Marius Gierse raised to 125,000 from under the gun and Robert Salaburu three-bet to 700,000 from the cutoff. When it got back to Gierse, he shoved for 710,000, and Salaburu called off the extra chips.
Marius Gierse: Q♣Q♥ 
Robert Salaburu: A♥J♣
Gierse earned his double-up as the board of 6h2sjs9c8h] kept his pocket queens in the lead.
Aleksejs Ponakovs shoved all in from the cutoff for around 650,000 and Marius Gierse shoved for 1,400,000 from the button. Sergio Aido was in the big blind and quickly called to put both opponents at risk.
Aleksejs Ponakovs: A♠9♣
Marius Gierse: A♥J♠
Sergio Aido: Q♣Q♠
Aido improved to a set of queens on the 4♣10♠6♣Q♥4♥ runout which sent both Ponakovs and Gierse to the rail.
Mikita Badziakouski raised to 600,000 on the button, leaving himself just 5,000 behind, and Jesse Lonis shoved in the big blind. Badziakouski called all in and hands were revealed.
Mikita Badziakouski: K♥10♠
Jesse Lonis: 9♥9♠
The 10♣3♠5♠ flop vaulted Mikita into the lead with a pair of tens and the A♠4♠ turn and river left Mikita best with a flush for the double up.
“Why did it feel like it was going to be so easy?” Badziakouski joked.
[Removed:554] opened from middle position and then called with the covering stack after Yaman Nakdali moved all in on the button.
Yaman Nakdali: A♠J♣
[Removed:554]: Q♠J♦
Nakdali was comfortably ahead with his dominating hand and remained so on the 2♥5♦8♦ flop. The Q♣ turn, however, paired up [Removed:555]'s inferior kicker to leave Nakdali drawing thin heading to the river. The river came 9♠, confirming Nakdali's exit in 20th place.
Morten Klein raised from the cutoff to 120,000 and Robert Salaburu called from the big blind.
On the 3♠9♦4♠ flop, Salaburu checked, Klein bet 200,000, and Salaburu quickly called.
Both checked the J♠ turn to the 6♣ river. Salaburu led out fot 625,000, and Klein eventually called.
Salaburu tabled 7♠2♠ for a flush, and Klein mucked.
"Does that mean we need to pay you 100,000 chips each for winning with seven-deuce?" joked Bruce Buffer.
The remaining 19 players have been sent on their final 15-minute break of the night. They will return to blinds of 40,000/80,000 with a 80,000 big blind ante at which point play will continue for two more levels before the survivors bag for the night.
Level: 17
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 80,000
Adrian Mateos raised to 160,000 from under the gun six-handed and Artur Martirosian called from the big blind.
On the J♦5♦A♠ flop, Martirosian checked, Mateos bet 325,000, and Martirosian called.
The 7♥ hit the turn and after Martirosian checked, Mateos bet 1,300,000. Martirosian folded.
Mikita Badziakouski raised to 1,210,000 in the cutoff, leaving 5,000 behind. Jesse Lonis made the call from the small blind, who had Badziakouski covered. The remaining 5,000 went in on the flop.
Mikita Badziakouski: 5x5x
Jesse Lonis: 9♠9♣
The board ran out 7♥10♠A♣K♣A♦, and Lonis' pair of nines bested Badziakouski's pair of fives, sending Badziakouski to the rail.
Picking up the action on the turn, Chris Brewer in the big blind was involved in a hand with Leon Sturm from under the gun.
With the board reading 8♣2♥10♦A♥ Brewer check-called a bet of 215,000 from Sturm.
Brewer checked again following the 4♥ river. Sturm moved all in with the covering stack, sending Brewer deep into the tank. After moving all six of his time extensions in front of him, he proceeded to reason through the hand out loud. Eventually, he called but could not beat Sturm's A♠9♥ and was forced out of the tournament in 18th place.
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