After the next two eliminations, the field has been reduced to the last 23 only and they will redraw to the last three tables with less than two minutes left on the level.
No action took place anymore in the last hand of the level and the players were sent into a 15-minute break. Some chips were colored up and the new T-25,000 denominations will be introduced after everyone comes back.
| Seat | Table 1 | Table 2 | Table 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joe Johnson | Nicolas Beker | Javier Zarco |
| 2 | David Urban | Nathan Manuel | Mladen Ivanov |
| 3 | Jonathan Therme | Firas Nassar | Robert Willis |
| 4 | Tiago Da Silva Freitas Branco | Harry Lodge | Enzo Del Piero |
| 5 | Sebastien Buonomo | Benjamin Morrison | James Akenhead |
| 6 | Yuriy Boyko | Mikael Guenni | Eric Le Goff |
| 7 | Jonathan Clark | Nicolas Cardyn | Valentin Frunze |
| 8 | Liv Boeree | empty | Neophytos Neophytou |
Level: 18
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
"It feels like a home game, I like this place," Liv Boeree said and Harry Lodge agreed after both were about to get back from their break and head to different tables. The floor staff also confirmed that the dinner break will take place after the end of level 19, which means two levels of 60 minutes each are still to be finished until then.
In a battle of the blinds, the action escalated between David Urban and Jonathan Therme. The latter was all in for 181,000 with the 
and Urban needed some help with 
in order to avoid a big loss. The flop of 
gave him a gutshot, however neither the 
turn nor the 
river helped the Slovakian and he had to forfeit two third of his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
380,000 | 170,000 |
|
90,000 | -195,000 |
Eric Le Goff started the hand with a raise from early position and Javier Zarco reraised before Le Goff then shoved for around 170,000. Zarco called and Le Goff had a flip for his tournament life.
Eric Le Goff: 
Javier Zarco: 
The 
flop improved Le Goff, but the 
turn saw the Frenchman drawing dead. The 
on the river was a mere formality, but would have given Zarco the better hand also, and the Spaniard joined the top of the leader board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
586,000 | 216,000 |
|
Busted |
Valentin Frunze opened to 18,000 from under the gun and Neophytos Neophytou called from one seat over. The action folded to James Akenhead and he pushed for 128,000 in the big blind. Frunze reraised all in and Neophytou quickly folded.
James Akenhead: 
Valentin Frunze: 
After a blank board of 
, the next big name was sent to the rail as Akenhead had to settle for 22nd place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
330,000 | 60,000 |
|
Busted |
After a raise by Joe Johnson from the hijack, David Urban shoved his last 100,000 or so from the cutoff and the action reached Tiago Da Silva Freitas Branco in the small blind. The Portuguese announced all in for around 200,000 and Johnson called.
David Urban:
Tiago Da Silva Freitas Branco: 
Joe Johnson: 
The 
flop improved Johnson to a set and the 
turn and 
river kept the Brit in the lead to eliminate two opponents. Johnson jumped in the lead and there were suddenly just 19 players left.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
770,000 | 530,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Another short stack had patiently waited for a chance to double up and that was Mladen Ivanov. Neophytos Neophytou had raised to 18,000 on the button and called the shove worth 50,000 to put Ivanov at risk.
Mladen Ivanov:
Neophytos Neophytou:
The flop brought some gasps at the table, but that was nothing compared to the river card. But first, the 
fell and changed nothing just yet. Then, the final community card was turned over and it was the to restore the preflop order and give Neophytou the higher full house.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
180,000 | -70,000 |
|
Busted |
