Action folded to Van Marcus in the small blind and he limped in. David Benyamine checked his option in the big blind and they went to a flop, which came the 
. Both players checked to see the 
on the turn. Both checked again and the 
plopped down on the river. Marcus fired the minimum for 6,000 and Benyamine called.
What'd he call with? Well, just the 
for jack high. Marcus mucked and the table reveled about Benyamine being the best.
Kelly Kim opened with a raise to 14,000 from middle position and Van Marcus called out of the big blind after confirming how deep Kim was playing. The two took a flop of 
and Marcus check-called a bet of 15,000 from Kim.
The turn brought the 
and both players checked. The river completed the board with the 
and Marcus checked again. Kim fired 34,000 and Marcus tanked for a while. He eventually folded and left himself with 230,000 while Kim increased to 195,000.
Level: 17
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 1,000
It's time for dinner. The players will be back in action in one hour.
Kari Somer opened to 13,500 in early position and Michael Schlobach re-raised all in for about 80,000 from the cutoff. Kelly Kim was in the small blind and he shoved, getting a snap all-in call from Somer.
Somer: 
Schlobach: 
Kim: 
The board came down 
, giving Somer the massive pot.
Kim is down to about 163,000 while Somer vaulted to about 488,000.
Onder Ozdemirler was just eliminated when his pocket nines went down to Zsolt Vasvenszki's pocket queens. The final board was 
and the money went in preflop.
Vasvenszki now has bout 300,000 chips.
Yılmaz Oguz and Van Marcus limped from middle position, David Benyamine limped from the hijack, Kelly Kim called from the small blind, and Kfir Yamin checked his option.
The flop fell 
and it was checked around, landing the on the turn. Kim bet 12,500 and Oguz was the lone caller, until Benyamine went all in for 48,000. Kim called, Ugoz folded, and the hands were revealed.
Benyamine: 
Kim: 
The river was the 
and Benyamine doubled to about 140,000 with the straight. Kim has about 285,000 after the hand.
With the players now seated across three tables and only nine eliminations from the money, play has tightened up quite a bit. This normally happens as the players get closer to the money and start realizing they've almost made it to a cash. The short stacks are holding on while the big stacks aren't trying to jeopardize their position.
Foivos Pettas raised to 12,500 from the button. Kfir Yamin fought back from the big blind with a reraise to 40,000. Pettas folded and Yamin showed us, and only us, the 
as he was pushed the pot.
