Only 48 players currently remain in contention for the guaranteed prize pool of $1,000,000, which will be split as follows among the top 11 finishers.
| Place | Prize (in USD) |
|---|---|
| 1 | $238,966 |
| 2 | $184,676 |
| 3 | $142,719 |
| 4 | $110,295 |
| 5 | $85,237 |
| 6 | $65,872 |
| 7 | $50,907 |
| 8 | $39,341 |
| 9 | $31,510 |
| 10-11 | $25,238 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet was among the latest batch of entries but in fact busted once and re-entered just before the registration closed.
Van Fleet then three-bet jamme around 12 bigs with the 
and was called by Michael "merla888" Gathy with the 
in a battle small blind versus button.
The board ran out 
and Gathy made aces an eights.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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696,892
446,892
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446,892 |
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Busted |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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David "dpeters17" Peters was sent to the rail by Ole "wizowizo" Schemion not long ago and the German wizard of the live and online poker circuit also knocked out Guillaume "Nolet20" Nolet.
In a battle of the blinds, Schemion jammed for an effective 14 blinds with 
into 
and left Nolet drawing dead on the turn of a 
board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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814,384
486,616
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486,616 |
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Busted |
Level: 16
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 2,500
As the frantic post registration period is somewhat slowing down, Mike "SirWatts" Watson chipped up to more than half a million. His under the gun raise was called by "Prof. Hitman" who check-called 20,000 on the 
flop and 80,000 on the 
turn.
They checked the 
river and Watson earned the pot with 
versus .
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,830,937
415,608
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415,608 |
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974,390
724,390
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724,390 |
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880,670
77,193
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77,193 |
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802,560
347,772
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347,772 |
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725,782
166,361
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166,361 |
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549,526
9,922
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9,922 |
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327,604
77,604
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77,604 |
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316,753
318,547
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318,547 |
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Rob "batoelrob" Hollink got his stack in preflop with the 
an "Prof. Hitman" looked him up with the on the button.
The board ran out [Ah84s6hJc] and that was it for Hollink.
Up next, Scott "Aggro Santos" Margereson departed, as did Pascal "Pass_72" Lefrancois, Andrey "drupa-lucker" Chernokoz and Jonathan "corback_fr" Therme.
Christoph "26071985" Vogelsang was more fortunate when he flipped for his tournament life with against the 
of Teun "tinnoemulder" Mulder. The 
board delivered the ace on the turn.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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993,135
267,353
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267,353 |
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849,424
301,185
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301,185 |
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617,911
515,045
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515,045 |
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Busted | |
"fishbones11" raised to 70,000 while in the small blind and Chris "Big Huni" Hunichen called from the big blind. On a flop of 
, "fishbones11" continued for 100,000 and folded when Hunichen jammed it up.
One hand later, Pascal "Päffchen" Hartmann raised to 40,000 and Sami "Lrslzk" Kelopuro three-bet to 110,000. Japan's "fd39" called in the big blind and Hartmann folded.
The flop brought 
and "fd39" check-raised from 50,000 to 200,000 with 117,991 behind, then called all-in when being raised.
"fd39": 
"Sami "Lrslzk" Kelopuro":
No king or queen appeared on the 
runout as Kelopuro scored yet another knockout.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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1,774,987
555,941
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555,941 |
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937,364
249,619
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249,619 |
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683,561
5,014
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5,014 |
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449,813
255,413
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255,413 |
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207,508
207,508
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207,508 |
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Busted | |
The remaining 32 players have been sent into a scheduled five-minute break.
