Christopher Frank raised to 32,000 from Edgard Raffoul moved all in for 440,000 in the cutoff. Artem Voziianov reshoved in the big blind and Frank folded.
Edgard Raffoul: 
Artem Voziianov: 
"I'm the bubble," Raffoul joked as a crowd gathered around the table. The 
flop gave him top pair, and he improved to trips on the 
turn. The 
on the river was safe and Raffoul doubled up.
Frank admitted he folded king-jack after the hand.
Erik Cajelais was gathering a double up as he had been at risk with the 
against the 
big stack of Dawid Smolka.
The board ran out 
which gave Cajelais a full house which bested the flush of Smolka and Cajelais stayed alive close to the bubble.
The bubble is one spot closer as Lennart Strauch was all in for 105,000 from middle position. Alexander Tkatschew reshoved his marginally larger stack from the hijack and everyone else folded. There was a lengthy wait until all other hands finished to run the the hand.
Lennart Strauch:
Alexander Tkatschew:
The flop came 
to give the kings a set and make Strauch pull for a ten. The turn was the and the river was a blank 
to end Strauch's run three short of the money.
Simon Higgins raised to 32,000 from the cutoff before Matthias Lipp three-bet to 125,000 in the small blind. Higgins called and the flop came 
.
Lipp continued for 75,000 and Higgins again called to see the on the turn. Lipp went into his time banks before pushing forward a bet of 350,000.
Higgins quickly called and the river came the 
. Lipp again used a time bank before moving all in for around 600,000. Higgins snap-folded.
"I can beat ace-king," Higgins said.
"You can beat ace-king and you folded," Lipp responded as he dragged in the pot.
The first three hands of hand-for-hand play haven't resulted in any eliminations so far.
The tournament clock currently shows 158 players remaining and play is now going hand-for-hand three spots away from the money.
The flop read 
. From the small blind Dawid Smolka bet 125,000 and was called by Andrey Litvinov who was in the cutoff to grow the pot to around 600,000.
The turn brought the 
to bring three to a royal flush. Smolka led for 400,000 and Litvinoc called after some thought to swell the pot to well over a million.
The river came a blank looking 
. Smolka used a time extension before putting together a bet of 1,200,000 and sliding the assortment of stacks forward.
Litvinov went into the tank and used up three time banks before eventually folding his hand to send a chunk of his stack over to the new chip leader.
Ran Azor was all in for 156,000 from the small blind and up against Alexey Losev on the button.
Ran Azor:
Alexey Losev: 
Losev hit a set on the 
flop, while Azor picked up a straight draw. The Israeli couldn't connect with the 
turn and river and hit the rail just short of the money.
On the first hand of Day 3, Ravid Garbi shoved for his last 135,000 from middle position and Dmitry Gromov reshoved on the button. The rest of the table got out of the way.
Ravid Garbi: 
Dmitry Gromov:
Garbi took the lead on the 
flop with two pair and stayed in front as the fell on the turn. The river came the and Garbi shot out of his seat and made a quick exit as Gromov made queens and sevens to win the pot and bring the field one closer to the bubble.
The remaining 161 players are in their seats and Day 3 is now underway after a slight delay as play kicks off at 12:11 local time.
Level: 19
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 16,000
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