On a flop of , Tatiana Willemstein and Mark Voges clashed and it soon became obvious why both got their stacks in. Willemstein had the for bottom set an Voges for top two. Both the turn and river were blanks and Voges was left with very few chips, he bowed out one hand later with against the of Scott Hanna.
One table over, Stanislav Koleno check-called a bet of 5,500 on the flop and the turn went check, check. Koleno then shoved the for effectively 16,000, which is what his sole opponent Aviv Meiri had left. The player from Israel tanked for two minutes and eventually folded.
While that hand went on, Pierre Neuville left and the tournament area and was eliminated.
Mohamed Mamouni lost a big flip with ace-king against the pocket queens of Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier and the Team PokerStars Pro jumped to around 50,000 as a result. Mamouni got the chips back soon after though by eliminating Udo Hemmert.
After a raise to 1,700, Mamouni three-bet to 5,500 and Hemmert moved all in for 20,625. The initial raiser folded and Mamouni asked for a count, then called with . Hemmert only had and the board came .
The seats of Mohammed El Mazouni and Thomas Lentrodt are empty and another player that had just been moved over to table 144 was eliminated by Vlado Banicevic. After starting rather frustrating and quickly losing half of the stack, Banicevic now has more than the average.
The opponent four-bet shoved with pocket tens and Banicevic quickly called in the small blind with the . The board ran out ace-high and neither player hit anything to see yet another player depart from the table.
According to the screens, there are 157 hopefuls remaining out of the 208 players that fired a second bullet in the turbo heat. They are now all heading out of the tournament area, as the final 15-minute break kicked in. The T-25 chips will be raced off and two further levels remain when the cards get back in the air.
Mahmut Yildirim opened to 2,300 and a short stack pushed for his last 11,700. Norbert Raible reraised from one seat over and Yildirim eventually folded. "If I just call and you push, I may have to fold," Raible said and there were some gasps when the cards were tabled.
The short stack had and Raible the . The board ran out and the pot was chopped.
Miroslav Forman raised from early position and picked up a caller by the player in the small blind. Marcin Horecki three-bet and both opponents called. On the flop, the small blind and Horecki checked and Forman bet 6,500. Only Horecki called and checked again the on the turn.
Forman moved all in and Horecki was sent into the think tank. "Aces?" he asked and the clock was called on him soon after. With around 20 seconds left, he called for the last 15,000 and then saw the bad news.
Marcin Horecki:
Miroslav Forman:
The river changed nothing and the PokerStars Team Pro was eliminated.