Serdar Demircan defended the big blind and then got it in for 35,000 with 
for two pair on the 
flop. Alexis Longhe looked him up with the 
to instantly find some outs on the 
turn. However, the 
river ensured another double for Demircan and he told the good news to Oliver Said one table over.
The pace of eliminations has certainly slowed down in the last level of the night as there are still 51 hopefuls in contention.
Among them are Rene Kuhlman and Robin Valting, who can be found over on table one. On a 
river, Kuhlman bet 5,000 and Valting called with very brief hesitation. Kuhlman tabled the 
for the second pair but Valting had the best of it with 
for the top pair.
Dylan Kirstein and Alexis Longhe had already battled back and forth on their previous table. They were then moved and ended up next to each other on the new table, once more tangling on numerous occasions.
The latest hand brought them to the 
river. With 24,000 in the middle, Kirstein bet 5,000 and Longhe raised to 15,000. Serdar Demircan was about to call the clock on Kirstein, who then folded that very second.
Longhe tabled his for just a pair of nines to further increase his stack.
Finland's Joni Liimatta pushed all-in with the superior stack out of the small blind and
Serdar Demircan called all-in for the 23,500 he had left behind.
Serdar Demircan:
Joni Liimatta: 
"Just let me win one all-in please," Demircan bemoaned his previous run-bad at the table. The wish was granted thanks to the 
board as he stuck around with a double.
"Hey Oliver, I finally won an all-in," he joked as Oliver Said walked over to see what had happened.
In a battle of players from Romania, Cosmin Balan was the player at risk for 33,500 and up against Nicolae Hotoleanu.
Cosmin Balan: 
Nicolae Hotoleanu: 
The pair held and made a straight on the 
board for Balan to double with his short stack.
Sylvere Paillot had been among the bigger stacks early in the day but he won't return for Day 2 after his aces were cracked. From under the gun, he had picked up the and was in prime shape against the 
of Michel Blank. His opponent flopped top pair but spiked another jack on the river for trips.
Left with a single chip and forced all-in next, Paillot missed out on a miracle comeback to depart in the last level of the night.
Level: 11
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
In the last hand of the level, Alexis Longhe opened to 6,000 and Dara O'Kearney flat-called in the cutoff. Joni Liimatta then pushed for more than 50,000 and Longhe folded, as did O'Kearney.
Right after the hand was over, the players headed into a scheduled 20-minute break for the chip race of the T-100 denominations.
The players are already preparing the race-off of the T-100 chips during the upcoming final break of the night. No longer required to do that are David Hu and Ronnie Espensen as they both departed from table four.
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