Last year's champion Rainer Kempe (small blind) got his 67,500 in before the flop against November Niner Vojtech Ruzicka (big blind). Kempe was ahead with 
against the 
of Ruzicka. The board ran out 
and Kempe doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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143,000
23,000
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23,000 |
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55,000
-110,000
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-110,000 |
Daniel Dvoress defended his big blind against the under-the-gun raise of Davidi Kitai and then shoved a flop of 
for his last 18,500. Kitai called to put the Canadian at risk.
Daniel Dvoress: 
Davidi Kitai: 
The 
on the turn instantly completed a straight for Kitai, and the on the river changed nothing to see Dvoress join the rail. "Can I re-enter here or do I have to go down?" he asked tournament staff, so it seems very likely that Dvoress will be back in action soon on his second bullet.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
195,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
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Busted | |
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Among those to bust at the start of the level were Sergey Lebedev, Jean-Noel Thorel on his second bullet and EPT13 Malta champion Aliaksei Boika. Justin Bonomo took advantage of the single re-entry and bought back in, though players can only do so in the current level and 20-minute break after.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
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|
Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Level: 8
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 500
A big pot emerged between Ole Schemion in the cutoff and Sam Greenwood in the small blind. The latter bet the 
flop for 34,000 and Schemion moved all in, Greenwood called all in for 104,000.
Sam Greenwood: 
Ole Schemion: 
The 
turn and 
river changed nothing and Greenwood took a decent portion of Schemion's stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
265,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
|
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|
170,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
The board was still showing 
and a massive pot was shipped to Koray Aldemir while Ivan Gabrieli jumped out of his seat and Igor Kurganov had to leave his seat after being eliminated.
According to Aldemir, he raised to 9,000 and both Gabrieli and Kurganov called. The trio checked the flop and Kurganov also checked the turn.
Aldemir bet 18,500 and both opponents called before the river was then checked to Gabrieli. The Italian bet 42,000, Kurganov shoved for around 90,000 and Aldemir called, Gabrieli folded.
Kurganov flashed 
and Aldemir had the 
for the flopped nut full house.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
435,000
335,000
|
335,000 |
|
130,000
-104,000
|
-104,000 |
|
Busted |
The field size has increased to 80 thanks to the addition of Max Silver, who jumped in for 25 big blinds. Pierre Neuville, Justin Bonomo, Oleg Titov and Anthony Zinno busted their first bullet whereas Ryan McEathron was knocked out on his second bullet.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
100,000 | |
|
Busted | |
|
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
A short-stacked Orpen Kisacikoglu shoved for his last 34,000 from the cutoff and Mikita Badziakouski reshoved from the button to force folds from the blinds.
Kisacikoglu opened the 
and stood no chance against Badziakouski's on a board of 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
120,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
Busted |
Juha Helppi opened the cutoff for 10,000 and called Anthony Zinno's small blind three-bet to 35,000. Both checked the 
-flop before the hit the turn. Zinno bet 30,000 and Helppi called.
The completed the board and Zinno bet 45,000. Helppi, with about 70,000 or so behind at this point, sighed and tanked for a bit before he called. Zinno showed , Helppi took it down with the .
One table over, Max Silver sat down. With Silver now in, the total amount of entries is up to 80, the same as last year.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
297,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
|
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
81,000
-119,000
|
-119,000 |
Just one hand ago, Ali Reza Fatehi three-bet shoved into a raise by Juha Helppi and got through with it. That would not be the case when he did so again from the cutoff for around 80,000 right after, as initial raiser and big stack Sergio Aido snap-called.
Ali Reza Fatehi: 
Sergio Aido:
The flop of 
left Fatehi in desperate shape, and it was all over after the turn as Aido had an unbeatable full house. A meaningless on the river completed the board and Aido became the first player above half a million in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
560,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
|
Busted |
