Violleau and Pecheux Chop a Pay Jump
Level 24
: 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
At the same time on different tables, Mehdi Violleau and Erwann Pecheux were eliminated and tournament staff announced to them that the pay jump between 56th and 55th place would be chopped.
Violleau was ousted in a battle of the blinds with Giorgiy Skhulukhiya when his last 955,000 went in with 
versus 
. The board came 
and Skhulukhiya flopped his ace, he had the Frenchman covered ba one big blind.
Pecheux was all in with 
against the 
of Nazar Buhaiov and the 
flop left him drawing dead right away on the flop.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,150,000 | 1,000,000 |
|
2,050,000 | 550,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |