and called a bet of 150,000 on the flop. There was no further action on the 
turn and 
river, and Buckley showed , Carmo had that beat with the 
.
Clarke raised to 200,000 and Carmo defended the big blind. On a flop of 
, Carmo checked and called a bet of 175,000. The 
turn was checked by Carmo and Clarke bet 650,000 to force a fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
9,400,000 | 1,800,000 |
|
7,550,000 | -450,000 |
|
3,600,000 | 20,000 |
|
3,000,000 | -1,000,000 |
Piotr Nurzynski limped in with the and Georges Hanna checked his option on the 
flop. The flop came 
and Nurzynski checked, then called a bet of 100,000 by Hanna. On the 
turn, Nurzynski checked again and called a bet of 225,000. The river, Nurzynski checked the third street in a row and Hanna bet 520,000.
Nurzynski used one time bank and called with his king-high to pass back a lot of chips to Hanna.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,620,000 | 940,000 |
|
4,730,000 | -940,000 |
Three-way to the 
flop, Georges Hanna bet 300,000 from under the gun with the 
and Piotr Nurzynski called in the big blind with the 
. They checked the 
on the turn and Nurzynski bet the river for 550,000. Hanna gave it some thought and called.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,670,000 | 835,000 |
|
|
4,680,000 | -1,820,000 |
Haoxiang Wang raised to 200,000 from the cutoff, and Fabiano Kovalski moved all in for 1.6m from the small blind after Patrick Clarke had folded on the button.
Mark Buckley was in the big blind and requested a count. Once Kovalski's chip count was confirmed Buckley called, and Wang instantly folded.
Fabiano Kovalski: 
Mark Buckley:
The flop was safe for Kovalski, but when the turn came the , Buckley took the lead. Kovalski was drawing very thin, and his rail was calling for an eight on the river. But the dealer revealed the and Kovalski's elimination in 12th place for €98,900 was confirmed.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
8,000,000 | 1,995,000 |
|
Busted |
Over on the feature table, Piotr Nurzynski raised to 200,000 on the button and Ben Heath moved all in for 1.855 million in the small blind. Nurzynski snap-called and Heath was snap-called.
Ben Heath:
Piotr Nurzynski: 
The flop of gave Heath two pair and nothing changed with the 
turn. However, the on the river ended Heath's run in 12th place for €88,250.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,835,000 | 2,035,000 |
|
Busted |
In the cutoff, Matthias Tikerpe limped in and Haoxiang Wang raised to 325,000 on the button and Tikerpe called. The flop came 
and Tikerpe check-called a bet of 325,000 by Wang. They checked the turn and the came on the river.
Tikerpe checked and Wang bet 525,000, causing the Estonian to use a time bank before making the call. Wang rolled over and Tikerpe claimed the pot with .
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
8,650,000 | -1,250,000 |
|
|
4,000,000 | 1,190,000 |
