Francisco Benitez raised and faced a three-bet by Liwei Sun to 500,000, Benitez shoved and Sun called.
Benitez had the best of it preflop with 
as Sun only held 
, and the board came 
to let Benitez double once more.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,770,000
895,000
|
895,000 |
|
650,000
-850,000
|
-850,000 |
The action folded around to Jan van der Stroom on the button, and he moved his short stack into the middle. Marian Virlanuta was in the small blind and called before the big blind player folded.
Jan van der Stroom: 
Marian Virlanuta:
Board: 
Van der Stroom had picked up a premium hand at the worst possible time as he ran into pocket aces. Virlanuta had no sweat on the board and shook the Dutchman's hand as he departed in 24th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,030,000
-270,000
|
-270,000 |
|
Busted |
Start-of-day chipleader Huesnue Salman has just found a double through Francisco Benitez as the final three tables started to play once more.
Benitez raised to 115,000 from middle position and saw Salman moved all in for around 900,000 from the cutoff, which Benitez called after the rest of the players folded.
Huesnue Salman: 
Francisco Benitez: 
Board: 
Salman hit one of his overcards on the flop when he paired his ace and held as the board completed to switch chip stacks with Benitez.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,900,000
450,000
|
450,000 |
|
||
|
|
875,000
-825,000
|
-825,000 |
| Seat | Table 1 | Country | Table 2 | Country | Table 3 | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jack Salter | United Kingdom | Marton Czuczor | Hungary | Sergey Aristov | Russia |
| 2 | Leonardo Patacconi | Italy | Ignacio Barcenas Romera | Spain | Oleh Okhotskyi | Ukraine |
| 3 | Francisco Benitez | Uruguay | Sergi Escote | Spain | Brian Kaufman | Uruguay |
| 4 | Liwei Sun | Italy | Jans Arends | Netherlands | Carlos Fernandes Lourenco | Portugal |
| 5 | Huesnue Salman | Belgium | Tolga Can Kiyak | Germany | Carlo Savinelli | Italy |
| 6 | Bernardo Dias | Brazil | Matthias Tikerpe | Estonia | Tuomo Niskanen | Finland |
| 7 | Jan van der Stroom | Netherlands | Milad Oghabian | Netherlands | Guoliang Wei | China |
| 8 | Marian Virlanuta | Romania | Dumitru Pora | Romania | [Removed:289] | Israel |
Yevgeniy Timoshenko was first to act on his six-handed table and moved all in for his last 320,000. The action folded around to Sergi Escote in the big blind, and he called.
Yevgeniy Timoshenko:
Sergi Escote:
Board: 
Escote was ahead preflop and hit a pair on the river to seal the pot and Timoshenko's elimination in 25th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,700,000
1,100,000
|
1,100,000 |
|
Busted |
Jans Arends has just eliminated his Dutch compatriot Tobias Peters after hitting a straight with 
.
Peters' hand was already in the muck and walking away from the table as Arends was given all of Peters' chips and was rebuilding his new stack.
Just a few minutes later, Arends scored another elimination after Renan Aziz Alves was unable to survive against the Dutchman when he got all his chips into the middle.
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,200,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Matthias Tikerpe pushed for 435,000 and Maurice Hawkins reshoved on the button to put Tikerpe at risk.
Matthias Tikerpe: 
Maurice Hawkins: 
"Give me a seven," Hawkins demanded and that turned into a "fuck" when he saw the 
flop. The 
turn and 
river kept Tikerpe in the lead and he doubled.
Soon after, Hawkins was all in for five big blinds with and Jack Salter looked him up with 
. Salter paired up on the flop of a board 
, and that sent Hawkins to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,600,000
-1,100,000
|
-1,100,000 |
|
900,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
Busted |
Short stack Frederik Brink was happy to get his last 350,000 into the middle with , but it was Jack Salter who held 
that he was up against and needing a lot of help to secure an unlikely double up.
The 
flop gave Brink a small piece of hope, but when the and hit the turn and river, he was up and out of his seat to claim his prize money.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,700,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
|
Busted |
Andres Viola got all his chips into the middle preflop after he found pocket tens on the button. Unfortunately for him Marton Czuczor held pocket jacks in the small blind and was happy to put Viola at risk.
The 
board was no help for Viola, and he was the next player to make their way to the cash desk as Czuczor moved over the 4m mark.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,100,000
2,315,000
|
2,315,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 26
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 50,000
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