Gianluca Speranza was all-in for 900,000 and at risk against Fernando Nieto.
Gianluca Speranza: 10♦10♣ 
Fernando Nieto: A♠Q♥
Speranza's tens were ahead in a race, and Nieto bricked the 4♣3♥2♥J♠7♣ runout.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,450,000
950,000
|
950,000 |
|
1,900,000
1,655,000
|
1,655,000 |
Action folded to Fernando Nieto in the small blind, who jammed on Mykyta Andrusiak with the covering stack, and Andrusiak snap-called for his stack of 1,000,000.
Mykyta Andrusiak: 7♣7♠
Fernando Nieto: A♠Q♣
Andrusiak was ahead in a race, but the ace was in the window on the A♦J♣5♠ flop, and he could not find a two-outer from there, the 3♥5♦ turn and river completing the runout.
Istvan Varga and Mo Xu were also seen vacating the tournament area having busted.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,400,000
3,100,000
|
3,100,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Mo Xu opened to 100,000 and called off, somewhat reluctantly, against a three-bet jam from Mariona Riba of 315,000.
Mariona Riba: Q♣Q♥
Mo Xu: 10♥10♣
Riba had the goods, and there were no surprises on the A♠J♠9♥5♣A♥ runout.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
720,000
225,000
|
225,000 |
|
|
415,000
375,000
|
375,000 |
Eugenio Peralta had opened large from the button, leaving himself not much behind, and had to call off versus a jam from Morten Lie in the small blind, although it was clear from the look on his face he didn't like the spot.
Eugenio Peralta: 3♠3♥
Morten Lie: 10♥10♠
Peralta was crushed and he couldn't find a two-outer on the A♣K♣9♦Q♣2♠ runout. "Close", smiled Peralta as the river hit, as he gave Lie a fist bump before departing the table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,000,000
230,000
|
230,000 |
|
Busted |
Franklin Hincapie scored a double-up in the last hand before break, after his A♦Q♦ bested Tero Laurila's Q♣J♣ on the queen-high runout.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,000,000
1,150,000
|
1,150,000 |
|
280,000
630,000
|
630,000 |
Giorgio Calligaris opened to 50,000 from early position, and received a call from Constantin Erhan on the button, before Marios Zervoudis reached for chips to three-bet to 215,000.
There was a bit of confusion as Zervoudis wanted to three-bet more, but made a double-motion with his chips. There was a roughly five-minute delay, while the floor was called and the action was debated. The floor ruled that the three-bet to 215,000 stood. Calligaris called but Erhan folded.
The K♣10♠9♣ flop was checked through to the 10♦ turn, where Zervoudis fired out a bet of 180,000. Calligaris called.
The 4♦ river completed the board, and Zervoudis slid out a bet of 380,000. Calligaris didn't think for long before flicking in a calling chip.
Zervoudis hesitated to show his cards, and Calligaris immediately turned over 3♦3♠ for two pair, tens and threes, and started celebrating before Zervoudis had even revealed his hand.
Zervoudis smiled, and mucked, sending a huge pot to Calligaris.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,975,000
1,305,000
|
1,305,000 |
|
1,000,000
575,000
|
575,000 |
|
450,000
600,000
|
600,000 |
Simone Demasi opened to 60,000 from middle position, and was met with a three-bet to 135,000 from Flavius Vlasiu in the cutoff. Action folded back to Demasi, who called.
On the J♠10♦5♥ flop, Demasi check-called in the face of a bet of 50,000 from Vlasiu.
The 9♥ turn was checked through to the A♠ river, where Demasi checked once more. Vlasiu fired out a bet of 225,000, leaving himself only 5,000 behind.
Demasi took some time for thought, but ultimately flicked in a calling chip. Vlasiu tabled A♥2♥ for a pair of aces, but Demasi was good with 10♣9♣ for two pair.
Vlasiu was left with crumbs, and busted a couple of hands later.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,000,000
900,000
|
900,000 |
|
Busted |
All of a sudden a shout of celebration went up from Table 4, and Fehmi Cherif was up out his chair shouting "Yes!".
The reason became clear after his A♠A♦ had secured a full double-up versus Luca Martin's Q♣Q♦ on the 10♣6♣3♥3♠2♦ runout.
Cherif continued to celebrate exuberantly, prompting the tournament director to ask him to calm down.
"No my friend, people play poker like robots, not me, I'm here to enjoy my time. I'm just a fish in the middle of the sharks, poker needs more players like me.", his monologue causing much mirth at the table.
Eventually Cherif was persuaded to retake his seat, as he went about stacking his chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,200,000
715,000
|
715,000 |
|
660,000
540,000
|
540,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
A shout of frustration came out of Marios Zervoudis at Table 5, and the reason became apparent after he ran a king-high flush into Julian Bartholmes' ace-high flush to double-up his opponent.
Zervoudis held K♦J♦ and Bartholmes A♦Q♦ on the 9♦7♦6♣9♣3♦ runout, in a brutal cooler.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,400,000
792,000
|
792,000 |
|
|
1,050,000
800,000
|
800,000 |
