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Mark Epstein raised to 22,000 on the button then called Douglas MacKinnon's all in for 155,000.
Epstein: 
MacKinnon: 
The board came 
and MacKinnon survived leaving Epstein as a short stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
355,000 | 186,000 |
|
|
125,000 | -59,000 |
Max Lykov raised to 22,000 from the cutoff and Warren Wooldridge reraised all in from the small blind, Lykov thought for a bit and made a good call with 
since his opponent turned over 
. But the board didn't favour the Russian, coming 
to double the Englishman.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
250,000 | -88,000 |
|
|
235,000 | 82,000 |
With the board reading 
, action checked over to hijack who bet 16,000. Jason Vanstrom then went all in from the small blind for a total of 336,000 and Stephen Ness followed suit from under-the-gun putting his last 274,000 in the pot as well. The hijack got out of the way and the hands were revealed.
Ness: 
Vanstrom: 
Vanstrom's set of deuces was leading Ness' pair of kings. The turn only added insult to injury when it brought the 
giving Vanstrom quads. Just to rub more salt in Ness' wound, the river brought the 
giving him a full house that was still second best. Ness was eliminated while Vanstrom chipped up to 650,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
650,000 | 269,000 |
|
|
Busted |
With the board already reading 
, Mickael Morgousky put the last of his chips in the pot against Irme Leibold. Morgousky showed his 
for a set of fives which was good enough to win the pot and double his stack. Leibold wasn't left with much in his stack and was eliminated in a hand shortly after this one.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
360,000 | 171,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Bobby Poe is the next player to fall, he was all in with 
but lost out to the re-emerging stack that is Ryan Buckholtz who held and made trips on a 
board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
360,000 | 80,000 |
|
Busted |
Ryan Buckholtz has just doubled his short stack twice in quick succession.
He was first all in with 
against Sebastian Roy's 
and lucked out on a 
flop before the getting all in with 
against Mario Dona's 
by spiking the 
board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
520,000 | -80,000 |
|
|
360,000 | -94,000 |
|
|
280,000 | 210,000 |
With the board already reading 
, Dror Michaelo checked and Terrance Eischens bet 18,000. Michaelo then raised to 55,000 and Eischens thought for a bit before sliding out a stack of large denomination chips that easily had Michaelo's stack covered. Michaelo decided to call and the hands were revealed.
Michaelo: 
(jack-high and a flush draw)
Eischens: (straight-flush draw)
Both players held flush draws, Michaelo drawing to a jack-high flush but Eischen's having one-out to a straight flush as well drawing to a straight. The turn and river brought the 
and changing nothing and Michaelo's jack was good enough to win him the pot and doubling his stack up to around 585,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
585,000 | 305,000 |
|
420,000 | -289,000 |
Christopher Trueblood was all in with 
against Sebastien Roy's and was looking very safe on the flop, as well as the turn but the river made Roy a wheel to win the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
600,000 | 274,000 |
|
|
Busted |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
Pierre Neuville has already doubled up with 
against Ryan Buckholtz. We missed the latter's hand but presumed a pair of some sort as the board read out to make a wheel for the Belgian.
