Fabrice Soulier was down to as low as 16,000 earlier today and then scored a crucial double up against Christopher Frank. That hand left the German on the short-stack and he bet a flop of for 1,400. Ariel Malnik raised all in with his own short stack and Frank called off with .
Malnik had and the turn left the German with only hearts remaining to stay alive. It wasn't meant to be, as the dealer burned and turned the as final community card.
Albert Daher was eliminated just before the end of the level as well.
Just before the dinner break, Fedor Holz lost 23,500 in chips with pocket aces against the of an opponent, when a king appeared on the flop and the river.
Jeff Rossiter was all in for his last 11 big blinds with and an opponent improved with to score the knockout.
Christian Golob has also been losing chips after previously getting back up to 110,000. With the board being complete, the Austrian bet 6,500 out of the blinds and snap-folded once he got called.
Juan Riera had just arrived at his new table and stacked double as many chips as the last count after dinner break. The Spaniard had opened as the player in the small blind was sitting out and the button three-bet, triggering a call. On a jack-high flop they got it in after a raising war and Riera's set of sevens held up against the pocket queens of the now busted opponent.
Christian Golob flat-called a raise by Thomas Berends and Sara Chafak called as well in the big blind to see a three-way flop of . As usual, Golob was trying to build a pot and that got Chafak out of the way, but Berends stuck around.
On the turn, Berends bet again and Golob moved all in with the to get a snap-call by Berends with . The Austrian was already drawing dead to win the pot and the meaningless river completed the board.
We happened upon a hand already in progress involving Ramin Hajiyev and Alec Torelli. There was already a considerable about in the pot when the former bet 17,100 on the turn and the latter called from the button.
When the completed the board on the river, Hajiyev thought for a solid minute before checking, and Torelli took an equal amount of time before moving all in for roughly 35,000.
Hajiyev hit the tank hard.
"You have jacks?" Torelli eventually asked.
"I do have jacks," Hajiyev replied, sounding a bit impressed. The man from Azerbaijan gave it about 30 seconds more thought, and then released his hand.
With that, Torelli chipped up to 86,400 while Hajiyev dropped to 41,300.
With around 6,000 in the pot and a board reading , Germany's Ole Schemion bet 2,400 from the under-the-gun position and the Netherlands' [Removed:414] called from the hijack. After the completed the board on the river, Schemion bet again, this time 4,150, and he got paid off as Beumers tossed in a call.
Schemion tabled the for two pair, and it was good as Beumers sent his cards to the muck.