From early position, Szabolcs Donka got the remainder of his stack for around 16 big blinds in and the action folded all the way around to Daniel Harwood in the big blind. He had folded previously to a shove, but this time he called with .
Alexis Fleur raised from the button and called the shove of table neighbor Eric Cech in the small blind with pocket sixes. Cech had the and got there thanks to a board of . Fleur remains above one million while Cech has half of that.
Naoufel Bennani-Smires opened to 45,000 and Jose Astima moved all in. Bennani Smires asked for a count and called when it was deemed to be for 567,000. Astima had the and Bennani-Smires turned over .
The flip went to the Frenchman, as the board came .
Soon after, Astima had Clement Tripodi at the brisk of elimination only to lose 474,000 with against the of his fellow countryman.
At the last break, Jay Samani was among the bigger stacks but dwindled all the way down to just 300,000. He recovered a few chips and then got it in with for half a million in chips. Daniel Harwood woke up with an even bigger pair, holding the , and the board came .
"I am happy," Samani said and left the table with a smile before heading to the payout desk.
It was a big flip for Christopher Day that would have gotten him back on track, but instead the Brit got rivered by Alexis Fleur. Day was all in and at risk for around 450,000 with the and Fleur had the two over cards with .
The board came and, as Yuriy Boyko said just before the showdown, the "ace king is good."
"Did you see my king-three? That was literally my best hand for the last four hours," Matt Perrins said after he had just busted. Perrins doubled with said hand before to stay in, but just now he pushed from the cutoff for the last 213,000 and Jose Astima called in the small blind.
Matt Perrins:
Jose Astima:
The board ran out and the treys stayed ahead to eliminate Perrins.
The remaining 31 players have been sent into a 15-minute break and will return for one additional level before bagging and tagging. With 24 left a redraw will take place.
In a battle of the blinds, Peter Bergman raised and Lucian Tartan got his short stack of 215,000 in with a decent pocket pair. The only problem was the fact that Bergman had woken up with the best of it.
Lucian Tartan:
Peter Bergman:
The board came and the full house of the Swede sent Tartan to the rail in 31st place.
previously to a shove, but this time he called with 
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and the board came 
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and the aces were good.
. Fleur remains above one million while Cech has half of that.
and Bennani-Smires turned over 
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against the 
and Fleur had the two over cards with 
