Alexandru Tarcau raised to 30,000 under the gun, Andrej Tekel moved all in for 160,000 in the big blind, and Tarcau called to put Tekel at risk yet again.
Andrej Tekel: 7♥7♦ 
Alexandru Tarcau: K♦Q♦
The flop came K♠A♠2♠ to give Tarcau the lead with a pair of kings, and Tekel couldn't catch up on the 2♣ turn or 8♥ river as he was sent to the rail.
Level: 21
Blinds: 10,000/15,000
Ante: 15,000
From the big blind, Lulei Hu checked the A♦2♦5♥8♣ turn over to Alan Horsburgh on the button. Horsburgh bet 21,000, which Hu raised to 101,000.
After confirming the amount, Horsburgh called to the 4♦ river. Hu sized up slightly to 119,000. Horsburgh muttered a bit to himself before electing to toss in a call.
Hu tabled 6♥3♥ for a rivered straight, and Horsburgh's cards were returned to the muck as he conceded the pot.
Alon Journo moved all in for 200,000 from early position and Jerome Besselievre called on the button.
Alon Journo: Q♥Q♣
Jerome Besselievre: K♦K♥
Journo had run his queens right into Besselievre's kings, and the J♦5♠9♣3♦2♥ board offered no help as he was sent to the rail while Besselievre built his stack up to around 2,000,000.
Bogdan Cirtina had raised from middle position when Marcello Miniucchi three-bet all in for 203,000 on the button. Cirtina weighed his options for a bit before committing a call.
Marcello Miniucchi: A♣Q♥
Bogdan Cirtina: 8♥8♣
The 5♣6♣10♠ flop remained safe for Cirtina's eights, but the Q♠ turn paired up Miniucchi for a big lead. The K♠ river changed nothing, securing the double-up for Miniucchi.
Cirtina was left with about three big blinds, which he lost not long after the hand to be eliminated.
Luis Moreira raised to 24,000 in middle position and Nicolas Vayssieres called in the small blind. Jean Mikhael then moved all in for 128,000 in the big blind, Moreira called, while Vayssieres got out of the way, later saying he had two nines.
Jean Mikhael: K♥Q♠
Luis Moreira: A♥K♦
"Queen is coming!" Mikhael yelled out, and the Q♣ came right in the window. "See, I told you," he added as the 9♦4♥ completed the flop. The rest of the board ran out 7♦3♥ and Mikhael doubled up.
At another table, Andrej Tekel moved all in for 229,000 from early position and was up against Alexandru Tarcau in middle position.
Andrej Tekel: J♣J♥
Alexandru Tarcau: A♥Q♣
Tekel's jacks held up on the 2♠3♦6♥7♣5♦ board, and he won the coin flip to stay alive.
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Chengzhou Zhou raised to 24,000 in middle position and Aliaksei Boika called on the button. Michael Sklenicka then moved all in for 221,000 in the big blind and Zhou folded, but Boika quickly called to put Sklenicka at risk.
Michael Sklenicka: A♥7♥
Aliaksei Boika: A♦Q♣
"Seven!" Sklenicka pleaded going to the flop, which came K♠K♥8♦. The 10♣ turn was no help, while Boika's queen-kicker continued to play following the 5♦ river to earn him the pot and send Sklenicka to the rail.
Former chip millionaire Valentino Konakchiev had Fabio Muhr all in and at risk preflop, with the latter playing 175,000.
Fabio Muhr: K♥Q♦
Valentino Konakchiev: A♥J♠
Only Konakchiev paired on the 8♠J♦6♦9♥4♦ runout, securing Muhr's elimination and seeing Konakchiev chip back up to a stack of 50 big blinds.
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