| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
480,000 | 87,000 |
|
222,000 | 189,000 |
|
180,000 | 50,000 |
|
145,000 | 46,200 |
|
102,000 | 102,000 |
Sitting in the cutoff, Kenny Hallaert faced a 40,000 chip all-in bet on the river from his opponent in the big blind on a board reading 
.
After giving it some brief pause, Hallaert called and turned over 
for the queen-high straight. His opponent showed 
for the low end of the straight, which hit the muck and sent him out the door, giving Hallaert a sizable pot to move him closer to the chip lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
343,000 | 73,000 |
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,000/2,500
Ante: 2,500
Salih Al-Emrad raised to 5,000 from the cutoff and Toni Kaukua three-bet to 20,000 from the small blind. Al-Emrad called and the flop was 
.
Kaukua bet 11,000 and Al-Emrad called. The turn was 
.
Both players checked the turn and then again on the 
river. Al-Emrad turned over 
for a pair of queens and Kaukua tossed the losing hand in the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
158,800 | 158,800 |
|
|
142,000 | 142,000 |
Ismael Bojang moved all-in for approximately 80,000 effective from the small blind into Antoine Vranken's big blind, and after a brief pause, Vranken called for his tournament life.
Antoine Vranken: 
Ismael Bojang: 
The board ran out 
, with Vranken's tens holding to give him a double up, while taking a significant chunk from Bojang's stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
180,000 | 180,000 |
|
|
130,000 | -110,000 |
A player under the gun raise to 4,000 and a player in middle position called. Christophe Panetti raised to 12,500 from the button and Eros Calderone shoved hist last 57,700 from the small blind.
The big blind got out of the way and the other two callers got out of the way. Panetti thought it over for a moment before he put out a stack of chips to call. Action was heads up and Calderone was at risk.
Eros Calderone: 
Christophe Panetti: 
The board ran out 
and Calderone turned a pair of nines to pick up the big double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
160,500 | 160,500 |
|
28,200 | 28,200 |
The PokerNews team arrived to see Kenny Hallaert counting down his stack while a tournament director was counting out chip racks as he was about to break Hallaert's table.
Opponent: 
Kenny Hallaert: 
The board read 
and Hallaert counted out 88,700 chips to claim his opponent's entire stack.
Hallaert took over 200,000 to his new table while his opponent headed for the exit.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
203,000 | 104,800 |
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
With approximately 10,000 in the pot from preflop action, Ismael Bojang's opponent in the big blind bet 4,000 on a flop of .
Bojang called from the cutoff to see the fall on the turn. Bojang's opponent bet another 8,000, which Bojang again called.
On the river, another 13,000 was fired out from the big blind, but this time Bojang replied with an all-in for approximately 65,000 effective.
The big blind folded, and Bojang's stack soared up to 240,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
240,000 | 40,500 |
With a big pot growing and 
on the board, Jan Ceska checked from the small blind and Andrei Roscan bet 20,000 from the under the gun position.
Robert Lim folded from the button and Ceska called. The river was .
Both players checked and turned over their cards. Ceska had and the missed flush, but Roscan turned over 
to take the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
191,500 | 191,500 |
|
57,300 | 57,300 |
|
|
15,200 | 15,200 |
