Roger Hairabedian raised it up with the 
and was called by Christian Stratmeyer with the 
. They checked the 
flop and Hairabedian bet the 
turn, which Stratmeyer called. After the 
river, Hairabedian bet 25,000 into 120,000 and Stratmeyer folded.
Level: 17
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 0
There are just 1:33 minutes left at the current blinds and they will then go up to 6,000/12,000. Below are the counts and the big blinds for the next level.
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roger Hairabedian | France | 755,000 | 63 |
| 2 | The Talk | Germany | 136,000 | 11 |
| 3 | Jonas Kronwitter | Austria | 391,000 | 33 |
| 4 | Christian Stratmeyer | Germany | 528,000 | 44 |
| 5 | Hassan Mattout | Germany | 62,000 | 5 |
| 6 | Harry Casagrande | Austria | 584,000 | 49 |
| 7 | Andreas Bremer | Germany | 308,000 | 26 |
| 8 | Ossama Khamis | Germany | 107,000 | 9 |
| 9 | Eric Lescot | Belgium | 184,000 | 15 |
Three ways to the 
flop, Ossama Khamis got out of the way when Roger Hairabedian bet and pedjman Hamie raised to 60,000 with 47,000 behind. Hairabedian pushed and Hamie made the call for the following showdown:
Pedjman Hamie: 
Roger Hairabedian: 
The turn was a blank but Hairabedian picked up some outs with a gutshot, which indeed came there on the 
river to reduce the field to the final nine.
There will now be a break of almost half an hour until the final table kicks off.
Over on the feature table, Ossama Khamis was all-in for a mere 37,000 out of the small blind and Roger Hairabedian looked him up from the big blind.
Ossama Khamis: 
Roger Hairabedian: 
Board: 
Khamis flopped the nine-high straight and avoided running outs to a full house in order to remain in contention.
Hassan Mattout got his last 31,000 in from under the gun and was called by Harry Casagrande in the big blind.
Hassan Mattout: 
Harry Casagrande: 
The board came 
and Mattout earned a double on the outer table.
On a three-way flop of 
, Ossama Khamis bet 120,000 and Andreas Bremer was all-in for 43,000 from the hijack, Pedjman Hamie on the button called all-in for 87,000.
Andreas Bremer: 
Pedjman Hamie: 
Ossama Khamis: 
The on the turn gave Bremer two pair and the made that a full house to ensure his triple up, while Hamie won the side pot against Khamis.
Level: 16
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 0
Saeed Rehman was all-in for 37,000 and Roger Hairabedian isolated to force out Pedjman Hamie.
Saeed Rehman: 
Roger Hairabedian: 
The board came and the ace was enough to eliminate Rehman.
After the elimination of Jan-Peter Jachtmann, the action has slowed down again on the outer table with two big stacks and two short stacks in action.
Hassan Mattout won a minor pot off Eric Lescot who was shown a high on ace-high flop.
Up next, Lescot bet the 
flop for 10,000 and Harry Casagrande raised to 30,000, which shut down Lescot once more.
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