With all four players surviving their all in, the hands on all tables were completed and the remaining 249 players were sent into their first 30-minute break of the day. Action will resume hand-for-hand two off the money.
One of the four all ins on separate tables included a battle of Spaniards and it was Juan Tome Perez who was at risk, but tabled 
. Carlos Lopez only had 
and the board came 
to let Tome Perez double.
Jose Calvo Rodriguez opened under the gun plus one for 8,000 and action folded to Vladimir Geshkenbein in the big blind. He 3-bet, though we missed the amount as Rodriguez snap shoved all in for 183,000. Geshkenbein snap called.
Jose Calvo Rodriguez: 
Vladimir Geshkenbein: 
The board came 
and Rodriguez doubled and ran away from the table as the break commenced after the hand was over.
From the hijack, Upeshka De Silva was all in for his last 52,000 with 
. Ramon Miquel Munoz had called with 
. As onlookers gathered and the floor came over to do the announcement, the dealer got underway with a flop: 
.
After the on the turn, De Silva shouted "Seven!" at the top of his lungs.
Another loud "Seven!" was heard but to no avail, the river was the 
and Desilva was eliminated three spots off the money.
Francisco Pinho Correia raised from under the gun and called the three-bet shove of Xuan Nguyen in the small blind for 27,000.
Xuan Nguyen:
Francisco Pinho Correia:
The board of 
left Nguyen empty-handed and the field was reduced to the last 250 hopefuls, the tournament will now continue in hand-for-hand mode.
On a flop of 
, Giuliano Bendinelli was all in and at risk for 69,000 out of the big blind and Antonios Koukouras looked him up with the superior stack.
Giuliano Bendinelli:
Antonios Koukouras:
The turn and 
river were both blanks and Bendinelli survived just before the money bubble.
In the first hand, Erik Peters was all in and at risk for 45,500 with the completed board showing 
. Asi Moshe moved all in from one seat over while Gustavo Mastelotto was still to act and eventually folded.
Once the hand proceeded, Peters showed 
and doubled as Moshe only held 
.
We ran into MCOP champion Hakim Zoufri who busted earlier today. He told us he was up to 350,000 at one point on Day 2, but started Day 3 short after a series of unfortunate hands.
He shoved with his last 10 blinds today, making a move early on with 
. The big blind woke up with 
and Zoufri didn't improve.
With the board reading 
, small blind Kevin Stani had a bet of 28,000 in front of him. Samuel "€urop€an" Vousden, seated in late position, tanked for a fair bit before asking if Stani had a good hand.
"I had a bad hand," Stani said.
Vousden wasn't a believer when Stani implied he now had a good hand.
"Do you have a lady?" Vousden asked. Stani double checked his hand and confirmed.
Still, Vousden wasn't convinced and tossed in a 5,000-chip to call.
Stani mucked instantly, and so did Vousden while raking in the chips.
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