A preflop raising war saw Scott Wellenbach all in and at risk with big stack Joao Simao as his opponent on the button.
Scott Wellenbach: 
Joao Simao: 
The board came 
and Wellenbach's kings held up to secure a big double for 526,000.
Danny Tang opened on the button. Timo Kamphues, in the small blind, three-bet shoved for around 160,000. Tang called.
Danny Tang: 
Timo Kamphues: 
The board ran 
and Tang raked in the pot, eliminating Kamphues.
Max Lehmanski and Javier Gomez Zapatero saw a 
flop together after Lehmanski had opened from a short stack. Lehmanski's remaining stack of a little over a 100,000 went in and Gomez called him off.
Max Lehmanski: 
Javier Gomez Zapatero: 
Lehmanski had some outs to still win, although Gomez was blocking two of his straight outs. The turn and 
river kept Gomez' hand best, and Lehmanski was ousted in 48th place.
Tommy Nguyen keeps building his stack and the latest hand saw him knock out a short-stacked Stefan Peukert, who jammed blind on blind for just 80,000.
Stefan Peukert:
Tommy Nguyen: 
The board of 
provided an ace on the flop to improve Nguyen and Peukert was eliminated in 49th place. Their table broke right after, as only 48 hopefuls remain in contention.
Scott Clements raised it up to 25,000 from the cutoff, Erwann Pecheux three-bet shoved around 190,000 from the small blind and Clements snapped it off.
Erwann Pecheux: 
Scott Clements:
There weren't any kings for the French pro on 
, bringing his Main Event came to an end in the third level of the day.
Daniel Strelitz opened to 20,000 from early position. Mark Radoja, in the big blind, called.
The dealer spread a flop of 
. Radoja checked. Strelitz bet 15,000. Radoja check-called.
The turn came the 
and was checked around to the 
river. Radoja threw in a bet of 55,000, that was enough to claim the pot.
Pavel Veksler was already stacking up the last of Keith Nassetta's chips after the latter had gone all in with . Veksler had 
and the pair remained best to send Nassetta to the payout desk in 53rd.
Stefan Peukert pushed for 99,000 first to act and Marc Perrault called out of the big blind.
It was a classic flip with the 
for Peukert and the 
, which ran out in favor of Peukert thanks to a board of 
.
Perrault was down to 89,000 and shoved to get called by Tommy Nguyen with the
The board came 
and that spelled the end for Perrault.
Mihai Manole already had burned through two time banks on a board facing a 120,000 bet from Pierre Calamusa. Manole eventually flung a single chip wildly in the middle to call.
Calamusa showed 
for a busted flush draw and Manole rolled over the winner with .
Level: 19
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
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