Luigi Macaluso three-bet to 8,000 in the big blind and Fabrice Body called on the button.
The flop came 2♠3♠4♠ and Macaluso moved all in for 30,000. Body snap-called.
Luigi Macaluso: 9♥9♣ 
Fabrice Body: Q♠5♠
Macaluso showed an over-pair, but Body turned over a flopped flush and left Macaluso looking only for running cards to stay alive. The 10♥ turn and 10♣ river were no help and Macaluso was sent to the rail.
Level: 10
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
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Players are going on a 60-minute dinner break. Action should resume around 8:45 p.m. local time.
The tournament clock currently shows 169 entries, with 83 players remaining. There is one more level of late registration remaining in this flight.
"Anas Tadini, the chip leader," Rachid El Yaacoubi yelled out from across the room.
Tadini was a spectator on the next hand at his table, but Ramon Sol challenged him for the chip lead after taking out Sory Sidibe.
Three-handed on a flop of 9♦6♦5♠ and around 20,000 in the pot, Sol, Sidibe, and Kuljinder Sidhu checked to the K♥ turn. Sol then bet 10,000 from the hijack, Sidibe moved all in for 35,000 on the button, and Sidhu folded. Sol, though, snap-called with K♣6♣ for two pair, while Sidibe could only show K♠Q♥.
The K♦ river improved Sol to a full house and earned him the bustout, boosting his stack up to around 200,000 as players headed off on dinner break.
"Absir" bet 3,000 from middle position on a flop of 9♥6♠3♠ and "Wallace EN" called in the hijack. Benjamin Hammann then raised to 12,500 in the big blind and "Absir" moved all in for 45,000.
"Wallace EN" tanked for a few minutes before eventually folding, flashing two queens. Hammann, though, snap-called to put "Absir" at risk.
"Absir": J♥J♠
Benjamin Hammann: Q♠9♦
"Wallace EN" found out he would've been ahead if he had called, but "Absir" spiked the J♦ on the turn to make a set. The river was the 7♠ and "Absir" doubled up.
"He has a crystal ball," tablemate Christopher Dowling said.
Action folded to "Pablo" who limped in from the small blind. Luigi Macaluso then raised to 6,000 in the big blind, "Pablo" moved all in, and Macaluso called for his last 20,000.
Luigi Macaluso: Q♣7♥
"Pablo": A♣9♦
Macaluso had been caught making a move and needed help to survive. The Q♦4♥2♠ flop gave him top pair to take the lead, while the rest of the board came 10♥5♦ and Macaluso doubled up.
With around 20,000 in the pot on a flop of 9♠7♥6♣, "Mark" bet 15,000 from the hijack before Kuljinder Sidhu moved all in for 30,500 under the gun.
"I don't have any idea what to do," "Mark" said as he eventually called.
Kuljinder Sidhu: K♦K♠
"Mark"; J♥9♦
Sidhu was ahead with his kings, but the J♦ turn improved "Mark" to two pair. The river was the Q♠ and "Mark" took the pot to send Sidhu to the rail.
Level: 9
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
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