Tom Vogelsang raised to 135,000 in the hijack, Johan Guilbert three-bet to 400,000 in the cutoff, and Vogelsang called.
The flop came 5♣3♥3♣ and Guilbert continued for 375,000. Vogelsang called, and the 9♠ fell on the turn.
Guilbert then bet 1,300,000, but Vogelsang came back with an all-in shove for 3,600,000. Guilbert snap-folded.
Igor Yaroshevskyy raised to 120,000 in the cutoff and Matthias Eibinger called on the button. Gha Iakobishvili then three-bet to 550,000 in the small blind.
Yaroshevskyy came back with a four-bet to 1,200,000 and Eibinger quickly folded. Iakobishvili, though, used a few time banks before he also gave up his hand.
Ottomar Ladva put in his last 120,000 from the small blind and was up against Thomas Muehloecker in the big blind and Tom Vogelsang in the cutoff.
Vogelsang bet 100,000 on the A♦8♠2♣ flop and Muehloecker folded.
Ottomar Ladva: A♠8♦ 
Tom Vogelsang: 9♣9♠
Ladva had flopped top two pair to take the lead, and the rest of the board ran out Q♦Q♣ to earn him a triple up.
The remaining 14 players have made their way to the Onyx Club, and action is about to begin with 20 minutes remaining in Level 17.
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| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Matthias Eibinger | Austria | 4,115,000 | 69 |
| 1 | 2 | Gha Iakobishvili | Russian Federation | 6,100,000 | 102 |
| 1 | 3 | Sergio Fernandez | Spain | 1,095,000 | 18 |
| 1 | 4 | Daniel Thaller | Austria | 2,450,000 | 41 |
| 1 | 5 | Maher Nouira | Tunisia | 825,000 | 14 |
| 1 | 6 | Quan Zhou | China | 2,200,000 | 37 |
| 1 | 7 | Igor Yaroshevskyy | Ukraine | 3,000,000 | 50 |
| 2 | 1 | Johan Guilbert | France | 8,565,000 | 143 |
| 2 | 2 | Ottomar Ladva | Estonia | 120,000 | 2 |
| 2 | 3 | Thomas Muehloecker | Austria | 5,440,000 | 91 |
| 2 | 4 | Joseph Oren | United States | 7,570,000 | 126 |
| 2 | 5 | Fahredin Mustafov | Bulgaria | 1,120,000 | 19 |
| 2 | 6 | Justin Steinbrenner | Austria | 445,000 | 7 |
| 2 | 7 | Tom Vogelsang | Netherlands | 4,515,000 | 75 |
"I need another miracle," Thomas Eychenne said as he had most of his stack committed in the big blind. Justin Steinbrenner then moved all in from the button, and Eychenne tanked for a few minutes before folding.
Eychenne was forced all in from the small blind the next hand and the rest of the table folded, leaving him heads-up with Sergio Fernandez in the big blind.
Thomas Eychenne: 10♥5♣
Sergio Fernandez: Q♦5♥
Both players hit two pair on the K♣5♠K♥ flop, but Fernandez remained ahead with his queen-kicker. The rest of the board ran out J♣2♣ and Eychenne was eliminated on the money bubble.
The remaining 14 players are going on a 75-minute dinner break, after which they will relocate to the Onyx Club upstairs for the final two tables. Action should resume around 7:50 p.m. local time.
Joseph Oren has been raising nearly every pot during hand-for-hand play and taking most uncontested.
In his latest pot, Quan Zhou opened to 130,000 under the gun and Oren three-bet to 325,000 on the button. Zhou called, and they saw a flop of 9♠3♦4♥.
Oren then bet 250,000, and Zhou called. The turn was the 6♣ and Oren bet 600,000. Zhou took a minute before sending his cards into the muck, as Oren took down another pot.
Thomas Muehloecker and Igor Yaroshevskyy checked to the turn on a board of K♥3♠9♦3♥. Mueloecker then led out for 120,000 from the small blind, and Yaroshevskyy called on the button.
Muehloecker bet another 350,000 on the K♠ river, and Yaroshevskyy again called. Muehloecker showed K♦6♣ for a full house to win the pot.
Johan Guilbert raised to 120,000 under the gun and was called by Matthias Eibinger in the cutoff and Tom Vogelsang in the big blind.
Guilbert continued for 125,000 on the K♣5♥2♥ flop and both opponents called. Action was checked to Eibinger on the J♥ turn and he bet 275,000. Only Vogelsang called.
Vogelsang checked to Eibinger on the 10♦ river, and he checked back this time. Vogelsang showed J♦J♠ for a set, and Eibinger mucked.
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