Only 22 players remain and they have been sent into a scheduled five minute break.
Half of them will leave empty-handed and just earn the bounty prizes they have accumulated thus far, as the top 11 spots will get paid.
Thomas "WushuTM" Muehloecker got his stack in preflop with the 
and was looked up by Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson on the button with the 
.
The board ran out 
and that spelled the end for Muehloecker.
He was joined on the rail by Dinesh "NastyMinder" Alt who three-bet jammed the button with the 
. Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi called from under the gun with the 
and got there on the 
runout.
Simon "simon1471" Higgins limped the button and Joao "Naza114" Vieira filled up from the small blind, which then prompted a raise to 70,000 by Artur "mararthur1" Martirosian in the big blind. Higgins stuck around and called a first continuation bet of 54,285 on the 
flop.
Martirosian then bet the 
turn for 218,680 and Higgins jammed for 838,331 only to get snap-called.
Simon "simon1471" Higgins: 
Artur "mararthur1" Martirosian: 
Higgins needed the case trey for quads but the river was a blank 
to reduce the field to the final 24 contenders.
Within quick succession, "Spotzilla666" and Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi have been eliminated. Shakerchi called a raise to 28,000 by Rodrigo "seijistar" Seiji in a battle small blind versus cutoff and called a shove on the 
flop with 
.
Seiji tabled the 
for a gutshot and nailed the turn, the river furthermore improved his hand.
Shakerchi then re-entered for the fourth and final bullet right before the registration closed with 25 players remaining out of 95 entries.
The action got underway with a raise to 30,800 by Scott "Aggro Santos" Margereson and Brunno "botteonpoker" Botteon three-bet to 98,000 from one seat over in the cutoff. What followed was the four-bet shove by Margereson and Botteon called.
Scott "Aggro Santos" Margereson: 
Brunno "botteonpoker" Botteon: 
On a board of 
, Botteon flopped a pair of kings and earned yet another knockout.
Ludovic "ludovi333" Geilich and Thomas "WushuTM" Muehloecker had battled on the final table of the previous WCOOP $10,300 High Roller last night and both met again in a bigger pot.
Geilich opened to 31,875 in the hijack and was called only by Muehloecker on the button. They checked the 
flop and Geilich check-called 32,010 on the turn. The Scotsman check-raised the river from 106,273 to 293,056 and was called by Muehloecker to turn over for the nuts.
"serggorelyi7" raised to 28,000 and was called by Preben "prebz" Stokkan on the button. Adrian "Amadi_017" Mateos moved all in for 145,331 in the big blind and "serggorelyi7" reshoved, which Stokkan called as the biggest stack.
Adrian "Amadi_017" Mateos: 
"serggorelyi7": 
Preben "prebz" Stokkan:
Mateos flopped top pair on 
and remained in the lead throughout the 
turn and 
river to triple up while "serggorelyi7" hit the rail.
Maxime "Daghemuneguu" Chilaud got his shorter stack in from the button with the 
and was isolated by Andy "wiisssppppaa" Taylor in the small blind with the , who jammed and forced a fold from Andras "probirs" Nemeth.
On a board of , Taylor's hand remained best on all streets and he earned the bounty prize.
Level: 13
Blinds: 7,000/14,000
Ante: 1,750
Chris "Big Huni" Hunichen jammed a short stack from the button with the 
and was called by Preben "prebz" Stokkan in the big blind with the 
. The 
board sent Hunichen to the rail and he re-entered almost immediately.
One hand later, Ludovic "ludovi333" Geilich lost a flip with against the of "serggorelyi7" to take a small hit to his stack on a 
runout.
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