Patrik Zidek got his stack of roughly 140,000 into the middle preflop with Ivan Tikhov trying to bust him.
Patrik Zidek: Q♣Q♦ 
Ivan Tikhov: A♥A♦
Zidek had run into the preflop nuts of Tikhov, and needed a lot of assistance from the dealer to remain seated.
Zidek found the help he needed on the Q♠2♦3♥6♥3♦ runout as he improved to a full house, cracking the pocket aces of Tikhov.
Andrei Spataru used one time bank extension from under the gun and then got his last 55,000 into the middle. Some quick folds later, the action was on Yannick Schumacher and he opted to flat-call in the cutoff while everyone else got out of the way.
Andrei Spataru: J♣2♣
Yannick Schumacher: 4♠4♣
The A♥K♣2♦ flop gave Spataru bottom pair and the A♦ turn opened some counterfeit outs as he now jokingly asked for a king. However, the 10♦ on the river was of no help and that spelled the end for the Romanian who left the tournament area with a smile on the face.
Marcello Miniucchi raised to 32,000 in the cutoff and Ivo Donev called in the big blind.
Both players checked the J♥7♥6♣ flop. Donev then moved all in for 57,000 on the 8♠ turn, and Miniucchi called.
Donev showed K♦9♠ for a straight draw and needed to improve against Miniucchi's A♠A♥. The K♠ river wasn't enough, and Donev was sent to the rail.
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Murilo Garcia jammed from early position for 279,000 and Murilo Garcia shoved over the top for around 580,000. Once the other players folded, the cards were tabled.
Darius Samual: J♣J♠
Murilo Garcia: A♦K♣
Samual needed his pocket jacks to hold up versus Garcia's ace-king if he was to continue his Main Event adventure.
The coin flop went Garcia's way on the A♠K♥9♣Q♥A♣ runout as he improved to a full house, sending Samual to the cashier's desk.
On the heads-up turn of Q♦J♠5♠6♣, Daniel Pidun and Michael Sklenicka both invested 100,000 each and the former then checked the 5♥ on the river. Sklenicka checked behind and was shown the A♦K♥.
The Czech was fighting with the urge to toss the cards into the muck right away and produced a short-lived hand funeral, during which he exposed the A♠9♠.
Vasyl Pidhrushnyi moved all in for 112,000 on the button and Catalin Pop called in early position.
Vasyl Pidhrushnyi: 8♠8♦
Catalin Pop: A♥10♦
The flop came 6♦10♣Q♦ to give Pop the lead with a pair of tens. The rest of the board ran out 4♦10♥ and Pop improved to tens to win the pot, sending Pidhrushnyi off to the payout desk.
Dimitrios Gkatzas was all-in for 198,000 and at risk against Andrei Spataru.
Dimitrios Gkatzas: Q♥Q♠
Andrei Spataru: A♥K♦
It was the classic race, and Gkatzas was delighted to hold across the 8♦8♥7♦4♠4♣ runout.
Alkiviadis Stamatis survived the money bubble with just 37,000 and was quickly all in from the small blind as Ferdinando D'Alessio in the big blind and Michele Tocci under the gun put him at risk.
D'Alessio and Tocci checked to the river on a board of Q♥A♦6♥J♥10♣. Tocci then bet 26,000, and D'Alessio quickly folded.
Stamatis showed 10♦9♠, but Tocci had K♦J♠ for a straight to win the pot and send Stamatis to the rail.
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