Alll the cards were out with 
on display. Guy Catan had moved all in for 24,500 and the table chip leader Pablo Melogno was the one with a decision to make. He called and turned over a pair of tens with 
, which wasn't enough to beat Catan's top pair jacks with 
. "Champion!" Catan said as he got the much-needed double this close to the bubble.
Over on the feature table, Dominykas Karmazinas was all in for 48,500 with the 
and Dario Sammartino looked him up with the 
. The board came 
and Karmazinas doubled three spots away from the money.
Diego Zeiter opened to 6,500 in the cutoff, Wiktor Malinowski three-bet to 20,000 on the button, Zeiter four-bet to 50,000, and Malinowski called. The flop brought 
and Zeiter continued for 34,000, met by a reasonably quick call from the Polish high staker.
The turn brought the 
and Zeiter moved all in, putting Malinowski for a decision for his final 125,000. He spent quite some time in the tank before open-folding 
.
2018 EPT Sochi winner Arsenii Karmatckii will not be adding a Monegasque flag to his Hendon Mob page today. Left short after the previous clash with Paul-Francois Tedeschi, Karmatckii got it all in for 22,500 in middle position.
Ready to finish what he started, Tedeschi called from the cutoff and Roman Herold called from the small blind. They quickly checked it down on a 
board.
Karmatckii showed 
, Tedeschi 
and Herold the winner with 
to eliminate the Russian five places before the money.
Below are the latest eliminations. Players are now five away from making a return on their investment.
Patrik Antonius raised from middle position to 7,000 and James Romero upped the bet from the big blind to 28,000. Antonius called and they saw the 
flop.
Romero continued with a bet of 22,000 and Antonius called again. The turn was the 
and Romero made it a bit pricier this time. He bet 70,000 and sent Antonius in the tank. He ended up folding and the chips were pushed to Romero.
The Money bubble is looming and Shyngis Satubayev won't receive a portion of the prize pool. Having registered before the start of Day 2 for his second bullet in the event, Satubayev ran his stack all the way up to 250,000 and just five-bet jammed into Pablo Melogno.
Satubayev had four-bet to 75,000 to force out Massimo Mosele from one seat over and he called the shove of Satubayev with 
. Satubayev only had 
and the board came 
to leave the Kazakh drawing dead on the turn.
On a completed board of 
with 50,000 in the middle, Arsenii Karmatckii bet 31,000 with 24,000 behind. Paul-Francois Tedeschi was to act and deep in the think tank. The clock was called on the Frenchman and he was given 30 seconds to act.
Eventually, Tedeschi called and Karmatckii flashed for a bluff, which Tedeschi had beat with 
.
Philippe Narboni opened to 7,000 on the button and Patrik Antonius three-bet to 22,000, which Narboni called with a smile. Antonius bet the 
flop for 20,000 and Narboni folded.
Sam Grafton lost a portion of his stack when he paid off a full house by an opponent with 
on the river and dropped below the average for the first time in a while.
Things haven't gone too well for Timothy Adams recently. The Canadian has lost almost 100,000 chips of late. Just now he folded pre after he was four-bet by Georgios Kitsios. Kitsios had opened the cutoff and Adams three-bet to 19,500 from the button. When the action came back to Kitsios, he raised it up again, making it 51,000 to proceed. Adams took his time before electing to pass.
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