Nick Pupillo had been eliminated from Day 1b and 1c, but he was just sweating his brother James who had sent Xiaojie Cheng to the rail. The latter was all in with 
and stood no chance against 
on a board of 
.
Jack Sinclair was busy on his phone and typing a social media post with the words "Sorry Kristen," which he showed openly. That confirms the elimination of Kristen Bicknell, who had been on Sinclair's table and lost with jacks to the ace-king suited of the Brit.
Soon after, Malek Grabsi jammed up his stack and then defended his big blind against Timur Margolin's open raise from late position. Grabsi led the 
flop for 6,500 and Margolin jammed for his last 52,500. Grabsi had that barely covered and needed some time, but made the call eventually.
Timur Margolin: 
Malek Grabsi: 
The 
turn improved Grabsi to a straight and he dodged the hearts redraw with the 
river.
With some 60,000 in the middle and the turn showing 
, Alexandre Moreau had pushed into Marc Isman, who eventually called with for top two. That hand remained best after the river and Isman doubled for 71,000.
"Were you thinking about folding?" Benny Glaser asked and Isman shared a story of big pot he had lost earlier in the day. Glaser confirmed that Moreau had pushed the turn with 
and took another hit to his stack as a result.
Guillaume Diaz has vanished and it remains to be seen if he busted in time to still register for Day 1c or if he was too late and won't be able to defend his title anymore. Also on the rail are several notables such as Chin Wei Lim, Thomas Boivin and Luca Moschitta.
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
The 
of Arnaud Peyroles were about to be mucked while the Frenchman grabbed his belongings and was ready to leave the table. Kristen Bicknell had looked him up with 
and the ace-high was good enough on a board of 
.
On a three-way flop of 
, Jerome Olivetto ended up all in and at risk with the 
and Tobias Heinsdorf called with 
for a set. Olivetto grabbed all his belongings and almost got there with the turn and river run out. However, Heinsdorf prevailed with his full house and secured the knockout.
Alberto Bari open-shoved for his last 28,500 on the button and Alexandre Moreau reluctantly called.
Bari had and Moreau two live cards with the 
. The board came 
and Bari locked up the double on the turn.
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,000/2,500
Ante: 2,500
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