Andrea Ricci jammed all in for 1,060,000 in the hijack and was called by Anson Tsang in the cutoff.
Andrea Ricci: A♥Q♠
Anson Tsang: Q♥Q♦
Ricci could not find an ace on the 7♠8♥7♥8♣8♦ runout to stay in the tournament. He was eliminated in 25th place as the tournament officials called for a pause in play to get the three-table redraw started.
A pot of 545,000 was in the middle between Simone Andrian in the hijack and Valentin Schramm in the big blind on a flop of 9♠7♠9♦. Schramm then pushed in his final 600,000 and was snap called by Andrian.
Valentin Schramm: A♠3♠
Simone Andrian: Q♥Q♣
Schramm could not hit flush draw on the 4♣ turn or J♥ river, leaving him in 24th as the final elimination before the three table redraw.
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Gerald Karlic raised from early position to 160,000 and Michael Dick defended out of the big blind.
Dick check-called a bet of 110,000 from Karlic on the K♠4♥Q♦ flop.
After Dick checked the 9♦ turn Karlic bet again, this time for 280,000. After a few moments Dick check-jammed for 1,290,000 which prompted a quick fold from Karlic.
Enrico Camosci found K♠K♣ in middle position and raised to 160,000. The action folded to Marco Di Persio in the small blind, who pondered for a few moments before piling in 600,000 with A♦10♦.
Camosci then jammed to put Di Persio all-in for 1,715,000. Di Persio quickly folded and was left with less than 15 big blinds.
Michael Dick was in middle position and exchanged preflop raises with Anson Tsang in the big blind until both players were all in, with Dick starting the hand with 2,190,000 and Tsang covering him.
Michael Dick: 10♠10♣
Anson Tsang: A♣K♠
Dick's pocket tens held up on the Q♣8♠9♥6♠Q♦ runout and he collected a huge double up at Tsang's expense.
