All the chips went in preflop between Benoit Albiges and Oleg Korban. Korban was the player at risk for his last 35,000 and was called by Albiges.
Oleg Korban: 
Benoit Albiges: 
It was a cooler for the queens of Korban as he was up against cowboys. The board ran out 
and the kings held up to send Korban to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
83,000 | |
|
Busted |
Stanislav Halatenko and Jonathan Roy were involved in a massive pot on the river with the board showing 
when Halatenko bet 10,000 from under the gun.
Roy, from the cutoff, raised all in and Halatenko went into the tank. The clock was eventually called, but before tournament officials could arrive to start the countdown Halatenko tossed his cards away.
According to tablemate Federico Quevedo Diaz, Halatenko raised pre-flop and got four callers, including Roy. Action checked to Roy on the flop and he bet 6,000, with everyone calling. Halatenko led out for 13,500 on the turn and only Roy called.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
125,000
54,000
|
54,000 |
|
65,000 |
Mitchell Halverson opened to 3,500 from the hijack and Gerard Carbo jammed all in from the button for roughly 40,000. It folded back to Halverson who snap-called.
Gerard Carbo: 
Mitchell Halverson:
The board ran out 
, giving Halverson top-set, and sent Carbo to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
110,000 | |
|
Busted |
Piotr Matejczyk raised to 3,500 from the button and then was immediately reraised when Eero Rantala moved all in for 45,000.
The other players got out of the way and Matejczyk paused to think before eventually making the call, putting himself at risk.
Piotr Matejczyk: 
Eero Rantala: 
"Ok ten one time!" Matejczyk announced as he realized his pocket tens were lightyears behind Rantala's pocket rockets.
But just like that, the flop came 
, giving Matejczyk top set to now put him way in the lead.
The runout of 
did not help Rantala and he looked stunned as the dealer counted out his chips to give to Matejczyk.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
55,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
8,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
Kaireddine Ghribi open-jammed a stack of about 16,000 from under the gun and Takayuki Koga re-shoved a bigger stack from a few seats over to get the hand heads-up.
Kaireddine Ghribi: 
Takayuki Koga:
Ghribi was dominated and the flop landed 
to have her drawing nearly dead before the runout of 
that didn't change things to mark the Ukrainian's elimination.
At the same table, France's Kaireddine Ghribi has grown his stack to around 95,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
120,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
|
95,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Zak Lawson raised to 3,000 from under the gun and was called by Renan Mesqueu Monteiro, Julien Sitbon, and big blind Samatar Gelle.
The flop came 
and action checked to Sitbon who bet 4,500, with only Lawson calling.
Lawson led out for 8,500 on the turn and Sitbon took a piece of his massive stack and put it in the middle.
The river was the and Lawson moved all in for 20,700, sending Sitbon into the tank. Another player eventually called the clock, and Sitbon called.
Lawson showed for a turned pair of aces as Sitbon flashed 
before mucking.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
200,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
84,000
84,000
|
84,000 |
|
75,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Action was picked up on a flop of 
in a heads-up pot between Federico Piroddi and Takayuki Koga.
Piroddio checked on the flop and Koga checked back. Piroddio checked again on the turn and Koga bet 6,500. Piroddi check-raised with most of his stack and then called off when Koga three-bet to put his opponent all in and at risk.
Federico Piroddi:
Takayuki Koga:
Piroddi had an open-ended straight draw but was behind the top pair of Koga. The 
on the river didn't change anything and Piroddi was eliminated as another pot went in Koga's direction.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
140,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
Busted |
In a three-way pot of roughly 13,000 on a flop of 
, Lionel Lefevre checked from the big blind, as did Volber Beck from under the gun and Ricardo Caridade in the cutoff.
On the turn Lefevre checked again and Volber bet out 7,000. Caridade quickly folded and Lefevre elected on a check-raise to 16,400. After some thought, Volber let his hand go and the pot was shipped to Lefevre.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
77,000
77,000
|
77,000 |
|
45,000 | |
|
26,000 |
Omer Nagar raised to 4,000 from middle position and was immediately three-bet to 12,000 by Giorgio Silva to his left. After the other players got out of the way, Nagar made the call.
The flop was and Nagar check-called a bet of 7,000 from SIlva and the two went to the turn.
This time Nagar led out for a large sizing of 25,000 and SIlva quickly folded and Nagar was pushed the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
147,000 | |
|
125,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
