Players are heading on the third 20-minute break of the day. At the moment, 54 entrants remain after three levels of play today. They'll return to blinds of 6,000/12,000/12,000.
Ismail Kalkan got the last of his 165,000 chips in the middle on the button and was called by Jussi Mattila in the big blind on the last hand before the break.
Ismail Kalkan: 
Jussi Mattila: 
The flop came 
and Kalkan spiked an ace to take the lead. The 
on the turn changed nothing but the 
on the river was one of the two cards Mattila needed in order to eliminate Kalkan.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
470,000
79,000
|
79,000 |
|
Busted |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
Petar Kalev opened to 20,000 from early position and the action folded around to Marcin Kreft who reraised all in for 132,000 from the button. The blinds folded and Kalev flicked in the call.
Marcin Kreft:
Petar Kalev: 
The board ran out 
and Kreft couldn't outdraw Kalev and made his way to the payout desk.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
726,000
164,000
|
164,000 |
|
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Busted |
Antoine Saout opened to 20,000 from the button. Action folded to Preben Stokkan in the big blind. He moved all in for 160,000. After some thought, Saout made the call to put Stokkan at risk.
Preben Stokkan:
Antoine Saout:
Neither player improved on the 
, so Saout's ace high was better and Stokkan was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
790,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
|
Busted |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,850,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
|
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|
1,600,000
270,000
|
270,000 |
|
1,500,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
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1,500,000
-185,000
|
-185,000 |
|
1,500,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
1,400,000
375,000
|
375,000 |
|
||
|
1,400,000
-110,000
|
-110,000 |
|
1,200,000
529,000
|
529,000 |
|
1,200,000
170,000
|
170,000 |
Nicola Grieco raised to 30,000 from the cutoff before Nikolay Ivanov three-bet to 70,000 from the button. The blinds got out of the way and Grieco called to see a flop.
The flop was 
and Grieco bet exactly enough to commit the rest of Ivanov's chips. Ivanov called for 105,000 and the cards were turned up.
Nikolay Ivanov: 
Nicola Grieco: 
The board finished up with and Grieco turned a wheel to crack Ivanov's kings and send him to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,475,000
570,000
|
570,000 |
|
Busted |
After opening from middle position, and trading a couple of raises with Dmitry Shchepkin in the small blind, Juan Pardo found himself all in for a pot of 544,000 with his tournament life at stake. It was a classic flip with it all on the line for the Spaniard.
Juan Pardo: 
Dmitry Shchepkin: 
Bad news came on the flop for Pardo when the 
hit the board. He couldn't find a queen on the turn or 
river, so Pardo's tournament came to an end.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
953,000
411,000
|
411,000 |
|
Busted |
Picking up the action on the turn with the board reading 
, Javier Gomez Zapatero was heads-up with Yesset Aimukhanov. With around 200,000 in the middle already, Gomez Zapatero announced all in from the big blind. Aimukhanov went into the tank on his left and eventually called off his stack of around 160,000.
Gomez Zapatero turned over for trip fives while Aimukhanov was drawing slim with 
. The river was the 
and Gomez Zapatero held on to eliminate Aimukhanov and take over the chip lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,870,000
550,000
|
550,000 |
|
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Busted | |
Thore-Fabian Kunze opened to 21,000 in early position and Simon Mattsson three-bet to 55,000 in the hijack. The action folded back to Kunze who called to see a flop of 
.
Both players checked and the landed on the turn. Kunze checked again and Mattson tossed in a bet of 40,000. Kunze check-raised all in for 196,000 and Mattsson folded after getting the count.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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468,000
265,000
|
265,000 |
|
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360,000
46,000
|
46,000 |
