[Removed:533] lost his last 12 big blinds in a blind battle against Rustam Hajiyev. La [Removed:534] had 
and he was dominated by Hajiyev with 
.
Both flopped an ace on the 
flop but Hajiyev his kicker played after the board ran out with the 
turn and 
river.
La [Removed:534] got eliminated from the tournament while Hajiyev stacked up.
Wiktor Malinowski raised to 20,000 from the early position and was called by Patrik Antonius on his direct left and Nicolas Chouity in the big blind.
They all checked through the 
on the flop to the 
on the turn. Chouity check-folded to the 25,000 bet of Malinowski which Antonius called.
The river completed the board with the 
, Malinowski fired another bet over the line, now for 90,000. Antonius took a few seconds and then made the call but mucked when Malinowski tabled 
for two pair, kings and fours.
Ludovic Geilich continues his upward trend after taking down the latest pot against Fionn Macnamara. Macnamara opened under the gun to 23,000 and Geilich upped it to 70,000 a couple of seats over and Macnamara flatted the raise.
The flop was the 
and after a check, Geilich continued for a smaller sizing of 54,000. It was enough to garner a fold and Geilich chips up a little more.
Ibrahim Ghassan got eliminated from the tournament after he got his last 250,000 in the middle with 
. Bruno Volkmann had him dominated with .
The dealer spread out the 
board and Ghassan was eliminated by Volkmann.
Konstantinos Asgoudakis got eliminated on another table at about the same time.
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The 
flop was already on the table and Vlad Darie checked from the small blind with just 3,000 behind. Big blind Patrik Antonius bet 20,000 and Ami Barer called from the button. Darie put his last 3,000 in the middle.
The turn was the 
and Darie already got up from his seat. Antonius bet 30,000 this time and Barer called it off again.
The 
fell on the river and Antonius opted to go for the check. Barer took over the betting initiative with a bet of 58,000 and he was called by Antonius.
Darie showed 
for two pair but that was no good against the 
of Barer. Antonius showed his cards but very quickly sent them to the muck.
Level: 19
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
In one of the last hands on the feature table before the break, Christophe Panetti raised to 17,000 under the gun with 
, Ivan Deyra three-bet to 48,000 to his direct left with , Aladin Reskallah four-bet to 110,000 to Deyra's left with , Panetti folded, and Deyra called.
The 
flop was dreadful for Deyra, who flopped top pair top kicker against Reskallah's top set. He check-called a 75,000 bet from his countryman after using a time bank card.
The turn brought the . Deyra checked, Reskallah moved all in, and Deyra called it off for 196,000 drawing stone dead. The inconsequential river completed the board and Reskallah shot up the leaderboard.
The break has just gotten underway and the 57 remaining hopefuls will return to their seats in 20 minutes.
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