Maher Nouira was standing up and walking away to the payout table as his losing hand had already been discarded.
He had been taken out by Dan Borland who held the 
on a board that ran out 
as the field was trimmed by one more player.
With 330,000 in the pot on a 
flop, Andras Nemeth was in the big blind and check-called a bet of 260,000 against Lander Lijo on the button. The duo checked the 
turn and 
river.
Nemeth tabled 
and added to his stack as Lijo sent his cards into the muck.
Victor Pina raised to 120,000 from early position and Martin Grive called in the big blind.
The flop came 
and Grive check to Pina who bet 190,000. Grive moved all in for 550,000. Pina snap called.
Martin Grive: 
Victor Pina: 
Grive was dominated by Pina's top pair top kicker and at risk. Grive was drawing dead on the turn as it came 
and the 
brought insult to injury as Pina boated up to send Grive home.
Bjorn Bruns was spotted raking in a massive pot in a three-way all in with a board that read 
. Bruns held 
which had held up in the crossfire.
The eliminated players had their defeated hands showing, Choi Yun Lam with the and Rembert Net with the 
as both headed to the payout table while Bruns took the chip lead with the pot.
Emil Bise had gotten his stack of 845,000 in preflop and was at risk against Ramon Colillas.
Emil Bise:
Ramon Colillas:
The PokerStars Ambassador ran his big slick into rockets, and the board ran out 
to secure the pot for Bise.
Przemyslaw Sliwinski raised to 125,000 from the hijack. David Docherty three-bet to 360,000 from the cutoff. Action folded back to Sliwinski who four-bet all in for 1,750,000. Docherty quickly called.
Przemyslaw Sliwinski: 
David Docherty: 
It was a classic race with Sliwinski the player at risk. The flop put Docherty firmly in front as it came 
. There would be no help for Sliwinski as the turn came the and the river the 
to eliminate him early in the day.
Hendriekus Soering raised to 125,000 under the gun, Peter Jorgne three-bet to 450,000 from middle position. Ghamri Kheir then jammed all in from the big blind. Soering thought for a while before folding and Jorgne called.
Peter Jorgne:
Ghamri Kheir: 
Jorgne was the one at risk as the flop came 
, the turn was the and the river came the 
to end the run for Jorgne.
Noah Novick limped on the button before Renat Bohdanov raised to 220,000 from the big blind. Novick called.
The flop came and Bohdanov continued for 60,000. Novick then moved all-in for 1,400,000. Bohdanov went deep into the tank before the clock was called. He had 30 seconds to make his decision but eventually folded before the clock ran out conceding the pot to Novick.
Mohamed Aissaoui was all in with his short stack holding 
while Riccardo Fabbri had 
.
The flop was bad news for Aissaoui as it came 
to pair Fabbri. The turn was 
and the river was the 
and Aissaoui became one of the first eliminations of the day.
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