Viorel Gavrila defended his big blind against Abdelhakim Zoufri and check-called a bet worth 7,100 on the 
turn. He then checked the 
river and Zoufri carefully counted his stack before pushing for around 42,000. Gavrila snap-folded and the Dutchman collected the pot.
Joining the action on the 
turn, Enrico Campanile bet 12,000 out of the big blind. Sergiu Covrig let go from an early position while Matthias Wieser called in the cutoff. The 
followed on the river and Campanile pushed forward his stack of T-5,000 chips. Wieser called all-in for 48,000 and tabled 
for the nut straight, which beat Campanile's 
for turned two pair.
The defending champion Andrea Ricci and Aliaksandr Shylko, a finalist of the last edition, have both been eliminated.
Former big stack Agostino Scozzari had taken multiple hits and then eventually jammed a flop of 
to claim a pot of around 60,000. However, he received a snap-call by the table chip leader Luc Ta within fewer than one full second.
Agostino Scozzari: 
Luc Ta: 
Scozzari's double gutshot failed to get there on the 
turn and the river, sending him to the rail in the last level of the night.
In a preflop all-in contest, Cristiano Ferreira was the player at risk for 79,500 and needed plenty of help against Valerii Firstenko.
Cristiano Ferreira:
Valerii Firstenko:
The 
flop was a promising start and the 
turn locked up the double with the nut flush, making the river a formality.
Level: 9
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 1,600
Upon completion of level eight, the remaining 132 players out of 332 entries have been sent into a scheduled 15-minute break. One more level of 60 minutes awaits all those in pursuit of making Day 2.
Level eight nears the end with the field cut into more than half. Notable casualties as of lately include Vladimir Bozinovic, Michal Schuh, and Kees van Brugge.
Abdelhakim Zoufri as among those to enter Day 1a in the late stages and he has essentially doubled his stack. The latest add-on came courtesy of Andrea Ricci when the Dutchman check-jammed the 
turn for 61,900. Ricci had invested 15,000 and tank-folded.
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