Yury Salikaev got his short stack in from the button and Arne Coulier looked him up from the small blind.
Yury Salikaev: 
Arne Coulier: 
Coulier flopped big on 
and the 
on the turn sealed it. Salikaev was the first to make the money-jump to €12,080.
After a raise by Jason Wheeler, table big stack Jerome L'Hostis three-bet to 42,000 out of the big blind. Wheeler moved all in and L'Hostis called while the camera crews headed to the table to film the action.
Jason Wheeler: 
Jerome L'Hostis: 
After a run out of 
, Wheeler's queens failed to hold up, and L'Hostis became the first player to claim more than one million in chips.
Chunjie Liu raised to 13,000 and short stack Igor Yaroshevskyy shoved from the button for 63,000, which Liu called once the blinds got out of the way.
Igor Yaroshevskyy: 
Chunjie Liu: 
The board ran out 
and Yaroshevskyy headed to the rail, where he was soon followed by Romain Lewis.
Only a few minutes were played in the new level and Andreas Hoivold three-bet shoved his short stack from the big blind. Shijirbaatar Sanjaasuren as initial raiser from under the gun quickly called.
Shijirbaatar Sanjaasuren: 
Andreas Hoivold: 
The board ran out 
and that was it for the former EPT Main Event champion.
Chip counts of most of the remaining players after level 16.
Level: 17
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 1,000
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According to the screens, there are just 75 players remaining and they have been sent into the second 20-minute break of the day. The T-500 chips will now be raced off and another three levels of 90 minutes remain for today.
Nicolas Fuentes Vidal opened to 12,000 from the hijack and Make Teltscher three-bet to 32,000 from the cutoff. Vidal then moved all in and Teltscher called.
Nicolas Fuentes Vidal:
Mark Teltscher:
The board ran out 
and Teltscher was ready to leave his chair. "I think you have me covered," Vidal said and his stack was counted to be 95,000. Teltscher had some 10,000 more and busted soon after with against the pocket tens of Arne Coulier. Thiago Crema and Faraz Jaka were also eliminated as well at the end of the level.
What a day for Romain Nardin! The French online wizard started the day with 35,500, just seven big blinds. Compare that to Nick Petrangelo, who started the day as the chipleader with 562,000. After two levels however, the Frenchman is in charge and Petrangelo is out of the tournament.
After a raise to 11,500, Martin Jacobson three-bet to 40,000, nearly all his remaining chips. Petrangelo flat-called the reraise, Nardin put in a four-bet and Jacobson called with his remaining stack.
Petrangelo wasn't done yet, as the American tournament crusher five-bet shoved all in for 350,000. Nardin wasn't backing down and called Petrangelo's shove, suddenly creating the biggest pot of the tournament so far.
Romain Nardin:
Nick Petrangelo: 
Martin Jacobson: 
Petrangelo kept the lead in the massive pot after the dealer fanned out a low flop of 
The 
on the turn was safe as well for the American. As if it was scripted, the fell on the river and just like that, the huge pot got shipped to Nardin.
Jacobson out, Petrangelo out. Wow!
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