A misstep from our chip leader Alban Juen who made a move on the turn of a board but he was snap-called by Xavier El Fassy who had flopped a set with . Juen flicked his cards in the muck instantly but was forced to retrieve them and show which couldn't catch anything on the river.
Freddy Deeb was all in preflop and was called by Jean Miguel Lacerda and Jerome Brion. The flop came and Lacerda checked, Brion fired a bet of 300,000 and the Portuguese player folded.
Deeb:
Brion:
"Nine, one time!" said Deeb.
The came on the turn and the river meant that Deeb was eliminated in 13th place. He left the table, wishing everyone luck.
On flop, Pete Linton led out and Florian Hoeller called from the cutoff. The turn was the and Linton continued his aggression with a 390,000 bet. Again, Hoeller called. The river brought the into play and Linton now checked. Hoeller, with his lower half of his face covered by his t-shirt, bet 600,000 putting the pressure onto Linton.
Linton was not feeling any pressure if his response was anything to go by because he check-raised all in. This sent Hoeller into the tank for almost three minutes, and at one point he sat with his entire head inside his t-shirt. After checking, rechecking and double recheking his hole cards, Hoeller folded and was shown the for his troubles.
The action passed to Jean Miguel Lacerda on the cutoff and he opened to 135,000 with an addition 700,000 or so behind. The button and small blind folded but Linton raised all in. Lacerda tanked for almost two minutes before letting his hand go.
Having been blinded down to just 260,000, the last of Bassam Elia's chips went in with against Julian Gardner's .
The board came and Elia went ecstatic about doubling up to ten big blinds. The very next hand saw him peel from the small blind against Gardner and check-shove the against a 125,000 bet from the Englishman.
Florian Hoeller had a terrible Level 26 that resulted in his untimely demise.
Ferhad Seyadi opened to 140,000 in late position and Hoeller moved all in on the button for just 300,000. Jerome Brion called in the big blind. The two active players checked down the board, Seyadi winning with ace-high.