Geir Reka Tollerud went all-in from mid-position for approximately 100,000 chips. Jan Riha over-shoved for a little bit more and the players turned over their cards.
Tollerud:
Riha:
Tollerud was just about drawing dead on the flop of giving Riha with a straight. Tollerud was left with no outs when a appeared on the turn despite the fact that he spiked a set on the river.
Tollerud was awarded £1,950 for his 32nd place finish.
Christian Alessi has just been eliminated in the tournament for 37th place collecting £1,800, while shortly after Adrien Allain followed him to the felts after being eliminated in 36th place to win the same prize.
A pay jump followed these two eliminations as every player remaining is guaranteed at least a £1,950 payday.
39 players came back from dinner break guaranteed at least a £1,800 payout vying for the top prize of £62,000. Poland's Damian Porebski was the first player to be eliminated after the dinner break, snagging 38th place for £1,800.
Meanwhile, Cristian Cirtog maintains a slight chip lead with 760,000 chips with Abdul Barakat (749,000 chips) and Julien Rouxel (745,000 chips) close on his tail.
Here is an updated chip count on the remaining players in the field.
Just before dinner break, the United Kingdom duo of Christopher Barnes and Martin Bader were both eliminated from the tournament in 40th and 41st places respectfully for £1,800 each.
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Players are now on a one hour dinner break. Play will resume with blinds at 5,000/10,000 with an ante of 2,000.
It is possible that some of those remaining are still in for a long day after the break as the plan is to either play down to a final table or until after level 22. If it is the latter, play will end at approximately 2:00 a.m. local time.
While under the gun, Willem Wesselink pushed all-in for his remaining 41,000 chips with . He was eliminated from the tournament after an opponent called from the cutoff with and was eliminated despite being ahead in the hand on a flop of . Wesselink was drawing dead on the turn when a ending his tournament in 42nd place for £1,800. Also eliminated around the same time was Daniel Chutrov in 43rd place.
Eliminations are coming at a furious pace. The latest two players to hit the rail were Sandro Spaccarotella and Erik Le Goff. Both players were awarded slightly more than a min-cash with each receiving a payout of £1,800.
giving Riha with a straight. Tollerud was left with no outs when a 
appeared on the turn despite the fact that he spiked a set on the 
. He was eliminated from the tournament after an opponent called from the cutoff with 
and was eliminated despite being ahead in the hand on a flop of 
. Wesselink was drawing dead on the turn when a 
ending his tournament in 42nd place for £1,800. Also eliminated around the same time was Daniel Chutrov in 43rd place.
