Two players away from the money, Benny Kneepkens was all-in for 162,000 before the flop against Volkan Alkan.
Benny Kneepkens: 
Volkan Alkan: 
The 
board improved Kneepkens to aces and tens, keeping his hopes alive.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
520,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
340,000
175,000
|
175,000 |
Within the span of five minutes, three players were eliminated on the three feature tables while just one contender busted in the poker arena. That happened to be Thomas Olivieri, who could not solve the kicker problem with against the 
of Mark Bongaerts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
900,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Dmytro Bystrovzorov lost the previous profit right away and then faced a tough decision on the river of a 
board. Michael Ugucctoni in the big blind bet 135,000 into 198,000 and that certainly gave Bystrovzorov a headache as he went into the tank.
Ultimately, the clock was called on him and he folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
760,000
360,000
|
360,000 |
|
270,000
280,000
|
280,000 |
|
||
Level: 17
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
On the tail end of a hand between Valon Olluri and Jacek Skiscim, the board showed 
. Olluri's bet worth 96,000 was paid off by Skiscim, who then blew up in curse words in his native Polish language when he spotted the 
of his opponent.
Skiscim exposed for the broadway straight and needed some thirty seconds to cool down. "I apologize," he then said and added "fuck sake" right after.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
820,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
||
|
145,000
49,500
|
49,500 |
Towards the end of level 16, only 93 players remain and the bubble is imminent.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
A three-bet to 64,000 was in front of Roman Chochola and Valon Olluri then four-bet to 200,000. Chochola pushed for 567,000 and Olluri called.
Roman Chochola:
Valon Olluri: 
The board ran out 
and Chochola doubled to seven figures.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,200,000
945,000
|
945,000 |
|
|
520,000
630,000
|
630,000 |
|
|
||
Sebastian Kappenberg just banged with his hand on the table with the words "come on, are you kidding me, that's such a ... ". His 
were still exposed but it was Dmytro Bystrovzorov who earned the pot. The latter only had 
but rivered an ace for aces and tens to gain a vital pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
550,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
|
|
||
|
185,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
Yet another chapter of the battle between Cecil Moagi and Enrico Campanile unfolded with the former defending the big blind against under the gun action. On the 
river, Moagi bet 200,000 into a pot of slightly fewer than that and Campanile went into the tank.
The call by the Italian followed and Moagi's 
for a full house were the best hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,250,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
|
430,000
380,000
|
380,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
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|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
