Anthony van Walleghem opened to 8,000 from early position and was called by Samy Barka on the button and Dylan Dereuddre who defended from the big blind.
All three of them checked a flop of 7♥8♦J♣ leading to the J♥ turn. Dereuddre led out for 7,500 and Barka was the only one to call.
Dereuddre checked the 4♥ river. Barka checked back but lost to Dereuddre's nut flush with K♥6♥.
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Level: 12
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
Down to just a few big blinds, Florian Poulain in the small blind faced Mark Roovers in the cutoff for his tournament's life.
Florian Poulain: 8♠8♥ 
Mark Roovers: A♦8♦
Poulain managed to flop a set on 6♠8♣J♣Q♣3♣ and doubled up.
In the next hand, it was Nikolas Coeman's turn to go all-in for 53,000 from the cutoff against Daan Vandewalle in the big blind.
Nikolas Coeman: K♠Q♠
Daan Vandewalle: A♥K♣
Coeman failed to improve on 5♦8♠3♥8♥2♠ and he was eliminated.
Cards went on their backs on 2♦Q♥4♣9♠ with Dmitry Dzhumachuk in the small blind at risk for 31,000 against Lorenzo van der Velde on the button.
Dmitry Dzhumachuk: A♠A♥
Lorenzo van der Velde: 9♦6♦
Dzhumachuk was on his way to double but the 6♣ landed on the river and he was sent to the rail.
Hesham Ayoub opened from under the gun but Dylan Dereuddre to his left three-bet. Ayoub four-bet to 36,000 then Dereuddre clicked back to 47,000. Ayoub called.
Dereuddre continued for 15,000 on 9♥K♥3♥. Ayoub jammed for approximately 30,000 and Dereuddre quickly called.
Hesham Ayoub: A♥A♣
Dylan Dereuddre: A♦K♦
The 6♣Q♣ runout kept Ayoub's aces in the lead and he doubled up.
Level: 11
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
The action was picked up on a board of 8♠J♦7♦A♣6♣ with 100,000 in the pot. Daan Vandewalle in the big blind moved all-in so Mark Roovers who was covered in early position with 93,000 went deep into the tank.
The clock was called and Roovers folded A♥J♥ face up for two pair before the end of the 30-second countdown.
Toby Roots opened to 5,500 from the button and was called by Mark Roovers in the small blind. Nikolas Coeman in the big blind three-bet all-in for 53,500 so Roots went into the tank. He counted his stack but folded. Roovers folded as well and accidentally flipped over Ax10x offset.
A few hands later, Roovers opened to 5,500 from the hijack. Coeman raised to 11,500, and Roovers eventually folded.
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