There has been an expected change of pace as we get get closer to the money. The short stacks have been tentative about committing their stacks, with the more middling and big sized stacks scooping blinds all over. Still 97 remain.
Andrey "Premove" Skvortsov made it 119,480, raising Connor "blanconegro" Drinan's open which brought in the 
. Action checked through to the 
river where Drinan fired for 185,760 and was called.
Drinan, missed his straight draw and bluffed with his pair of fives but was picked off by Skvortsov who had two kings in his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,013,552 | 1,204,660 |
|
|
649,404 | 649,404 |
Level: 23
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 0
The shortest stack "Old brock" committed the last of his chips calling the bi-blind three-bet from Rui "Silden4filho" Bouquet.
Rui "Silden4filho" Bouquet: 
"Old brock": 
"Old brock" paired his five and flopped a flush draw on the 
flop, moving ahead in terms of equity, however the 
turn 
river meant Bouquet's aces held.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
473,030 | 473,030 |
|
Busted |
"barbababa9" moved in his three big blind stack and had two callers in Mike "gorodski" Gorodinsky and Andriy "Andre_Hansen" Lyubovetskiy.
The flop dropped the 
which checked through to the 
turn, Gorodinsky fired small but was enough for Lyubovetskiy to fold.
Gorodinsky was ahead with just a pair of nines in their hand but the at risk "barbababa9" had a plethora of outs.
Mike "gorodski" Gorodinsky: 
"barbababa9": 
The river came the 
to bust "barbababa9" meaning we are now in the money.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,283,846 | |
|
803,507 | |
|
Busted |
Level: 24
Blinds: 12,500/25,000
Ante: 0
"HudsonCE" called Olli "Erä_Koira" Ikonen's 70,000 open to bring in the 
flop. Ikonen then called the Brazilian's raise after betting the flop for their tournament life.
"HudsonCE": 
Olli "Erä_Koira" Ikonen: 
The turn gave the chip leader the straight but Ikonen still could hit any five to river a better straight, however the 
river was not what he was looking for.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,215,738 | 1,577,356 |
|
Busted |
WSOP Gold Bracelet winner Connor "blanconegro" Drinan has had a day of ups and downs but he'll definitely be smiling after scooping a 1.2 million chip pot and busting "Unkn0wn123" in the process.
Drinan raised to 75,000 and his opponent called to see the flop which was brought in the 
. Drinan fired for another 150,000 then called the all-in from "Unkn0wn"
Drinan flopped an open-ended straight draw which was behind his opponent's top pair, Drinan was still behind on the 
flop which also brought in a flush draw for the player. The river confirmed his flush and he raked in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,585,464 | 936,060 |
|
Busted |
Bengt "pkrbt" Sonnert limp-called the 112,500 raise from Max "goodeh99" Silver. Both players shipped it on the 
flop.
Silver had an over pair to go along with his nut flush draw, Sonnert was drawing to two immediate outs as he just had a pair of nines and only a nine-high flush draw. The 
completed both players flushes but a nine eluded Sonnert on the 
river
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,768,566 | 295,930 |
|
Busted |
Level: 25
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 0