Out of the small blind, Reinhold Dona was at risk with the and he was looked up by Iaroslav Boiko with the . The board gave Boiko trips eights and Dona was sent to the payout desk.
Henning Andre saw his tournament life end when the failed to hold up against Dorel Eldabach with the . The board ran out and the deuce made sure that Eldabach increased his stack further.
He then raised to 20,000 and Serguei Palomera jammed for 66,000, which Eldabach called.
Serguei Palomera:
Dorel Eldabach:
Palomera prevailed on the board and missed out on another knockout for now.
The cards of Aliaksandr Shylko were already mucked as his stack was pushed towards Day 1b big stack Taras Slabyk. On a board of , the for a full house, fives full of aces, was good enough for Slabyk to score the knockout.
Reinhold Dona won the first bigger pot of the day when he bet the pot on the flop and then jammed the [2h turn for 84,000 out of the small blind. Sebastian Langrock was his sole opponent by then and opted to fold.
In the meanwhile, Oliver Kohlhepp was eliminated to become the first casualty in the money.