Short-handed play saw the stack of Alexander Zeligman reduced significantly and he then defended the big blind against an open raise by Joshua Boulton. The 
flop brought the last 180,000 of Zeligman into the middle and Boulton looked him up.
Alexander Zeligman: 
Joshua Boulton: 
The top pair for Zeligman held up thanks to the 
turn and 
river, shipping the double over to the table short stack.
The action commenced with an open raise by Lorenc Boci and Paul Trotter then shipped it in for the 290,000 he had behind from two seats over. Boci went into the tank for one and a half minutes and then made the call.
Paul Trotter: 
Lorenc Boci: 
The kicker played a pivotal role on the 
board to end Trotter's run in 18th place. He collects £4,477 for the efforts and all remaining 17 players will aim to play another 50 minutes until bagging and tagging for the night.
Three ways to the 
turn, Ben Slack checked in the small blind and Antoine Saout bet 70,000 out of the big blind. Alexios Zervos called on the button for Slack to check-raise to 205,000 in total. Saout folded and Zervos tossed in calling chips after short consideration.
The 
river was checked and Slack won the pot with the 
.
Level: 23
Blinds: 10,000/25,000
Ante: 25,000
Paul Trotter made it 50,000 to go from under the gun and Julien Sitbon opted to just call in the big blind. They checked the 
flop and Sitbon led the 
turn for 30,000, earning a call from Trotter.
Sitbon then also bet the 
river for 105,000 and Trotter paid it off to get shown the 
, which ended up as the winning hand for Sitbon.
The action started with a cutoff raise to 40,000 by Julien Sitbon and Henrik Hecklen pushed for the last 240,000 in the small blind. Sitbon asked for a count and came along.
Henrik Hecklen:
Julien Sitbon: 
The flop came 
and Sitbon said "that's a good start" to which Hecklen asked for a nine on the turn. Instead, the 
appeared but Hecklen still had plenty of outs at his disposal. The river was another blank as the 
paired the board to eliminate Hecklen in 19th place for £4,477.
Henrik Hecklen was all-in before the flop and Kully Sidhu also got his last 215,000 in as well.
"I think you gonna win this time," Hecklen said even though he was ahead with versus . The prediction of the Dane came true on the 
board and both switched positions on the leaderboard.
Sidhu was then all-in with 
against the 
of Liudas Didenka and there was no four-card flush shenanigans.
In the meanwhile, Dongze Hao had a bet worth 200,000 on the 
river paid off by Rickie Vedhara. Hao rolled over the for a full house to chip up further and consolidate his big stack.
Antoine Saout opened the action with a raise from under the gun to get called by Alex Whitenstall. The flop fell and Whitenstall checked, Saout bet 35,000 and the check-raise for one third of Whitenstall's remaining stack.
The shove by Saout was then called by Whitenstall to create the following showdown.
Alex Whitenstall:
Antoine Saout:
Whitenstall's pair and flush draw was up against aces with the nut heart blocker. No help came along on the 
turn and the river ensured that the rich got richer. Whitenstall's exit in 20th place comes with a payday of £4,477.
Raymond Caabay was the far shortest stack on his table and waited for a spot to get the chips in. Some six and a half blinds were at his disposal in the cutoff and that's when he jammed. Dongze Hao in the big blind glanced at his cards and snap-called when it was his turn to act.
Raymond Caabay: 
Dongze Hao:
Caabay spiked an open-ender on the 
flop to have a guaranteed chance at survival no matter what the next card were. The turn was the and the 
river send Caabay to the payout desk to collect £3,895 for the efforts.
Alex Whitenstall moved all-in once to steal the blinds and antes. He then raised to 40,000 and Antoine Saout eyeballed his stack before making it 110,000 to go from one seat over. Out of the big blind, Alberto Speranzoni also checked Whitenstall's stack, who counted it out, and the Italian then moved all-in for around 650,000.
Whitenstall folded and Saout snap-called.
Alberto Speranzoni:
Antoine Saout:
Speranzoni knew even before he rolled over the cards that his pocket pair was dominated. The board delivered no help and that spelled the end for Speranzoni in 22nd place for £3,895.
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