Peter Tordai raised to 550,000 and Manuel O'Shea shoved around 6,200,000 from the small blind. The big blind got out of the way and Toradi called to put O'Shea at risk.
Manuel O'Shea: 10♦10♣
Peter Tordai: A♦K♥
The board ran out 2♥5♥K♦8♦Q♦ and Tordai flopped a pair of kings to send O'Shea to the exit in 23rd place for €23,740.
Diogo Ferreira opened to 500,000 and was promptly three-bet by Ferdinando D'Alessio to 1,300,000.
Ferreira answered by announcing a four-bet to 3,200,000, resulting in a quick fold from D'Alessio to take down the pot.
Danilo Velasevic raised on the button and called when Christoph Cajochen moved his short stack all in from the small blind.
Christoph Cajochen: Q♦8♠
Danilo Velasevic: A♥J♠
The flop of 10♥J♥6♥ kept Velasevic in front, but did provide a straight draw for Cajochen. The 5♦ turn and 9♥ river only improved Velasevic, as Cajochen hit the rail in 22nd place.
Gino Cardenas moved all in from under the gun and the action folded around to Ferdinando D'Alessio in the small blind, who made the call.
Gino Cardenas: A♣10♣
Ferdinando D'Alessio: A♦Q♠
Cardenas needed help but fell further behind on the 8♦Q♥4♦ flop. The 6♦ turn and 4♣ river changed nothing, ending his main event run in 21st place.
The action continued to be fast and furious, as Mauricio Salazar Sanchez was next to see his chips in the middle against Igor Kaufman.
Mauricio Salazar Sanchez: 8♠8♣
Igor Kaufman: A♠K♦
The flop of 3♦10♣Q♥ left Sanchez's pocket pair in front, but did bring Kaufman a Broadway draw. The 6♦ turn was a brick, but the A♥ river gave Kaufman top pair to send Sanchez out in 20th place.
Ankit Ahuja opened to 525,000 with Q♣Q♦ from under the gun before Petros Karadimos three-bet to 1,725,000 to his left with A♠A♥.
Ahuja called to see the J♦9♦9♣ flop and checked. Karadimos fired 1,500,000 and was called to the 7♣ turn.
Both players checked to see the 8♦ river, where Ahuja checked again and Karadimos was quick to follow.
The hands were turned over and Karadimos took down a sizeable pot.
Lucien Cohen raised to 550,000 from middle position beforeLuc Lafontaine moved all in for 2,075,000 on the button. Stefan Fabian the announced all in for 5,450,000 from the small blind and Cohen quickly called.
Luc Lafontaine: 8♠8♥
Stefan Fabian: A♠Q♣
Lucien Cohen: A♣K♥
Lafontaine was in front to start but quickly trailed as Fabian found a pair on the Q♠J♣7♣ flop. The 10♠ turn gave Cohen a straight, while the 9♦ was no help to either at risk player.
Cohen scored the double knockout, ending Lafontaine's run in 19th place and Fabian's main event in 18th position.
Level: 34
Blinds: 150,000/300,000
Ante: 300,000
Eduard Bargesyan raised to 600,000 and Diogo Ferreira made it 1,700,000. Louis Nyberg shoved from the blinds and Bargesyan folded before Ferreira called. Action was heads up and Nyberg was at risk.
Louis Nyberg: Q♥Q♦
Diogo Ferreira: A♥5♥
The board ran out 7♣3♣6♠9♥4♥ and Ferreira rivered a straight to send Nyberg to the rail in 17th place for €31,440.
The tournament clock has paused to facilitate a redraw of the final two tables.
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Peter Tordai | Hungary | 16,125,000 | 54 |
| 1 | 2 | Lucien Cohen | France | 17,025,000 | 57 |
| 1 | 3 | Danilo Velasevic | Serbia | 9,825,000 | 33 |
| 1 | 4 | Ferdinando D'Alessio | Belgium | 32,200,000 | 107 |
| 1 | 5 | Eduard Barsegyan | Russia | 16,950,000 | 57 |
| 1 | 6 | Diogo Ferreira | Brazil | 13,800,000 | 46 |
| 1 | 7 | Petros Karadimos | Greece | 20,000,000 | 67 |
| 1 | 8 | Avihai Smadga | Israel | 5,925,000 | 20 |
| 2 | 1 | Tommy Nguyen | Norway | 4,025,000 | 13 |
| 2 | 2 | Ankit Ahuja | India | 23,700,000 | 79 |
| 2 | 3 | Domenico Paparo | Italy | 5,400,000 | 18 |
| 2 | 4 | Kimmo Kurko | Finland | 6,075,000 | 20 |
| 2 | 5 | Marcos Diego | Spain | 22,200,000 | 74 |
| 2 | 6 | Joshua James | Canada | 13,100,000 | 44 |
| 2 | 7 | Igor Kaufman | Israel | 9,800,000 | 33 |
| 2 | 8 | Parker Talbot | Canada | 4,750,000 | 16 |
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