Steven Fandozzi opened on the button for 25,000 and Alexandre Pruneau moved all in from the small blind for 215,000. The big blind got out of the way and Fandozzi made the call to put Pruneau at risk.
Alexandre Pruneau: 
Steven Fandozzi: 
The board ran out 
, giving Pruneau two-pair but unfortunately for him made Fandozzi a rivered straight to send the Canadian to the exit in 23rd place.
Level: 22
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 20,000
| Table | Seat | Name | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Jose Severino | Panama | 191,000 | 16 |
| 1 | 3 | Brunno Botteon | Brazil | 568,000 | 47 |
| 1 | 4 | Jeffrey Snook | Canada | 225,000 | 19 |
| 1 | 5 | Lukas Chiciak | Canada | 320,000 | 27 |
| 1 | 6 | Jonathan Little | United States | 285,000 | 24 |
| 1 | 7 | Vicente Delgado | Spain | 590,000 | 49 |
| 1 | 8 | Maria Ho | United States | 405,000 | 34 |
| 2 | 1 | Elliot Smith | Canada | 655,000 | 55 |
| 2 | 2 | Martin Johnstone | England | 500,000 | 42 |
| 2 | 3 | Andy Wilson | England | 425,000 | 35 |
| 2 | 4 | Allan Barnes | Canada | 920,000 | 77 |
| 2 | 5 | Katie Lindsay | United States | 163,000 | 14 |
| 2 | 6 | Steven Fandozzi | United States | 1,210,000 | 101 |
| 2 | 7 | Alexandre Pruneau | Canada | 72,000 | 6 |
| 2 | 8 | Ludovic Geilich | Scotland | 1,010,000 | 84 |
| 3 | 1 | Micha Hoedemaker | Netherlands | 322,000 | 27 |
| 3 | 2 | Maria Konnikova | United States | 710,000 | 59 |
| 3 | 3 | Dmitriy Reznikov | Russia | 340,000 | 28 |
| 3 | 4 | Christian Rudolph | Austria | 756,000 | 63 |
| 3 | 5 | Sebastian Toro | Colombia | 375,000 | 31 |
| 3 | 6 | Paul Dewald | United States | 895,000 | 75 |
| 3 | 7 | Mateusz Moolhuizen | England | 830,000 | 69 |
| 3 | 8 | Sriharsha Doddapaneni | India | 2,200,000 | 183 |
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The action was picked up in a pot of roughly 80,000 on a flop of 
. Sriharsha Doddapaneni bet out 55,000 from the small blind and Iliodoros Kamatakis raised to 150,000 from the big blind. Doddapaneni made the call and the 
hit the turn.
Doddapaneni checked to Kamatakis who elected on a sizing of 250,000. Doddapaneni pondered for a few moments, but eventually made the call.
On the 
river Doddapaneni checked again and Kamatakis moved all in for over 500,000, which Doddapaneni snap-called with the bigger stack. Kamatakis mucked his hand and Doddapaneni tabled 
for a full house to take down an over two million chip pot.
Simultaneously on another table Tamas Adamszky was eliminated in 24th place.
Level: 20
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 12,000
Action was heads up with over 150,000 in the pot and 
on the board when Allan Barnes checked before Andrew Chen bet 158,000 leaving 2,000 behind. After a long tank, Barnes flicked in a chip to call and turned over 
for a pair of fours. Chen had the dusty 
and Barnes took the huge pot with fours and deuces.
On the next hand, Chen was committed for his last 2,000 in the big blind and Barnes was the only suitor from the small blind. Chen turned over 
and Barnes had 
. The board ran out 
and Chen was out of the tournament.
Martin Johnstone opened to 20,000 from under the gun and only Maria Ho called from the cutoff. The flop came 
and Johnstone checked over to Ho who bet out 15,000. Johnstone made the call and the hit the turn.
Johnstone checked a second time and Ho sized to 30,000. Johnstone took a moment to weigh his options, but decided on a fold and the pot was sent to Ho.
Meanwhile on the other tables, Alexandre Raymond and Dinesh Alt were sent to the exit in 27th and 26th place.
In a heads-up pot with just over 50,000 in the middle on a flop of , Ludovic Geilich checked from the small blind to Mateusz Moolhuizen next to act who bet 30,000. Geilich made the call and the 
peeled off on the turn.
Both players elected on a check to the river. Geilich took the betting lead with a sizing of 98,000, and without much thought, Moolhuizen tossed his cards in the muck.
Meanwhile on the other table, PokerStars Ambassador Guillermo Sanz was sent to the rail in 29th place.
Andrew Chen was all in for just over 100,000 and Maria Konnikova was the caller. The cards were already turned up.
Andrew Chen: 
Maria Konnikova: 
The board ran out 
and Chen made the Broadway straight to double through Konnikova.
Meanwhile, Satish Surapaneni was seen leaving the tournament area.
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