Alain Niclot got his stack of 365,000 into the middle preflop with Cristobal Ochoa trying to send him home.
Alain Niclot: K♦K♠ 
Cristobal Ochoa: K♣Q♣
Ochoa needed a lot of assistance from the dealer if he was to crack the cowboys of Niclot.
A board of 5♣10♥7♥4♥4♣ was delivered by the dealer, and Niclot was able to double through Ochoa with a pair of kings.
Pawel Wojciechowski raised to 50,000 in middle position and Mo Xu three-bet to 175,000 on the button. Anthony Phillips then moved all in for 420,000 in the big blind, Wojciechowski folded, while Xu snap-called.
Anthony Phillips: A♦Q♣
Mo Xu: A♠K♠
Phillips found himself dominated as the flop came 2♥2♠5♦. The 8♠ turn also gave Xu a flush draw to take away some of Phillips' outs, while the 10♣ river sealed Phillips' elimination.
At another table, Hicham Aouraghe had a raise of 125,000 in front of him from the small blind before Sebastian Curcu moved all in for 700,000 in the big blind. Aouraghe quickly called.
Sebastian Curcu: 7♦7♠
Hicham Aouraghe: A♣A♠
Aouraghe hit top set on the A♥2♦8♠ flop, and Curcu was already out of his seat and headed to the payout desk as the 4♠ and 3♥ completed the board.
Xiaohua Yang was spotted raking in a healthy double through Charlie Chiu with the cards of the latter already mucked. On a board of K♠6♣5♠A♣9♠, the K♥Q♠ of Yang were the best hand beating what appears to have been king-jack for the Taiwanese poker pro.
Francesco Zappala opened to 50,000 from middle position and was called by Yves Thalmann in the hijack. Ran Ilani in the small blind three-bet all-in for roughly 350,000, Zappala four-bet to 550,000 and Thalmann folded.
Ran Ilani: 7♣7♠
Francesco Zappala: A♥Q♣
Zappala hit the best two pair on 10♣10♥A♦Q♥J♣ to eliminate Ilani.
Cheng Zhao moved all in for 200,000 under the gun and Nicolas Perren called in the small blind.
Cheng Zhao: A♣J♥
Nicolas Perren: 10♠10♣
Zhao needed to win the flip to survive, but he couldn't connect with the K♥3♣5♦6♠6♣ board and was sent to the rail.
Three-way on a flop of 5♠3♠9♥, Thodoris Bariampas in early position bet 60,000. Patrik Jaros called from the button, but Paul Covaciu in the big blind raised all-in for 205,000. Bariampas moved all-in, prompting Jaros to fold.
Paul Covaciu: 5♥2♥
Thodoris Bariampas: Q♠Q♥
The J♦8♦ runout changed nothing and Covaciu was eliminated.
From under the gun, Andre Winkler raised to 50,000 and then called the 220,000 shove of Roman Sartory, who was seated in the cutoff.
Roman Sartory: A♥J♠
Andre Winkler: 9♦9♠
Wrinkler's pair of nines managed to win the flip on the 6♠5♣5♦4♠Q♠ runout, and all of Sartory's stack was sent over to Winkler.
Roman Isaienko jammed for around 300,000 from the hijack before Villiel Kordonskiy committed his final 200,000 from the button. Once the the blinds folded, the cards were turned over with Kordonskiy being at risk.
Villiel Kordonskiy: K♣K♥
Roman Isaienko: 8♦8♠
Kordonskiy was in a great spot to double up if he could dodge an eight.
A flop of 3♣9♥5♣ didn't change anything, and neither did the 2♠ turn. But, the brutal 8♣ rolled off on the river to give Isaienko the winning hand with a set of eights, sending Kordonskiy to the rail.
Jorge Ufano got his short stack in with the 10♣8♥ and was looked up by the larger stack of Jakub Koleckar, who had the A♣J♠.
The 10♠7♠Q♥4♦A♥ board gave Ufano a pair on the flop but Koleckar restored the preflop order with the ace on the river.
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