In a battle of the blinds, Petros Karadimos and Avihai Smadga were heads up to the turn on a board showing 3♣Q♣5♥4♠. Karadimos fired 400,000 and was called by Smadga.
The A♦ river saw Karadimos size up to 1,200,000 and Smadga did not take long to find the call.
Karadimos turned over A♣2♦ for a straight, taking down the pot as Smadga mucked.
Diogo Ferreira raised and called when Peter Tordai moved his final 2,200,000 chips into the middle from the big blind.
Peter Tordai: K♥8♥
Diogo Ferreira: 10♣10♥
Ferreira's pocket pair held through the 6♣9♦Q♠2♣5♦ runout, sending Tordai to the payout desk in 13th place.
Action was heads up with over 5,000,000 in the middle and a full board of 10♦10♣6♥2♠3♦ when Diogo Ferreira tossed out a raise before Danilo Velasevic three-bet to 5,600,000. Ferreria spent a few moments in the tank before he called and turned over A♠A♣. Velasevic showed A♥10♥ to take the pot with three tens.
A few moments later, action was heads up once again with a full board of 7♥10♥10♠7♠3♥ when Petros Karadimos checked into a 2,000,000 bet from Ferreria. Karadimos raised to 6,000,000 and Ferreria called. Ferreria turned over 10♣2♣ to take the pot with tens full of sevens and Karadimos tossed the losing hand into the muck.
Ferdinando D'Alessio raised to 800,000 from under the gun and Eduard Barsegyan shoved 7,700,000 from middle position. The rest of the table was out of the way and D'Alessio called to put him at risk.
Eduard Barsegyan: Q♣J♣
Ferdinando D'Alessio: A♦J♥
The board ran out 7♣10♥5♠2♥3♠ and the ace-jack held to send Barsegyan to the rail in 12th place for €43,380.
Diogo Ferreira opened to 800,000 and was called by Ferdinando D'Alessio in the big blind.
D'Alessio checked the 9♣5♦J♥ flop and called when Ferreira continued for 675,000. Both players then checked the 5♥ turn.
D'Alessio led out on the Q♦ river for 1,300,000, producing a fold from Ferreira to take down the pot.
Level: 36
Blinds: 250,000/500,000
Ante: 500,000
Diogo Ferreira opened to 1,000,000 from under the gun and was called by Petros Karadimos to his left. The rest of the table folded before the dealer fanned the A♥J♥2♠ flop.
Ferreira led out for 900,000 and was called to the 8♦ turn, where both players checked. Ferreira checked again on the K♥ turn before Karadimos fired 2,500,000 into the middle.
Ferreira took some time before folding his hand, as Karadimos added more chips to his growing stack.
Kimmo Kurko was all in for 5,800,000 and Igor Kaufman looked him up with pocket kings.
Kimmo Kurko: A♥9♣
Igor Kaufman: K♠K♣
The board ran out 4♥3♥4♣J♥6♦ and Kaufman held on with pocket kings to eliminate Kurko in 11th place for €52,080.
Diogo Ferreira went all in for 16,000,000 and Petros Karadimos put him at risk with a chance to extend his run.
Diogo Ferreira: A♥K♦
Petros Karadimos: Q♥Q♣
The board ran out 9♠J♦8♠2♣3♠ and Karadimos held on with pocket queens to eliminate Ferreira from the tournament in 10th place for €52,080.
The tournament clock is now paused to prepare the final table.
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