Mark Ioli was down to just 42,000 and pushed all-in from the cutoff. Vincent Moscati called from the big blind after looking down at . Ioli held two live cards with and his tournament life was on the line.
The flop came and Moscati was still in the lead with his ace-high. The turn was the giving Ioli an open-ended straight draw, but the on the river paired the board and Ioli was eliminated.
Thorsten Schuler was all in and at risk for 171,000 with the and Jerry Odeen put him at risk with the . The board of kept Schuler in the lead and he jokingly added "oh, I can win a pot against you?"
On the three-way flop of , Luigi D'Alterio bet 12,000 from the small blind and Maksym Shulga called in the big blind. Ognjen Sekularac three-bet all in from the cutoff for 94,000 and D'Alterio reshoved to force out Shulga.
Ognjen Sekularac:
Luigi D'Alterio:
The turn and river were blanks and Sekularac doubled.
Andriy Palyuga got his last 10,000 in from the big blind with the and fellow Ukrainian Maksym Shulga looked him up with the . The board came and that was it for Palyuga. Shulga was still among the shortest stacks and scored a double right after when holding up with versus on a nine-high board.
Andriy Palyuga limped in on the button and the small blind completed as well. Luigi D'Alterio checked his option in the big blind and the flop came . The action was checked to Palyuga who fired a bet of 12,000. The small blind called and D'Alterio check-raised all-in for 95,000. Palyuga called and the small blind folded.
D'Alterio turned over a big blind kind of hand with while Palyuga tabled . The turn was the and the river was the giving D'Alterio a full house to double up. Palyuga was left with just 14,000 chips.
In the last hand before the break, Jerry Odeen had raised from the button and Thorsten Schuler defended his big blind before check-calling all three streets on the board . The final bet of Odeen was worth 62,000 and Odeen turned over for tens and jacks to rake in a decent pot.