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Patrik Antonius is slowly but surely becoming a force to be reckoned with in this tournament, with Georgios Kitsios becoming the latest victim of the Finnish poker icon. Short-stacked, Kitsios got it in with 
, only to run into Antonius' 
.
The 
board left little doubt who won the hand and Kitsios went off to collect €12,790 in prize money.
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The flop was 
and there was well over 200,000 in the pot when Nicolas Chouity bet 44,000 from early position. Melika Razavi called from the cutoff to see the 
turn.
They both checked this time and the river was the 
. Both players checked again and Chouity showed his 
. That was enough to win the pot because Razavi threw her cards in the muck.
Shortly after, Razavi raised and got a call from Jean-René Fontaine, as well as Chouity in the blinds. Razavi bet 23,000 on the 
flop and only Chouity stuck around. The turn was the 
and Chouity check-called 55,000. The 
river went check/check.
It was a good check behind from Razavi; Chouity nodded and showed for another pot to the former champ.
Dario Sammartino raised to 18,000 from the hijack and was called by Manig Loeser and Govert Metaal in the blinds.
Both Loeser and Metaal checked through the 
on the flop. Sammartino continued with a bet of 20,000 which only Metaal called.
They then proceeded to both check through the 
on the turn to the on the river. Metaal bet 13,000 which Sammartino called after a few seconds. Metaal tabled 
for the flopped top pair and that was enough to make Sammartino muck his hand.
Fionn Macnamara has just lost the chips he gained from knocking Michail Karapanos out after getting tangled in a pot against Luis Medina.
After Medina had opened to 17,000 from early position and Macnamara called in the small blind, the dealer laid 
on the flop. Macnamara check-called a 28,000 continuation and on the 
turn he check-called another 70,000.
The river paired the ace and it went check-call after Medina bet 75,000, which was about half of what he had left. Luis Medina tabled the nuts with 
and Macnamara said "nice hand" as he sent his cards into the muck.
Seth Davies was all in for mere crumbs in the big blind and Ramon Miquel Munoz and Melika Razavi were building a side pot. On the 
turn, Razavi bet 38,000 to shake out Munoz.
Seth Davies:
Melika Razavi:
The river was the 
and Davies made his way out in 66th place.
Ryan Riess raised to 17,000 from under the gun and Sylvain Mazza shoved on the button. Serafim Kovalevskiy asked for a count and the dealer confirmed Mazza had 86,000 behind. Kovalevskiy called and Riess folded.
Sylvain Mazza: 
Serafim Kovalevskiy:
The board ran out 
for Mazza to hold with the pocket sevens to double up.
Michail Karapanos pushed his last 15 big blinds to the middle when it folded to him on the button. The player in the small blind got out of the way but Fionn Macnamara called to put Karapanos at risk of eliminations.
Michail Karapanos:
Fionn Macnamara: 
The board ran out 
and Karapanos was eliminated from the tournament in 67th place and he cashed for €12,790.
The former feature table has been moved back into the outer field again, where two interesting hands developed in quick succession. First, it was Jean-René Fontaine who tried to take on Melika Razavi. The board was reading 
and the man from the French overseas territory of Réunion bet 76,000.
With the camera's capturing all the action, Razavi burned through some time extensions before calling it off. Fontaine, busted, opted not to show and mucked his hand face-down. That wasn't the end of it, though, as Razavi slapped on the felt for a mere fourth pair to indicate she has Fontaine's number.
Shortly after, Evy Kvilhaug and Ramon Miquel Munoz got it in on a flop for Kvilhaug's final 103,000 in chips.
Evy Kvilhaug: 
Ramon Miquel Munoz: 
Miquel whiffed the combo draw on a turn and river and Kvilhaug doubled up.
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