Nicolas Hamouni was down to less than one big blind and moved all in from under the gun before Piotr Nurzynski completed in the small blind and Konstantinos Patakias checked his option in the big blind.
The flop of checked through and Patakias bet 5,000 on the blank turn to get a fold from Nurzynski.
Nicolas Hamouni:
Konstantinos Patakias:
Hamouni was drawing dead against the pair of kings of his opponent and the on the river confirmed his elimination toward the end of the evening.
In a battle of the blinds, Yehouda Marciano was all-in with the for two pair on a flop. He was up against Mehdi Chaoui with the for an open-ended straight draw which bricked off on the turn and river.
"So fuckin' sick," a stunned Peter Moore said after his stack was counted and he had vaulted out of his seat already. Once all was said and done, the Canadian was left empty-handed and with a bad beat story to tell.
Moore had gotten it in with the and he was up against Johan Schultz-Pedersen with the .
Schultz-Pedersen flopped the top pair and top kicker with a flush draw on . The turn propelled Schultz-Pedersen into the lead as Moore was left with a single out only, which never came on the river.
Daniyar Aubakirov opened to 10,000 in middle position and Fabio Sperling called from the hijack before Pablo Navarro also called out of the big blind.
Navarro and Aubakirov both checked on the flop of and Sperling bet 13,000. Aubakirov called and, like a mind-blowing guitar solo, Navarro laid it down.
Aubakirov checked again on the turn and Sperling sized up to 50,000. Aubakirov folded.
Aram Sargsyan was on his way out of the tournament area as he had become the latest casualty and the board as well as the cards of the winner of his last showdown were still visible.
Mikolaj Zawadzki raked in the pot as his was good enough for the victory on the board and he then mentioned in table chat "I didn't expect him to call with queen-ten."
Juan Ochoa raised from middle position, Nicolae Paunescu called in the small blind and Samuel Mullur reraised to 31,000. Ochoa folded and Paunescu made the call.
The flop came . Paunescu checked and Muller fired for 12,000, then Paunescu put in the check raise to 32,000 and Muller called. The turn was the and Paunescu led out for 40,000. Mullur called again.
The river was the and Paunescu shoved for around 78,000. Mullur went into the tank, glancing at his opponent, glancing again, then leaning back in his chair and contemplating his move. This went on for a good few minutes until the dealer called time. Mullur's hand was eventually folded when he timed out.
Mohamed Mokrani limped in from under the gun and Gerard Carbo did so from the small blind. Fotios Ntamaris then jammed for the last 34,000 and Mokrani was the only caller.
Fotios Ntamaris:
Mohamed Mokrani:
The kicker played on the board and Ntamaris doubled.
Kostya Zaks and Tudor Bartha Lazar departed from table 26 while Fabian Gumz leaped back to a stack of almost the average as a result. Further assorted counts across the room can be found below.