Pascal Lefrancois was all in for his final 45,000 chips. He was in middle position against Alberto Meran in the small blind.
Pascal Lefrancois: 
Alberto Meran: 
The board flop came 
which kept Lefrancois in control. The turn was the 
; however the river was brutal for Lefrancois as it came the 
to eliminate him from the tournament as Meran had cracked his pocket aces on the river.
Last-minute registrant Sam Grafton was all in preflop with the 
vs the 
of Hirokazu Kobayashi.
The flop was good for Grafton as it came 
. The turn was the 
and the river was the 
to secure Grafton with a double.
Level: 12
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
Aleksejs Ponakovs moved all in preflop for 117,000 over a raise to 15,000 from Vladimir Korzinin who called.
Ponakovs had a great chance for the double as he held the 
against the 
.
The board ran out safely for him as it came 
and he took in the double.
There was 52,000 in the pot heading to the flop of 
. Action was four-ways.
Action checked to Joao Vieira in the hijack who bet 17,000. Dimitar Danchev and Nozomu Shimizu called in the blinds. Dzhavad Abdolvand also came along from early position.
The turn was the and action checked to Abdolvand who moved all in for 340,000. Only Danchev called.
Dimitar Danchev: 
Dzhavad Abdolvand:
The river was the 
and both players chopped the pot.
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Action was joined on the turn with the board reading . From the hijack Henrik Hecklen bet 18,000 into a pot of close to 50,000. Michael Addamo raised to 42,000 from the big blind.
Hecklen thought a few moments and then three-bet jammed. Addamo said "I think I got myself in trouble here" and sigh-called.
Hecklen had the 
for the flush while Addamo had the 
and was drawing dead. The river was the 
and Addamo was left with just 18,000 which he would lose a couple of hands later, meaning he will not go be adding tonight's high roller to his haul.
There was an all in race going on preflop.
Fateh Jowhary: 
David Peters:
The flop came 
to send Jowhary into the lead. The turn was the and the river the to give him the double and leave Peters short.
Jose Barbero raised to 13,000 from under the gun and was called by Hossein Madani in early position before Christoph Vogelsang moved all in for 119,000 from the small blind.
Silva used a time bank card before moving all in for a small amount more. Madani thought for a bit before also calling covering both players.
Jose Barbero:
Christoph Vogelsang:
Hossein Madani:
The board ran out 
which tripled up Vogelsang. Madani won a small side pot as Barbero was eliminated.
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