In a battle of the former chip leaders, there was a raising war between Pael Brzeski and Andrei Konopelko with all the chips ending up in the middle.
Brzeski: 
Konopelko: 
The Russian was at risk and couldn't spike the necessary ace on a 
board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,900,000
1,028,000
|
1,028,000 |
|
Busted |
On an 
flop, Ji Zhang bet 75,000 and Berthold Winz check-raised all in. Zhang tanked for several minutes then made the call.
Zhang: 
Winz: 
The 
turn reduced Winz to just one out and Zhang made the nut flush on the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,000,000
630,000
|
630,000 |
|
Busted |
[Removed:40] open shoved for 562,000 and Dominik Panka looked like he was giving it serious consideration but he folded and it was the turn of Ji Zhang to agonise over calling off half his stack. In the end he decided to do it.
Vitagliano showed 
and Zhang showed 
.
Zhang did a little fist pump on the flop 
the turn and river . He won a vital pot on the way to eliminating Vitagliano.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,200,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
Busted |
Players are on their final break of the day.
Level: 25
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 4,000
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,086,000
704,000
|
704,000 |
|
3,430,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
|
2,875,000
1,149,000
|
1,149,000 |
|
|
2,667,000
467,000
|
467,000 |
|
2,593,000
1,018,000
|
1,018,000 |
|
2,579,000
121,000
|
121,000 |
|
||
|
2,140,000
217,000
|
217,000 |
|
2,037,000
554,000
|
554,000 |
|
||
|
|
1,964,000
936,000
|
936,000 |
|
1,872,000
372,000
|
372,000 |
|
1,765,000
1,049,000
|
1,049,000 |
|
1,622,000
653,000
|
653,000 |
|
||
|
1,560,000
112,000
|
112,000 |
|
1,240,000
237,000
|
237,000 |
|
1,150,000
361,000
|
361,000 |
|
1,134,000
69,000
|
69,000 |
|
1,056,000
245,000
|
245,000 |
|
1,041,000
71,000
|
71,000 |
|
951,000
51,000
|
51,000 |
|
863,000
566,000
|
566,000 |
|
853,000
661,000
|
661,000 |
|
639,000
163,000
|
163,000 |
|
599,000
315,000
|
315,000 |
|
578,000
155,000
|
155,000 |
|
576,000
54,000
|
54,000 |
Alexander Kell came back from the break short with under 300,000 and shipped it with 
. He ran straight in to the Robert Schulz.
The board ran out 
. Anything can happen in poker but this time the best hand held up and Kell was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
850,000
274,000
|
274,000 |
|
Busted |
The flop read 
and Slaven Popov bet 75,000. Mikhail Rudoy in the big blind came out with a check-raise to 185,000. Popov made the call and they saw a turn card 
. Rudoy led out for 350,000 and Popov again made the call.
The river was the 
and now Rudoy checked. A bet of 685,000 from Popov wasn’t met with a check-raise this time; it was met with a long tank and a sigh-fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,200,000
770,000
|
770,000 |
|
|
1,500,000
640,000
|
640,000 |
Pieter van Gils opened for 60,000 and saw Piotr Sowinski raise it up to 175,000. From the button Mathieu Clavet moved all in for 343,000. Van Gils re-shoved and Sowinski folded.
Cards on their backs and Clavet had and it could have been worse as van Gils tabled .
The board ran out 
and Clavet got a double up at the expense of van Gils.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
720,000
438,000
|
438,000 |
|
|
520,000
343,000
|
343,000 |
Piotr Sowinski raised to 65,000 preflop and Markku Koplimaa moved all in for about 400,000. Sowinski called instantly and turned over .
"Whoa, what a rush, ace-king, ace-king, kings..." said Koplimaa stating Sowinski's last three hands.
Koplimaa turned over .
The board came 
and Sowinski found his two-outer after Koplimaa had hit a three-outer. The Polish player is now on around 4 million chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,000,000
1,125,000
|
1,125,000 |
|
|
Busted |
