Tournament staff has just informed the dealers and players that a maximum of 10 levels of one hour each or until the last 16 participants will be played, whichever of the two comes first.
Level: 13
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500
The screens show 66 players remaining and they have all been sent into a 20-minute break. In the break, the T-100 chips will be removed from the tournament.
Niko Koop and Ian Simpson have both increased their stacks significantly while a four-way pot took place over on table five just before the break.
Vincentius van Oosterhout bet the flop 
for 20,000 and just Jonny Domstedt called. Both checked the 
turn before Domstedt's bet of 20,000 on the 
river won the pot without showdown.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
492,000 | 199,200 |
|
456,000 | 136,000 |
|
240,000 | 20,000 |
|
230,000 | 30,000 |
Just before the break, Thor Erik Higraff has been eliminated and only 66 players remain.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
The seat of Bert Geens is now occupied by Tom Verbon and three other players have been eliminated very recently as well. Mark Heirman, Vytautas Kacerauskas and Daan Hoogendijk are no longer in the tournament.
Hoogendijk lost a flip for 55,000 chips with 
against the 
of Niels de Wijs and the field has been reduced to 67 hopefuls. Only 36 will make the money and the first break of the day takes place shortly.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
120,000 | 30,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
Mark Verkuylen raised from early position and then got his stack into the middle of the table after finding resistance in the person of Dmytro Gukov out of the big blind. Verkuylen immediately sighed when he spotted the 
of his opponent, holding 
himself.
The board ran out 
and that was it for Verkuylen.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
145,000 | 67,400 |
|
|
Busted |
Jonas ten Cate experienced a very brief and difficult day at the tables before moving all in for 12 big blinds with 
. Niels de Wijs looked him up with 
and the ace-high won it on a board of 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
90,000 | 5,700 |
|
Busted |
The elimination of Rutger Coomans took place in a huge confrontation with Jessy Marillaud. The Frenchman had opened to 6,500 and Cooman three-bet to 18,000 before five-bet jamming for around 180,000 with 
. Marillaud looked him up with pocket kings and the board stayed clear.
Below are some other big stacks as well as the exit of Alexandre Martins.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
380,000 | 200,000 |
|
240,000 | -50,000 |
|
235,000 | 53,000 |
|
200,000 | 95,100 |
|
|
170,000 | 7,000 |
