Fabian Niederreiter opened to 450,000, leaving 200,000 behind, from early position. He committed the rest of his stack after Wael Sarkis moved all in from the button.
Fabian Niederreiter: A♣8♥
Wael Sarkis: Q♦Q♣
Sarkis' queens remained best and were never troubled as the board ran out with the J♥2♦6♣J♦6♥.
Mohammad Haidar jammed from the button and Pascal Vos called off 400,000 from the big blind.
Pascal Vos: Ax6x
Mohammad Haidar: K♠9♦
Haidar ended up with two pair to bust Vos as the board ran out with the K♦9♥Q♦7♥2♥.
The action was joined on a board of Q♣6♣3♥.
Armin Rezaei checked his option over to Roelof Pepping who put out a bet of about 200,000. Rezaei called.
The 10♦ landed on the turn and and Rezaei checked once more. Pepping continued the story and put out a wager of 425,000. Rezaei called again.
The 3♠ rolled off on the river and when action checked to Pepping he sat in the tank for about a minute before announcing he was all in.
Rezaei seemed to let out a sigh as he was facing an all in for his tournament life. He sat in the tank for over three minutes but eventually found a fold.
Pepping scooped the pot and is now likely sitting close to the chip lead.
Level: 29
Blinds: 50,000/100,000
Ante: 100,000
After regaining some chips cracking pocket queens with king-jack just a few hands prior, Jovan Kenjic found himself all in and at risk again.
Kenjic raised under the gun, only to be met by a three-bet from Valeriy Pak, in the big blind. Jovan Kenjic four-bet jammed for approximately 1,800,000 and Pak snap-called.
Jovan Kenjic: J♠J♥
Valeriy Pak: A♥A♦
The board ran out 4♠6♦K♣9♣7♦. Kenjic's pocket jacks were no match for the aces of Pak, and he was sent to the rail in 21st place.
Koray Korkmaz opened to 160,000 from under the gun and snap-called when Mitchell Johnson jammed for 780,000 from middle position.
Mitchell Johnson: A♥K♣
Koray Korkmaz: A♦A♣
It was a preflop cooler and one Korkmaz would win as the board ran out with the J♣9♣9♠Q♥9♥.
Takahiro Tsugu, the covering stack, open jammed from the small blind. Takahiro Tsugu called, in the big blind.
Samy Boujmala: Q♠8♠
Takahiro Tsugu: A♥10♠
The board ran out A♣J♥10♣6♣3♣. Tsugu improved to two pair to solidify the fate of Boujmala, and he was sent to the rail in 23rd place.
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Luke Martinelli | Australia | 2,200,000 | 28 |
| 1 | 2 | Pascal Vos | Netherlands | 420,000 | 5 |
| 1 | 3 | Roelof Pepping | Netherlands | 3,100,000 | 39 |
| 1 | 4 | Alexander Van Der Swaluw | Netherlands | 830,000 | 10 |
| 1 | 5 | Dmitrii Levin | Russia | 1,290,000 | 16 |
| 1 | 6 | Baurzhan Akimov | Kazakhstan | 2,900,000 | 36 |
| 1 | 7 | Mohammad Haidar | Iraq | 2930000 | 28 |
| 1 | 8 | Armin Rezaei | Austria | 2,200,000 | 28 |
| 2 | 1 | Alfred Nader | Lebanon | 1,850,000 | 23 |
| 2 | 2 | Koray Korkmaz | Turkey | 600,000 | 8 |
| 2 | 3 | Wael Sarkis | Lebanon | 1,750,000 | 22 |
| 2 | 4 | Mitchell Johnson | United Kingdom | 610,000 | 8 |
| 2 | 5 | Sergi Reixach | Spain | 1,325,000 | 17 |
| 2 | 6 | Takahiro Tsugu | Japan | 1,925,000 | 24 |
| 2 | 7 | Samy Boujmala | France | 610,000 | 8 |
| 2 | 8 | Fabian Niederreiter | Germany | 860,000 | 11 |
| 3 | 1 | Guillermo Gordo | Spain | 4,125,000 | 52 |
| 3 | 2 | Joris Ruijs | Netherlands | 2,950,000 | 37 |
| 3 | 3 | Empty | - | - | |
| 3 | 4 | Antoine Labat | France | 1,700,000 | 21 |
| 3 | 5 | Aziz Efe | Turkey | 2,400,000 | 30 |
| 3 | 6 | Valeriy Pak | Belarus | 2,900,000 | 36 |
| 3 | 7 | Jovan Kenjic | Serbia | 1,100,000 | 14 |
| 3 | 8 | David Karsenty | France | 1,200,000 | 15 |
Just as the three table redraw was to take place, Sonny Franco opened to 200,000 from under the gun and left 80,000 behind. Wael Sarkis rejammed from the small blind, which folded out Luke Martinelli.
"You're in good shape," said Sarkis as the cards went on their backs.
Sonny Franco: 8♣6♠
Wael Sarkis: 3♣3♦
Franco had two overs but Sarkis made a set of threes on the 10♣2♦3♣ flop and held out to scoop the pot and secure the elimination after 7♣ turn and K♥ river.
PokerNews caught up with the action as the cards were being swept into the muck.
With the full board reading 10♥7♦2♠3♥Q♦, Johnny Nedved found himself all in and behind holding K♣Q♠ against the A♠A♦ of Roelof Pepping. With this elimination, Pepping eclipsed the three million chip mark.
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