In a preflop confrontation, Julian Eibel found himself all in for a stack of 3,300,000 against Aleksej Grenz who covered.
Julian Eibel: J♥J♣
Aleksej Grenz: A♠A♥
Eibel seemed visibly frustrated with the situation but could only watch as the board ran out 9♥4♠3♣9♠7♣. Grenz held with the higher pocket pair and collected a massive pot, while Eibel was sent to the rail.
Niklas Bauer couldn't beat the A♣K♣ of Michele Tocci on a board of A♦3♣3♠8♠A♠ as his two red cards were already swept away by the dealer.
Shortly after, the next all-in showdown unfolded when Felix Seelentag flipped versus Alberto Cigliano for around 2,900,000 in the following showdown.
Felix Seelentag: A♣K♥
Alberto Cigliano: 10♣10♥
No ace or king appeared on the 8♣7♦5♥2♦Q♦ board to reduce the field further. Sebastien Grax then followed moments later and there were only 43 players still in contention.
With two players seeing a board of 10♦5♣5♠, Robert Ashelm found himself all in against Berhane Yoseph who covered Ashelm.
Robert Ashelm: 8♦8♥
Berhane Yoseph: K♦K♥
The rest of the board ran out K♣5♥. Ashelm was drawing dead by the turn and was eliminated from the tournament while Yoseph collected the last of his chips.
The cards of Dragoljub Martinovic were just mucked when his stack was sent over to chip leader Artiom Poddubnii.
According to Marius Gicovanu, Poddubnii had raised and received one caller before Martinovic jammed with ace-king. It was an unfortunate timing as Poddubnii held the A♣A♠ and had little to fear on a 9♦3♥2♣6♣J♦ runout.
Heinz Traut also fell shortly after as the early carnage already caused one dozen casualties.
The cards were on their backs preflop as De Han Kim had jammed for 1,595,000 with the 3♦3♥. He was up against the A♦K♦ of Keng Tan and flopped a set on the 10♥5♥3♠9♣2♥ runout to double.
Tan had just 150,000 left after the hand and busted right after, which reduced the field to the last six tables. All further early casualties can be found below.
Zlatin Penev opened to 200,000 from under the gun, and Fabio Peluso three-bet to 1,330,000 in middle position, keeping only 100,000 chips with him. The other players folded, and Penev decided to just call.
On the flop 5♣K♠Q♣, Penev checked, and Peluso checked back. Then on the turn 2♦, Penev checked again.
Peluso took his time, looking at the payouts and waiting for a player to be eliminated. But a tournament director walked by and informed Peluso that he had 30 seconds left to make a decision, as he only had one big blind left. Peluso eventually checked back.
The J♦ came on the river, and Penev quickly bet 100,000 to force Peluso to go all in. Peluso waited again, so the tournament director called the clock, again. And after 30 seconds, Peluso decided to fold and keep his single blind. Penev showed A♠K♦.
On the next hand, Francis Klar moved all in from the cutoff, but nobody called. When he scooped the pot, the tournament director warned the players to make their decisions quickly and not to stall.
Peluso heard that and immediately shoved from under the gun. Klar jammed too, and both players flipped their cards.
Fabio Peluso: J♣8♣
Francis Klar: Q♥Q♣
Peluso hit a jack on the flop J♦7♥2♦, but it wasn't enough to beat Klar's queens, and he was eliminated after the turn 10♠ and the river 7♦.
Eusebiu Jalba opened to 250,000 from the cutoff and Alexander Lanner moved all in from the small blind for 700,000. Jalba called with a covering stack to put Lanner at risk.
Alexander Lanner: A♥J♣
Eusebiu Jalba: K♥J♦
Lanner had his opponent pipped and was in great shape to double up. That all changed when the flop came K♦J♥6♠, giving Jalba two pair and leaving Lanner drawing to just three outs. Lanner failed to find an ace on the 8♥ turn or 3♥ river and was sent to the rail while Jalba took down a nice pot.
Svajunas Seduikis moved all in from under the gun for approximately 1,300,000 and Alberto Cigliano moved all in with a covering stack from early position, folding out all other players to leave Seduikis at risk.
Svajunas Seduikis: A♠9♣
Alberto Cigliano: Q♠Q♣
The board ran out 3♦4♦6♦J♥9♥. Cigliano's pocket-queens remained the best hand throughout allowing him to take down a nice pot early on while Seduikis was sent to the rail.
Javier Francort raised to 200,000 from under the gun and Giuseppe Mazza-Boussemart called on the button. Siarhei Chudapal jammed for just shy of 20 blinds out of the small blind. Francort went all-in over the top and Mazza-Boussemart folded.
Siarhei Chudapal: J♦J♥
Javier Francort: A♥Q♠
The board ran out A♣8♣6♦8♥7♣ and Francort leaped out of his chair for some boxing celebration before sitting back down and stacking the newly acquired chips.
