More big stacks have emerged over on table 13 as Bruno Volkmann jumped to nearly half a million in chips, edging past Ole Schemion and Renjun Yang. Two tables over, Paul-Francois Tedeschi also boosted his stack as well.
Level: 16
Blinds: 2,000/5,000
Ante: 5,000
Only 123 players remain at the end of level 15 and the top 102 will advance to Day 2. Assorted notables on the rail can be found below, as the field has headed into a 20-minute break.
Not long ago, Victor Choupeaux was short and all in, and managed to talk his opponent out of calling. He then more than doubled and just now got through with a bluff when he bet the 
river for 35,000. He forced a fold and flashed the 
with a big smile on the face.
Osman Aksu was all in for 81,500 with pocket fives and had a flip against the 
of Norbert Szecsi. The two-time WSOP bracelet winner got there on the turn of a board 
to deal the final blow. Also no longer in contention are Tamer Kamel, Oshri Lamani and Giuseppe Carbotti.
Philippe Le Touche had been up to more than 600,000 in level 12, but was spotted walking out of the tournament area. Was he taking a break? He had no hurry to return to his seat and a quick look at table 13 revealed another player in the seat of the former dominating chip leader.
"He is gone, but his chips are still here. Crazy table 13," Nikola Trajanov said. Trajanov and Renjun Yang are the two chip leaders there now and Trajanov chopped with Giuseppe Carbotti when both showed 
and 
in the showdown, the flop already secured the split pot.
Laurent Torres three-bet to 20,500 and Enes Avdagic four-bet jammed. Torres folded and said in French in table chat he had ace-queen. They talked about the hand after and Avdagic claimed to have had .
One limp was followed by a raise to 10,000 by Maria Lampropulos at the end of the previous level and Ole Schemion called in the big blind, the limper folded.
Schemion checked the 
flop and Lampropulos checked behind. A bet of 21,500 by Schemion followed on the 
turn and Lampropulos came along to face another bet of 61,500 on the 
river. Lampropulos was sent into the think tank for more than three minutes and she then called for about half her remaining stack.
Schemion flipped over 
for a flush and won the pot. "I wanted to fold, but couldn't," Lampropulos replied.
Level: 15
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
The pace of eliminations has picked up lately and within quick succession, more than two dozen players were eliminated. The notables among them can be found below.
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