Fadhil Farag and Salman Behbehani got all the chips in the middle with Farag the player at risk but tabling . Behbehani wasn’t too pleased to see that as he turned over his .
The cards fell . Safe enough for Farag who doubled through Behbehani.
From the cutoff Christian Favale raised to 9,000 and the player on his left made the call before Xavier El Fassy moved all in from the big blind for 122,500. Favale took his time before ultimately moving all in, and that got the player on the button to fold right away.
El Fassy:
Favale:
The board ran out and El Fassy left the tournament room looking utterly disappointed after busing out a few spots away from the money.
Marko Neumann fired a bet of 54,500 on the river of a board against PokerStars SportStar Fatima Moreira de Melo. de Melo tanked for a long time, apologising to the table for the amount she was taking before eventually making the call.
Neumann turned over for a turned set to win a big pot.
A short-stacked Danny Blair was all in and at risk before the flop for his last 50,500 against Benny Spindler. The cards were tabled to show the two racing for Blairs tournament life.
Blair:
Spindler:
The board fell down , keeping Spindler's pocket fives out in front. Blair was eliminated just short of the money and Spindler brought his stack to 295,000.
We're down to 98 players and that means just three more players will leave the tournament empty-handed while the others will be guaranteed to take home at least £7,750.
Kamal Choraria raised to 8,500 and Ignat Liviu responded with a three-bet to 18,000. Martijn Ardon was next to act and he made the call, after which the action folded to Choraria who moved all in for 62,000.
"All in," Liviu announced and his shove was for a total of 80,500.
"Oh man, can I get a count?" Ardon asked.
The chips were counted out exactly and Ardon said, "I can't believe I'm folding this hand as he finally threw it into the muck."
Choraria:
Liviu:
"I folded jacks for 20 big blinds, what the f***," Ardon said in disgust, but also happy he found a way to avoid running into aces.
The board ran out and Liviu knocked out Choraria while Ardon saved himself a big chunk of chips.
Jens Lakemeier opened the action and faced a three-bet from Kevin MacPhee. Lakemeier ran over his options for a while in his head. He had the shorter stack and the bubble was fast approaching. The option he went for was the four-bet jam btu MacPhee snapped him off.
Lakemeier tabled and found he wasn’t being messed with as MacPhee had .
The final board of spelled his doom and Lakemeier was out in 98th place with nothing for his troubles.
Zachary Korik open-shipped for 68,000 from the button and [Removed:119] wasted little time calling from the small blind. The big blind folded and the hands were put on their backs.
Korik:
Bensadoun:
The flop came down , pairing Korik's ace and giving him a new hope to stay alive in the Main Event. The fell on the turn, meaning Korik needed only to dodge a five on the river in order to stay alive. The river was the and Korik was pushed the double up chips. He now has about 140,000 to his name while Bensadoun has dropped to 230,000.
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. Behbehani wasn’t too pleased to see that as he turned over his 
. Safe enough for Farag who doubled through Behbehani.
and El Fassy left the tournament room looking utterly disappointed after busing out a few spots away from the money.
and all the money went in the middle with Herold the player at risk.
but he turned out to be in excellent shape against the 
of Dilling.
and river 
bricked out to give Herold a timely double up close to the money bubble.
board against PokerStars SportStar Fatima Moreira de Melo. de Melo tanked for a long time, apologising to the table for the amount she was taking before eventually making the call.
for a turned set to win a big pot.
, keeping Spindler's pocket fives out in front. Blair was eliminated just short of the money and Spindler brought his stack to 295,000.
and found he wasn’t being messed with as MacPhee had 
.
fell on the turn, meaning Korik needed only to dodge a five on the river in order to stay alive. The river was the 