Levent Baskaya raised from middle position to 16,000. Chris Karagulleyan called from the hijack seat and Georges Hanna called from the button. The three players saw the flop come 
. Bskaya and Karagulleyan checked before Hanna fired 30,000. Baskaya folded and then Karagulleyan folded the 
. Hanna didn't show and scooped the pot.
Rob Peltekci was hoping to improve upon his fifteenth-place finish last year, but two excruciating hands have brought his Main Event to an end.
On the first hand, Kfir Yamin raised to 17,000 from middle position and Peltekci called from the hijack. The flop came down 
and Yamin made a continuation bet of 17,000. Peltekci called and the 
hit the turn. Yamin fired 50,000 and sent Peltekci into tank for a good five minutes, standing up and running his hands through his hair.
"So sick," said Peltekci. "The river needs to be a queen," as he called the bet.
On cue, the 
popped off on the river and Yamin didn't seem to mind, immediately moving all in. Peltekci went through the motions again, clearly not liking the river queen. Yamin agreed to show his hand regardless and after about three minutes, Peltekci folded 
face up. He reached for Yamin's cards, flipping over 
.
The next hand, Peltekci called all in after Van Marcus went all in on a 
board. Showing 
, Peltekci hated to see Marcus turn over 
. Even worse, Marucs turned a full house with the 
to take away the flush outs. The river was the 
and Peltekci, just like that, was eliminated from the tournament.
Zsolt Vasvenszki has been on a heater since coming back from dinner and his Antoine Abou Khalil was the latest to see his tournament end because of it.
All in preflop with 
, Khalil needed to improve against Vasvenszki's 
. The board ran out 
and Khalil was eliminated.
From the cutoff seat, David Benyamine raised to 15,000. Kfir Yamin called from the big blind and the flop came down 
. Yamin checked and Benyamine checked.
The turn brought the and both players checked again to see the fall on the river. Yamin fired 22,000 and Benyamine called.
Yamin tabled the 
and won the pot.
The players are now on a 10-minute break. Only 21 remain and that's just three spots from the money!
Level: 18
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
Van Marcus opened from under the gun to 22,000. David Benyamine shipped it for 148,000 from the next seat and action folded back to Marcus. He thought about it for a bit and then folded the . Benyamine showed the .
The board read 
and with about 90,000 in the pot, Kerem Kiyak went all in for about 105,000. Mathieu Clavet thought for a few moments before he called and put Kiyak at risk.
Clavet: 
Kiyak:
Clavet's call paid off as the turn and 
river locked up the hand for him. Kiyak, however, shouted out, "I win!" upon seeing two pairs on the board. The dealer told him the pair of threes were beat by Clavet's eights.
With the pot, Clavet is up to 600,000 and is second in chips.
With the elimination of Kerem Kiyak, 19 players are left and we are officially on the bubble.
Manig Loeser raised from the hijack seat to 20,000 and Jeff Hakim moved all in from the button for 78,000 total. Loeser made the call and the action was paused while the other tables finished action. Once the other two tables were done, the hands were opened.
Hakim held the 
and Loeser the .
Loeser flopped a nine on the 
flop, but the turn put Hakim back in front with the 
. The river completed the board with the 
and Hakim was able to stave elimination and double up.
