Dimitrios Ballas opened the pot and then called when Dimitar Danchev shoved for his last 17,300.
Ballas had the 
and Danchev was looking good with his 
.
Danchev held on a final board of 
to double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
38,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
|
||
Govert Metaal limped in from the hijack for 1,600 and his country man Clyde Tjauw Foe in the small blind completed. Dan Furnival in the big blind squeezed all in for 29,000 even, and the decision was back on Metaal.
Govert, still looking like a boss with the fedora, scarf and sunglasses, asked Furnival 'What shall I do?' Furnival answered' 'I only looked at one card!' while smiling.
Metaal eventually pushed all in as well and Tjauw Foe quickly mucked. 'I folded the winner, six-four off suit' laughed Tjauw Foe as he saw his cards would have been live against Furnival's 
and Metaal's 
.
Tjauw Foe wouldn't have won though, and neither did Metaal. The flop hit Furnival with 
, and the and 
that followed were good for Furnival as well.
Metaal now extremely short, Furnival back in the running.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
61,200
26,700
|
26,700 |
|
55,000
24,900
|
24,900 |
|
5,000
76,600
|
76,600 |
Jouny Hanna opened from early position for 4,500 and got calls from small blind Eugene Katchalov and big blind Vadim Shlez.
On a flop of 
Katchalov checked but Shlez led out for 5,600. Hanna called and Katchalov folded. The turn card was the 
and Shelz continued for 11,700. Hanna raised him to 35,300 and Shelz looked a little crushed but after some thought let his hand go in the face of such aggression.
"We have a break soon, I'll tell you what I had." Hanna told him.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
180,000
61,300
|
61,300 |
|
130,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
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Govert Metall put the last of his 6,000 chips in the middle and got called by three players including the blind.
A flop of 
saw big blind Emmanuel Nakache bet to get the others out of the pot and they folded.
Nakache had hit top pair with his 
and Metaal turned over his 
.
The turn 
and river 
did the trick for Metaal and he sat back down to more than triple up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
24,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
Within the last two consecutive hands before the break, Marton Czuczor went from a short stack to an above average stack when doubling and tripling up. First he open shoved for 25,900 with 
and won the flip against when the 
on the flop made things clear.
The last hand before the break he raised, Arvydas Merfeldas three-bet and Evangelos Tsairis four-bet to 14,100 from the button. Czuczor moved all in for 55,800 and Merfeldas reshoved for 131,100. Tsairis asked for a quick count of the second all in and then called.
Czuczor: 
Merfeldas: 
Tsairis: 
The board ran out 
and gave Czuczor a huge spin and great feeling to head into the break with.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
206,000
46,000
|
46,000 |
|
171,000
137,600
|
137,600 |
|
Busted |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
260,000
62,000
|
62,000 |
|
150,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
140,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
|
135,000
29,000
|
29,000 |
|
|
||
|
125,000
61,000
|
61,000 |
|
103,000
43,000
|
43,000 |
|
||
|
95,000
15,500
|
15,500 |
|
85,000
38,500
|
38,500 |
|
44,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
42,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
37,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
24,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
Bartolomeo-Fulvio Tato opened for 4,400 from middle position. Right next to him was EPT London champ Ruben Visser and he made it 10,200 to go. Action folded back to Tato who added the 5,800 to make the call.
The flop came 
and the Italian checked to Visser. Visser bet out 12,300 and Tato made a min raise to 24,600. Visser shoved for 51,900 and Tato made the call after some tanking.
Visser showed 
giving Tato the news he had some catching up to do with his . Help wouldn't come as the on the turn and on the river were proper blanks.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
129,600
89,600
|
89,600 |
|
|
||
|
|
40,500
23,400
|
23,400 |
We arrived on the scene to find Sanid Alicic all in and at risk before the flop against Benjamin Buhr for his last 22,500. The hands were revealed to show the two flipping for Alicic's tournament life.
Alicic: 
Buhr:
The board came down 
, giving Buhr trip queens for the win. He took down the pot, boosted his stack to 68,000 and eliminated Alicic from play.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
68,000
38,500
|
38,500 |
|
|
Busted |
