Daniel Merrilees raised to 5,000 from middle position and Daniel Rodriguez three-bet jammed from the hijack for 48,000. Kavin Shah called from the button but Merrilees let it go.
Daniel Rodriguez: 
Kavin Shah: 
The runout was 
and Shah raked in the pot, sending Rodriguez out.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
402,000 | |
|
Busted |
Action was grabbed at the end of a hand with a board that showed 
. Ibrahim Ghassan tossed out a chunks of chips for a sizeable bet of about 50,000, Andrei Boghean called.
Boghean showed his 
set but it was no good as Ghassan had the 
for the flush.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
381,000
208,500
|
208,500 |
|
145,000
34,000
|
34,000 |
After a preflop raising war between Giovanni Petroni under the gun and Ralf Penzkofer in the big blind saw the majority of Penzkofer's 75,000 chip stack end up in the middle, the dealer spread a flop of 
.
Penzkofer slid his last 25,000 forward and Petroni called.
Ralf Penzkofer: 
Giovanni Petroni: 
Petroni's jacks were ahead and remained so on the 
runout that sent Penzkofer home short of the money.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
260,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
|
Busted |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
430,000
172,000
|
172,000 |
|
270,000
73,000
|
73,000 |
|
||
|
210,000
86,000
|
86,000 |
|
115,000
-80,000
|
-80,000 |
|
115,000 | |
|
85,000
56,500
|
56,500 |
|
55,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
||
Alexandre Amiel raised to 5,000 from middle position and Vladas Tamasauskas called from the button.
The dealer spread a flop of 
that was checked through to the 
turn. Amiel bet 6,500 and Tamasauskas called.
The river completed the board and Amiel threw in a bit of about 80,000. Tamasauskas, with 26,000 left, snap-called for less.
Amiel turned over 
but that wasn't good enough as Tamasauskas revealed 
to win the pot with aces and jacks.
"Well played," Amiel commented.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
172,000
-89,000
|
-89,000 |
|
75,000
39,500
|
39,500 |
Scott Margereson raised from the hijack and Maria Ho three-bet jammed a stack of about 35,000 from the cutoff. The action folded back around and Margereson called with a bigger stack.
Maria Ho: 
Scott Margereson:
Ho had run into aces and didn't get any help from the runout of 
to mark her elimination as TV cameras hovered around the table.
"I'll be in the booth soon, boys," the commentator told the camera crew.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
380,000
263,000
|
263,000 |
|
Busted |
The board read 
. Action went check-check to the river which came the .
From early position Jamila von Perger bet 15,000 which was a pot-size bet over to Julien Sitbon on the button. Sitbon thought for about 30 seconds before he called.
Von Perger tabled the which was the winner as Sitbon mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
91,000
29,000
|
29,000 |
|
66,000
-69,000
|
-69,000 |
Atanas Kodinov opened from middle position and Giovanni Petroni flat-called on the button to see a flop heads-up.
The flop landed 
and Kodinov continued with a bet of 5,500. Petroni called. The turn brought the and Kodinov checked. Petroni bet 16,000 and his opponent folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
760,000
563,000
|
563,000 |
|
|
145,000
56,000
|
56,000 |
Nacho Barbero raised to 5,000 in middle position and was met with a three-bet to 13,500 by Alex Rodriguez on the button.
Barbero called from his dwindling stack to take a flop.
The dealer spread a monotone and Barbero checked to Rodriguez, who bet 6,000.
Barbero called, and a fourth club came on the turn with the 
.
Both players now checked and the 
fell on the river.
Barbero now led out for 22,000, leaving himself just over 10,000 behind.
As the PokerStars broadcast crew gathered to film the action, Rodriguez went into the tank for a couple of minutes, before frustratedly folding his cards to send the pot across the table to Barbero, who is making a valiant attempt to rebuild his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
117,000
10,500
|
10,500 |
|
76,000
-38,000
|
-38,000 |
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