| Seat | Table 1 | Table 2 | Table 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Koray Aldemir | Daniel Monosson | Jean-Noel Thorel |
| 2 | Jason Mercier | Alexander Uskov | Rainer Kempe |
| 3 | Justin Bonomo | Steve O'Dwyer | Philipp Gruissem |
| 4 | Rafael Moraes | Isaac Haxton | Scott Margereson |
| 5 | Daniel Dvoress | Nick Petrangelo | Erik Seidel |
| 6 | Fedor Holz | Oliver Weis | Salman Behbehani |
| 7 | Timothy Adams | Jan Eric Schwippert | John Juanda |
| 8 | Mikita Badziakouski | Joao Simao | David Peters |
Daniel Monosson opened the cutoff for 20,000 and Igor Kurganov on the button three-bet to 55,000. Big blind Philipp Gruissem cold-four-bet to 135,000 and Monosson gave up. Kurganov shoved for 420,000 and Gruissem called.
Philipp Gruissem: 
Igor Kurganov: 
The board ran out 
and Kurganov exited in 25th place. Down to 24 players now, time for a redraw.
Koray Aldemir (cutoff) got his 83,000 in before the flop against Erik Seidel (hijack). Seidel started the hand with 99,000 and 
while Aldemir had 
. The board ran out 
and Seidel was down to his last 16,000.
Mike Watson shoved for 83,000 from the hijack. David Peters on the button wasn't afraid to put in chips as he had 
and looked him up. Watson had 
and was live, but would not hit: 
.
Level: 11
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 1,000
Daniel Dvoress got his last 145,000 in before the flop against Koray Aldemir. Dvoress had 
up agains tthe of Aldemir. The board ran out 
and Dvoress doubled up, leaving Aldemir short.
Ivan Luca raised to 40,000 with 13,000 behind. Small blind Jan Eric Schwippert pushed all in and Luca called with ace-seven. Schwippert had ace-jack and while Luca hit a seven, Schwippert made a straight to send the Argentinian home.
Level: 10
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
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