Antoine Jallon was all-in for just 55,000 and his A♦J♣ was dominated. Anthony Kennedy had the superior A♣Q♥ and remained ahead all the way on the 9♦7♥4♣Q♦2♠ runout.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
220,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
|
Busted |
Athanasios Tavlas open shoved from middle position for 50,000 and Sandro Pitzanti moved all in from the next seat across with the bigger stacks. Players flipped their cards.
Athanasios Tavlas: J♥8♥
Sandro Pitzanti: 8♠8♦
The board ran out 3♥8♣6♠2♥2♣. The only remaining eight in the deck came on the flop, giving Tavlas a pair of eights and Pitzanti a set of eights. The turn brought Tavlas hope in the form of a flush draw and Pitzanti took a deep breathe before the river improved him to a full house.
Pitzanti won the pot and Tavlas was eliminated close to the bubble.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
120,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
Busted |
Lukas Hafner opened 16,000 in early position, and Julien Gal pushed the rest of his 28,000 across the line from the big blind. Hafner called.
Julien Gal: K♠Q♣
Lukas Hafner: 3♥3♣
It was a coin flip as the board ran out J♥J♣J♦10♥9♥, giving Gal a straight, but Hafner took it down with a full house.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
700,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Jaesung Lee raised from middle position and Nuno Capucho moved all in from the button for 120,000. Lee called with the bigger stack and players turned their cards.
Nuno Capucho: A♥K♦
Jaesung Lee: Q♥10♥
The board ran out 7♣8♥6♠8♠5♠. Capucho held with ace-high and doubled his stack to make the bubble.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
200,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
26,000 |
Only around 170 players remain and Stylianos Karadaglis is no longer among them. After playing the hand carefully preflop, he got it in after the J♥10♥7♠K♦ turn with the A♦K♣ and Yaroslav Shkliar looked him up with the J♦10♦ for two pair.
The river was the 5♣ and that spelled the end for Karadaglis.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
450,000
225,000
|
225,000 |
|
Busted |
Kenny Haellaert opened to 13,000 from under the gun and called when Thomas Saminadin three-bet to 28,000 from two seats over. Hallaert called.
Hallaert check-called bets of 16,000 and 43,000 on the flop and turn for the final board to read J♦8♠K♣4♠2♠. Hallaert, the slightly bigger stack, checked once more and quickly called when Saminadin jammed for around 200,000,
Saminadin could only show a pair of eights with his 8♥7♥ and Hallaert had the winner with a set of fours as he tabled 4♥4♣.
The hand after, Denis Vladimirov was all in and at risk to Pasquale Grimaldi. Vladimirov had pocket queens but ran into aces and was eliminated after failing to find his two-outer.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
597,000
497,000
|
497,000 |
|
||
|
320,000
193,000
|
193,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
||
|
Busted | |
Albert Gorelik open-jammed for the last 44,000 and was called only by Jonathan Swerdlow.
"Do you have king-queen suited?" Gorelik asked and then rolled over his A♥9♥. Swerdlow had the superior A♠Q♥ and left Gorelik in dire shape until the K♥J♣2♣10♠ turn.
"Give him the queen!" Gorelik exclaimed but the lucky chop never came, with the 10♥ river pairing the board.
"Good luck in the turbo heat," Isaac Borghouts joked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
195,000 | |
|
Busted |
Teodor Negrea opened 30,000 under the gun, and only Bulent Sahin called in the cutoff.
The dealer fanned a flop of J♦4♦3♦, and Negrea slowed down with a check before Sahin fired a bet of 25,000. Negrea called.
The Q♣ turn and 3♠ river were checked down, and Negrea rolled over A♦A♥, defeating the 10♥10♠ of Sahin.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
255,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
135,000
109,000
|
109,000 |
Yaroslav Shkliar raised to 16,000 and Marius Gicovanu pushed all-in for 127,000 in the hijack. Mike Mettoudi called all-in on the button for 91,000 and Shkliar folded.
Mike Mettoudi: K♠K♥
Marius Gicovanu: A♥K♦
Mettoudi was initially upset to see one dreadful ace out there, but he had reason to celebrate when the board ran out 9♦2♥2♣5♣4♥.
With now 169 players remaining, the Day 1e bubble is imminent and several tables have had the clock called on players stalling.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
560,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
|
210,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
36,000
104,000
|
104,000 |
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