The money bubble is now being played in hand-for-hand mode on all tables. For each hand, two minutes will be deducted from the clock and there is around half of the level remaining.
In the very first hand on the money bubble, Simone Andrian was all-in for 239,000 and he was looked up by table chip leader Mark Bongaerts on the button.
Simone Andrian: 
Mark Bongaerts: 
Andrian improved on the 
flop but had a sweat on the 
turn, which gave Bongaerts the nut flush draw. However, there would be no cheers from the rail as the 
river confirmed Andrian's double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
750,000
-150,000
|
-150,000 |
|
490,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
|
||
Enrico Campanile was a big stack not that long ago before losing half of his stack. He was then moved tables and still had a healthy stack of around 450,000. However, those just got in preflop from the button and chip leader Mahersh Selvakumaran in the cutoff snapped him off.
Enrico Campanile: 
Mahersh Selvakumaran: 
The 
runout provided no sufficient help to the Italian and he was eliminated on the bubble. In a remarkable twist, Campanile was also the bubble boy of the 2021 WSOP Europe Main Event here at King's Resort only a few months ago.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,650,000
490,000
|
490,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
Volkan Alkan raised to 20,000 and Benny Kneepkens called. Gordon Hegner then shoved for 125,000 and Alkan was the only caller.
Gordon Hegner: 
Volkan Alkan:
The board ran out 
and the pocket pair held.
One table over, Sharon Sade flipped with 
versus 
and spiked a flush on the 
board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
675,000
155,000
|
155,000 |
|
320,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
290,000
12,500
|
12,500 |
Angelo de Marco was the first player to bust in the money on the feature tables.
He was followed by Tobias Lerzer, who clashed in a battle of short stacks with Sergiu Covrig.
Tobias Lerzer: 
Sergiu Covrig:
The board ran out 
and that spelled the end for Lerzer.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
270,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
The chips of Istvan Kinal went into the middle before the flop with the 
. Ion Tabacaru looked him up with the and prevailed thanks to a board of 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
680,000
230,000
|
230,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Aleksandar Trajkovski was all-in for just a handful of chips and that somehow got Michael Strauch involved. However, behind that, Ladislav Kellner also piled the chips in and that created the following showdown.
Aleksandar Trajkovski:
Michael Strauch:
Ladislav Kellner:
The board ran out 
and Trajkovski was eliminated. Kellner's stack was counted and his 395,000 also covered Strauch by a small margin.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,000,000
855,500
|
855,500 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Richard Roettelbach shipped his stack over to Sharon Sade and shortly after, the next all-in and call took place as the carnage after the bubble continued.
Norbert Laszlo jammed for around 105,000 from the small blind and was looked up by Fulvio Sansanelli in the big blind.
Norbert Laszlo: 
Fulvio Sansanelli:
Laszlo paired up on the 
flop but the turn and 
river improved Sansanelli to a flush.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
420,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
400,000
190,000
|
190,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
After surviving the bubble as one of the shorter stacks, Nasredine Talah found a spot to get his stack of around ten blinds in to get called by Luis Miguel Magan.
Nasredine Talah:
Luis Miguel Magan:
The 
flop and turn gave both players a gutshot. However, neither connected on the river and the kicker played to eliminate Talah next.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
450,000
361,500
|
361,500 |
|
Busted |
Only 74 players remain after the end of level 17 as the final 15-minute break has commenced. One more level will be played before Day 2 concludes.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
