Picking up the action on a completed board of 3♦8♥9♦2♦7♠ with around 125,000 in the pot, Roman Stoica spent one time bank before checking from the small blind.
Lucas Blanco was in the big blind and moved all in, covering Stoica's stack of 160,000. Stoica quickly folded, sending the pot Blanco's way.
With play resuming just two spots from the money, the tournament is now playing hand-for-hand.
Level: 15
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
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The remaining 153 players are taking a 20-minute break.
When play resumes, the tournament will be just three eliminations away from the money bubble bursting.
Yanis Avanesyan got his remaining 40,000 or so in from the hijack and was up against Stanislav Anufriiev in early position.
Yanis Avanesyan: A♦J♥ 
Stanislav Anufriiev: K♥K♦
Anufriiev's kings comfortably held on the Q♥8♦4♥6♠5♦ runout, marking Avanesyan as the final elimination before the break.
On a neighboring table, Georgios Karakousis was also eliminated.
Seeing a raise to 6,000 ahead of him, the ever-involved Laurent Polito three-bet to 14,000 from the cutoff. One seat to his left, Claudio Di Giacomo elected to four-bet all-in for roughly 100,000. The original raiser folded, and Polito didn't waste any time in following suit, as he returned his cards to the dealer.
Polito showed he had folded A♥Q♣, and Di Giacomo kindly revealed he had A♣K♥.
Yi Ye got her 65,000 remaining chips in from the cutoff and was at risk against Leonard Maue in the small blind.
Yi Ye: A♦A♣
Leonard Maue: A♠J♠
Ye made a flush on the 5♦10♥K♦J♦3♦ runout to secure the pot and survive her all-in.
Rodrigo Selouan raised to 6,000 from under the gun, and Mihai Niste called on the button.
The dealer spread a K♠4♦Q♣ flop, and when Selouan continued for 7,000, Niste called.
There was no slowing down from Selouan on the 10♥ turn, as he bet a more substantial 45,000. After taking a moment to consider, Niste called.
The innocuous 6♠ completed the board, and Selouan loaded the cannon before firing a third barrel, moving all in, having Niste's stack of 132,500 covered.
Niste spread his time extensions out in front of him and ended up using all five of them before calling.
It was bad news for Niste, as Selouan rolled over A♣J♥ for Broadway. Niste flipped over his K♦10♠ as was customary before heading away from the table.
On separate neighboring tables, Giovanni Rosadoni and Dimitrios Anastasakis were also eliminated, leaving the tournament just four spots from the money.
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