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Christopher Wood open-shipped all in from early position for his last 125,000. It folded all of the way around to Benny Spindler in the big blind who instantly dropped forward chips and turned over his cards.
Spindler exposed 
for a lead over Wood's 
. The 
flop was about as dramatic as it could be, giving Spindler top set of kings while Wood made four to a diamond flush. The 
on the turn gave Wood even more outs, allowing him to make Broadway on the river with any ten. Alas for Wood, the 
completed the board and he was eliminated from play. Spindler added to his growing stack which now sits right around 780,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
780,000 | 20,000 |
|
Busted |
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Johnny Lodden was down to his last 108,000 and moved all in preflop, Jakub Mroczek got a count, tanked and then made the call.
Lodden:
Mroczek: 
The flop came 
and Mroczek moved into the lead.
"Give him two pair," said the Norwegian.
The 
on the turn made no difference and Mroczek made a straight on the 
river. The Polish player has increased his chip lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,575,000 | 115,000 |
|
Busted |
Martijn Ardon moved all in for about 140,000 ove the top of Joao Vieira's initial 16,000 raise. The Portuguese player thought for a minute before electing to call.
Ardon : 
Vieira: 
The board ran out 
to make Vieira a flush and he moved above the one-million mark.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,105,000 | 135,000 |
|
Busted |
Team PokerStars Pro Liv Boeree just recapped some of the action we missed after she lost a hand against PokerStars SportStars Fatima Moreira de Melo.
Boeree raised before the flop, Moreira de Melo three-bet and Boeree made the call. On the flop 
popped up and Boeree check-called another bet.
We picked up the action on the turn when the hit and Boeree check-called 70,000.
The river completed the board with the and Boeree checked again after which Moreira de Melo moved all in for her final chips. Boeree snap-folded and Moreira de Melo showed 
.
"I had jacks," Boeree added as she dropped down quite a bit.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
490,000 | -38,000 |
|
378,000 | -117,000 |
We're down to 43 players and that means the current average stack is 470,930 or 58 big blinds.
Allan Andrew Pike was just all in for his tournament life worth around 200,000 chips and he was up against Artur Koren who had him just covered.
Koren: 
Pike: 
The board ran out 
and Pike hit the rail giving Koren some much needed fresh chips to play with.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
585,000 | 511,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Jakub Mroczek opened to 16,000 preflop before Nicolas Chouity made it 40,000 behind him. David Cabrera then cold four-bet to 100,000 in position. It was passed back to Mroczek who moved all in, Chouity folded and Cabrera called quickly.
Mroczek:
Cabrera:
The flop came 
and immediately Chouity let out a loud sigh of seeming disgust. The changed little but the on the river saw Mroczek invoke the mighty Fistpump of Rejoicing™ as he added nearly half a million chips to his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,460,000 | 510,000 |
|
Busted |
Team PokerStars Pro Johnny Lodden may have doubled up a short while ago but he couldn’t hang on to his new found chips.
The final board was 
and a bet of 42,000 from Lodden saw Leo Nordin make the call.
Lodden had 
but was behind all the way to the of Nordin.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
280,000 | 150,000 |
|
|
150,000 | -150,000 |
Marek Uharcek was all in and at risk for his last 108,000 before the flop against Bram Haenraets. The cards were revealed to find Uharcek in need to help heading to the community cards.
Uharcek:
Haenraets:
The dealer fanned a flop of 
, giving Uharcek a bit more hope with an open-ended straight draw. He got there without a sweat, as the dropped down on the turn and filled his straight to the king. The 
finished off the board and Uharcek scored a double to about 235,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
320,000 | -90,000 |
|
235,000 | 85,000 |
