The action was picked up on the Q♠2♦9♠Q♥ turn. With a sizable pot of 35,000 in the middle, Pedro Padilha checked from the hijack. Maria Konnikova followed suit in the cutoff, after which the J♣ appeared as the river.
Padilha checked again, prompting Konnikova to fire a massive bet of 46,000, covering Padilha's remaining chips. Padilha thought it over for a while before he decided to preserve his 54 big blinds by mucking his cards.
In the first hand dealt following the dinner break, Paul Wood moved all in for 5,000, first to act. The action folded to Duane Mitchell in the big blind, who shrugged and called.
Paul Wood: K♣Q♦ 
Duane Mitchell: Q♥6♥
The window card saw the roles reversed on the 6♣7♦8♥ flop, and Wood was unable to recover as the 8♣ turn and A♣ river sealed his fate.
Level: 7
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
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The 320 remaining players have been sent on a 75-minute dinner break.
The EPT Monte Carlo Main Event will resume around 7:55 p.m. local time.
As the dinner break neared, Giovanni Rosadoni maneuvered his stack of 17,900 into the middle from the button and was at risk versus Linage Ni in the big blind.
Giovanni Rosadoni: 9♥9♦
Linage Ni: A♠K♥
The low 3♠4♥6♥4♠8♦ caused no harm to Rosadoni's pocket pair, seeing it hold firm, earning him a double-up.
In a blind-on-blind battle, Osman Aksu and Eric Sfez got their chips in the middle preflop, with Sfez being at risk for his stack of 37,000.
Eric Sfez: K♥K♦
Osman Aksu: A♠K♣
The 9♦6♦4♠ flop remained safe for Sfez, but Aksu celebrated as the A♣ turn left his opponent with one out. The final king did not reveal itself on the 6♥ river, and Sfez took a picture of his unfortunate exit before he left for an early dinner.
Amir Shomron was all in for roughly 12,500 in the big blind, and had been looked up by Thomas Rauhut under the gun.
Amir Shomron: K♠K♥
Thomas Rauhut: 10♠10♦
Shomron's kings remained in the lead on the J♥3♥2♠ flop and J♦ turn, but the river brought the disastrous 10♣, upgrading Rauhut to a full house and spelling the end of Shomron's second and final bullet.
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