Robert Galant was spotted on his way out of the tournament area. "Ace king into kings, I had 92,000 and he called on the button," the Dutchman confirmed. Said opponent was Jaromir Hanel, who leaped above the average thanks to the elimination of Galant.
In the meanwhile, Jason Wheeler raised to 20,000 and Besnik Lalinovci three-bet jammed for 178,000 to win the pot uncontested.
Level: 18
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
Only 78 players remain and they have been sent on a scheduled 20-minute break in which the remaining T-500 chips will be raced off.
With around 120,000 in the middle to the 
flop, Fausto Tantillo checked in the hijack and then called a bet worth 32,000 by Vincent De Neve on the button. Tantillo check-called for another 150,000 on the 
turn and the 
river was knuckled back by De Neve.
Tantillo rolled over the 
for the top pair and that earned the pot for the Italian.
At the river on a board of 
Martin Kabrhel bet 37,000 and insisted he was not bluffing Anil Ataoglu. After more table talk Ataoglu managed to find the hero call and was right. Kabrhel showed 
Ataoglu rolled over 
to win the pot. Kabrhel still insists he wasn't bluffing as he had one pair (of fives).
On the table next door, the clock was called on Sebastian Langrock for tanking under the gun. The bubble is soon approaching and stalling tactics have been engaged by some already.
With some 200,000 in the middle to the 
river, Claudio Di Giacomo checked and then faced the shove by Abdel Khalil. The Italian asked for a count and the push by Khalil was for 178,000 total. Some thirty seconds later, Di Giacomo called and Khalil revealed the 
for the nut flush.
That was good enough for the double, as Di Giacomo briefly flashed his 
for queens and jacks before paying off his opponent.
The chip changes on table 84 kept coming at a rapid pace as Nicolas Maillaud came back from a very short stack. He then tangled with Silviu Baltateanu in another preflop contest with the latter at risk for 182,500.
Silviu Baltateanu: 
Nicolas Maillaud: 
As has been the case for showdowns involving the Romanian lately, he filmed the showdown with his phone and provided the commentary. "Ace on the turn" he said when he saw the good news on the 
board to secure his double-up.
Roland Dietz was not as fortunate on the same table and busted, Luca Beretta and Josef Gulas also came up short on other tables in their last showdowns.
On a flop of , Nicolas Maillaud bet 16000, which was called by Tom Cohen. The turn brought the and Maillaud put Cohen to the test by going all-in. Cohen rocked his head up and looked at the King's Poker Arena ceiling before eventually folding.
Dogan Guengoer was the only recent casualty but that then changed when two all-in and call took place over on table 109 within very quick succession.
Ali Reza Youzbashi Dizaji had reraised to more than one third of his stack and eventually got it in when facing resistance by Martin Scharfetter.
Ali Reza Youzbashi Dizaji:
Martin Scharfetter:
The 
board was no threat for the superior pair and Youzbashi Dizaji doubled for 187,500.
Shortly after, Amir Turbic jammed for 73,000 from under the gun and Bogdan Munteanu called from one seat over.
Amir Turbic: 
Bogdan Munteanu: 
Neither player connected with the 
board and Turbic's live cards plus flush draw bricked off.
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