To avoid stalling on various tables the tournament staff has announced hand-for-hand mode five away from the money and this may require some time to reduce the field to the cash bubble.
Level: 19
Blinds: 100,000/200,000
Ante: 200,000
The 132 remaining players have just gone for their last break of the day which will last 20 minutes due to a chip raise.
Jon Kyte raised to 350,000 from the hijack and Artan Dedusha called on the button. Ales Karban moved all in for 725,000 in the big blind and Kyte reraised to 2.0 million. Dedusha let go and the cards were tabled.
Ales Karban: 
Jon Kyte: 
The board came 
and Karban missed out on the money.
Same applies for Richard Sheils, who called all in after the 
turn and showed the 
. Robert Bickley turned over 
for two pair and the 
on the river failed to improve Sheils. Bickley has fond memories of the King's Casino, as the Brit finished 4th in the €10,300 WSOPE Main Event in 2017 at this very venue.
At the same time the floor was called to a nearby table. Oliver Heidel had check-raised big on a flop of 
, making it 2.275 million to go. Vojtech Ruzicka announced all in and Heidel was sent into the think tank. The clock was called on him and Heidel eventually folded.
There are only 132 players remaining and the money bubble is looming.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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22,000,000 | 11,400,000 |
|
19,700,000 | 2,700,000 |
|
17,300,000 | 15,040,000 |
|
7,200,000 | -2,300,000 |
|
6,200,000 | -2,900,000 |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
Joao Simao just eliminated Timo Kamphues with queens against ace-king and is playing a more than 3 times average stack right now.
The floor just announced that all the dealers need to announce the all-ins and calls at their tables so they are aware of exactly how many players there are left. The bubble is approaching soon.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
25,000,000 | 14,800,000 |
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Busted |
On the three-way flop of , Oliver Heidel check-raised all in for 3.62 million out of the big blind against a continuation bet of 625,000 and a call by Imad Fakhro in the small blind. The third player in the hand folded and Fakhro called.
Oliver Heidel: 
Imad Fakhro: 
The turn and river secured the big double for Heidel.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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12,200,000 | |
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12,000,000 | 2,000,000 |
|
10,700,000 | 5,400,000 |
|
10,500,000 | -1,500,000 |
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9,500,000 | -4,100,000 |
|
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9,500,000 | 5,400,000 |
|
5,300,000 | 1,770,000 |
Ryan Franklin was already all in from under the gun and awaited his fate while Christopher Andler and Rickie Silcock in the big blind were still active in the hand and checked the 
flop. On the 
turn, Silcock bet 1.8 million and Andler folded.
Ryan Franklin: 
Rickie Silcock:
Franklin needed a nine and a nine only to avoid missing out on the money, but a blank river failed to improve the American.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
18,500,000 | -2,500,000 |
|
9,200,000 | 7,330,000 |
|
Busted | |
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Busted |
Ivan Sheptytskyi shoved all in for 1,970,000 from the under-the-gun position and was called by Philipp Gruissem in the cutoff. Joseph Parsons confirmed the amount and then decided to also shove from the button for 2,795,000. Gruissem called once more.
Ivan Sheptytskyi: 
Joseph Parsons: 
Philipp Gruissem: 
The board ran out 
- Parsons won the hand with the jacks in his hand and Sheptytskyi was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
10,000,000 | -2,000,000 |
|
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7,950,000 | 5,370,000 |
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Busted |
Towards the very end of the previous level Vishal Maini took a big hit to his stack and lost nearly half of it to table neighbor Lander Lijo.
Lijo's cutoff raise was called by Maini and the Spaniard bet one third of the pot on the 
flop. Lijo then bet the turn for 750,000 and Maini called before the Spaniard shoved the 
river. Maini called with 
only for Lijo to turn over 
for trips treys.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
9,000,000 | 5,400,000 |
|
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5,300,000 | -5,000,000 |
After a raise by Nicholas Kearns for 325,000, Robert Auer shoved for 3.215 million and Kearns quickly called.
Robert Auer:
Nicholas Kearns: 
The board of 
failed to improve Auer and he was sent to the rail, Samantha Cohen is also no longer in the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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18,500,000 | 10,700,000 |
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17,000,000 | 15,900,000 |
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13,700,000 | -2,300,000 |
|
13,000,000 | -3,300,000 |
|
12,200,000 | 3,200,000 |
|
|
12,000,000 | 5,300,000 |
|
11,000,000 | 3,800,000 |
|
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10,600,000 | 4,500,000 |
|
9,500,000 | 3,200,000 |
|
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8,800,000 | 1,500,000 |
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8,400,000 | 2,940,000 |
|
7,500,000 | 500,000 |
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5,000,000 | 5,000,000 |
|
4,800,000 | 2,415,000 |
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4,800,000 | 1,750,000 |
|
12,000 | -16,988,000 |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
