Manig Loeser opened with 
to 80,000 and a short-stacked Govert Metaal went in for 350,000 with 
. When it came back to Loeser, he called it off.
The preflop favorite held on the 
board and Metaal moved up in the counts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,240,000
350,000
|
350,000 |
|
||
|
800,000
155,000
|
155,000 |
Luis Medina opened to 85,000 and Massimo Mosele three-bet to 245,000 in the big blind. Medina moved all in and Mosele glanced at the stack of his opponent before letting go.
Timothy Adams, who had bumped up his stack without showdown, raised to 80,000 on the button. Aladin Reskallah moved all in for 650,000 in the small blind and no call followed.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,250,000
425,000
|
425,000 |
|
1,220,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
|
||
|
810,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
750,000
505,000
|
505,000 |
Govert Metaal opened to 130,000 with 
in early position out of 800,000 and Rustam Hajiyev called 
behind. With no other callers, they headed to the flop.
The flop was 
and Hajiyev was the only player with a diamond. When Metaal checked, he bet 160,000 and scooped up the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,850,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
|
670,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
Luis Medina raised to 85,000 in middle position, Massimo Mosele three-bet shoved 640,000 from the small blind and Medina called it off.
Massimo Mosele: 
Luis Medina: 
It wasn't the first race for his tournament life today and once again, the Italian found help when the flopped in the window. The rest of the board came 
and Medina was relegated to the short stack instead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,360,000
610,000
|
610,000 |
|
|
540,000
710,000
|
710,000 |
Aladin Reskallah made it 80,000 to go and Nicola Grieco defended his big blind. On a flop of 
, Grieco checked and called a continuation bet worth 80,000 by Reskallah. Both players checked through the 
on the turn and Grieco led for 280,000 on the river.
Reskallah made the call and Grieco showed 
for bottom pair. Reskallah had that beat with and jumped back above a million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,000,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
||
|
|
1,275,000
465,000
|
465,000 |
Manig Loeser shoved all in from the small blind and Govert Metaal called all in from the big blind for 730,000.
Govert Metaal: 
Manig Loeser: 
They were off to the races and Loeser nipped into the lead when it came 
on the flop. The turn was the 
and a set for Loeser meant the end for Metaal, rendering the 
river irrelevant.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,930,000
690,000
|
690,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
Busted | |
Bruno Volkmann has just been moved to the feature table and posted the big blind. Sam Greenwood opened to 80,000 in middle position with 
and Volkmann called with 
in the big blind.
Greenwood flopped trips on 
and bet 40,000. Volkmann check-raised to 140,000 with the airball and Greenwood called. Volkmann picked up equity on the turn shoved it in for 505,000, slightly more than the size of the pot. Greenwood snap-called the shove.
The 
on the river saw the end to Volkmann's hopes as he hit the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,990,000
540,000
|
540,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
In the final hand before the dinner break, Conor Beresford raised to 80,000 from middle position, Nicola Grieco called in the cutoff, and Aladin Reskallah defended his big blind. The 
flop got checked to Grieco, who bet 125,000. Reskallah called and Beresford folded.
On the turn, things suddenly exploded. Reskallah checked, Grieco quickly bet 150,000, Reskallah check-raised all in for 1,065,000 and Grieco beat him to the pot with a call.
Aladin Reskallah:
Nicola Grieco: 
A primal cheer erupted from Grieco's mouth once he saw Reskallah's hand. The Italian nearly smashed his superior flush through the table in excitement. He then tried to run into the stands in celebration but the brush quickly put a stop to that. He returned just in time to see the irrelevant complete the board, leaving the tournament with twelve players into the dinner break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,390,000
1,390,000
|
1,390,000 |
|
|
||
|
2,415,000
135,000
|
135,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
After the dramatic action on both tables right before the end of the level, the field has been reduced to the last 12 hopefuls and they headed into a shortened dinner break of 45 minutes.
Below are the chip counts of the final 12 players and their respective big blinds for the next level.
| Seat | Table 1 | Chip Count | Big Blinds | Seat | Table 2 | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ryan Riess | 1,165,000 | 23 | 1 | Conor Beresford | 2,415,000 | 48 |
| 3 | Rustam Hajiyev | 1,845,000 | 37 | 2 | Wiktor Malinowski | 1,425,000 | 29 |
| 4 | Sam Greenwood | 1,870,000 | 37 | 3 | Nicola Grieco | 3,390,000 | 68 |
| 5 | Wei Huang | 5,585,000 | 112 | 5 | Luis Medina | 625,000 | 13 |
| 6 | Manig Loeser | 4,930,000 | 99 | 6 | Timothy Adams | 1,215,000 | 24 |
| 8 | Viktor Katzenberger | 1,830,000 | 37 | 8 | Massimo Mosele | 1,200,000 | 24 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
5,585,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
4,930,000 | |
|
|
||
|
|
3,390,000 | |
|
|
||
|
|
2,415,000 | |
|
|
1,870,000
420,000
|
420,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,845,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
1,830,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
1,425,000
175,000
|
175,000 |
|
||
|
|
1,215,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,200,000
160,000
|
160,000 |
|
1,165,000
325,000
|
325,000 |
|
|
625,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
