Christian van der Haegen pushed all in for 126,000 and was called by Erwann Pecheux, the remaining opponents all folded. It was the 
for van der Haegen and the 
for Pecheux, who would lose the coinflip on a board of 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
300,000 | |
|
260,000 | 161,000 |
Barny Boatman pushed all in from under the gun for 37,000 and was called by Dimitri Monfroy as well as Alexander Ivanov, who was all in for 18,000 on top. Monfroy looked the short stacks up with 
but didn't get there against the 
of Ivanov and the 
of Boatman on a board of 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
120,000 | 70,000 |
|
36,000 | -4,000 |
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After a preflop all in between Jean Marie Vandeborne and Jean Michel Texier, the last PMU online qualifier was at risk with 
. Vandeborne had him dominated with 
and would score the knockout after a board of 
.
As only 27 players remain, there will be a short break to move everyone to the final three nine-handed tables.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
700,000 | 420,000 |
|
Busted |
The two short stacks Alexander Ivanov as well as Bart de Roose got their stacks in and de Roose was at risk for 84,000 with . Ivanov had him dominated with 
but was left with very few big blinds after a board of 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
190,000 | 100,000 |
|
|
40,000 | -111,000 |
Bart de Roose was the shortest stack and moved all in with . He got called by an opponent with 
and doubled on a board of 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
90,000 | 28,000 |
Barny Boatman was all in from under the gun and Jean Michel Texier called for less with . Boatman only had the 
and couldn't get there on a board of 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
340,000 | 170,000 |
|
|
50,000 | -70,000 |
[Removed:373] moved all in for 166,000 and was called by Julien Duveau, all other players got out of the way. "Give me spades," Duveau asked when he spotted the 
of Gross, flipping over his own 
. "Don't be so greedy," the German returned.
The flop already provided the sweat and sure enough Gross was drawing dead after the turn. The meaningless 
river completed the board and Gross was sent to the paydesk in 29th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
880,000 | 120,000 |
![[Removed:373]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
|
Busted |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,030,000 | 5,000 |
|
900,000 | -10,000 |
|
760,000 | 70,000 |
|
|
692,000 | -68,000 |
|
595,000 | 275,000 |
|
542,000 | 297,000 |
|
542,000 | 342,000 |
|
497,000 | 17,000 |
|
497,000 | 77,000 |
|
480,000 | 185,000 |
|
463,000 | -37,000 |
|
445,000 | 356,000 |
|
418,000 | -32,000 |
|
388,000 | 8,000 |
|
378,000 | -42,000 |
|
370,000 | -100,000 |
|
330,000 | -85,000 |
|
|
300,000 | -20,000 |
|
290,000 | -20,000 |
|
290,000 | -80,000 |
|
|
280,000 | 30,000 |
|
270,000 | |
|
|
190,000 | 70,000 |
|
|
151,000 | 79,900 |
|
|
150,000 | -20,000 |
Level: 21
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 2,000
