Li Chen had adjusted his strategy from preflop all-in jams and instead played a larger pot with post flop action against Claudio Di Giacomo. They had more than 350,000 into the middle to the 
turn and that's when the inevitable shove by Chen followed.
Di Giacomo asked for an exact count and folded once it was deemed to be for 283,500 total.
Luc Ta banged his hands on the table after he scored a big pot by eliminating Kai Uwe Lach. The board and his cards were still tabled as he had flopped a straight with the 
on a 
board.
According to Symeon Alexandridis, Lach got it in on the flop with pocket aces to draw very slim before hitting the rail.
Josef Gulas and Robert Galant got their chips in the middle preflop.
Josef Gulas: 
Robert Galant: 
The board ran out 
which gave Galant the nut flush and a double-up, but both players are in a sticky situation as they both have less than 20 big blinds heading towards the bubble.
Only 85 players remain as the eliminations kept at a rapid pace. Within the next one dozen casualties, the money bubble will be reached.
On a board of 
Arthur Schafer bet 100,000. Claudio Di Giacomo was deep into the tank and found a call. Schafer rolled over 
which was enough for Di Giacomo to throw his cards into the muck.
On a neighboring table a verbal all-in could be heard from the mouth of Martin Paap. There was contemplation from a number of players at the table including big stack Lukas Zaskodny, but it wasn't to be and Paap grabbed the dead money in the pot.
Vito Labarile had been a bigger stack for the last few levels but that all changed in a big clash with Marek Sulc. It was the most classic of pocket pair duels when Sulc had the best of it with 
. Labarile's 
were trailing as they got it in preflop and the 
board awarded the double to Sulc for 440,000.
Labarile had some 120,000 behind and busted shortly after.
"Yes, yes, I win", Li Chen loudly celebrated as he had just doubled for 165,000 against Arthur Schafer. On a board of 
, the of Chen were best when they piled it in preflop once more.
Soon after, Andreas Puhl was at risk for 90,500 with the and Chen looked him up holding the . The inferior pair got there on the 
board and Puhl snapped a picture of the bad beat before heading to the rail.
A big pot developed between Dorian Melchers and Fausto Tantillo with the latter raking in all the chips eventually. It only got in after the 
river when Tantillo's 
made a set. The cards of Melchers were in the muck already as he pushed over his stack towards the dealer and the table chat indicated ace-queen for the Frenchman.
Patricke Zehnder was eliminated a few minutes ago when he ran into the 
of Rene Crha, who made the top set on the 
board.
Soon after, it was Martin Kabrhel who kept firing from under the gun against Milan Joksic in the hijack. Kabrhel bet the 
turn for 90,000 and the river for 85,000. Joksic called both times and Kabrhel revealed the 
for a set of sevens to chip up further.
Level: 17
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
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