Rocco Palumbo opened the cutoff for 9,000 and small blind Nick Petrangelo shoved for 16,000. The big blind folded, Palumbo called.
Rocco Palumbo: 
Nick Petrangelo: 
The board ran out 
and Petrangelo doubled.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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401,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
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40,000
24,000
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24,000 |
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Xiaoyang Luo raised to 9,000 and Dominik Nitsche moved all in for 28,500 from the cutoff, which Luo called.
Dominik Nitsche: 
Xiaoyang Luo: 
The board came 
and Nitsche was eliminated.
In the very next hand, Luo made it 9,000 again and Mikalai Vaskaboinikau moved all in. Dietrich Fast in the small blind asked for a count and moved all in himself once it was determined to be for 51,000. Luo sighed and folded.
Mikalai Vaskaboinikau: 
Dietrich Fast: 
The flop gave the Belorussian top set and Fast needed a jack to improve to a straight. After the turn, Vaskaboinikau locked up the double and the 
on the river gave Fast a meaningless straight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
220,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
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165,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
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115,000
17,000
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17,000 |
|
Busted | |
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With more than 80,000 already in the middle and the turn showing 
, Ivan Luca bet 52,000 out of the big blind and Mustapha Kanit called from the under-the-gun position. The 
fell on the river and Luca let the clock run down to two seconds before announcing a check.
Kanit moved all in for 99,000 and Luca asked for a count, used one time bank extension before letting go.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
310,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
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250,000
-110,000
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-110,000 |
|
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Within two hands, the second bullet of Timothy Adams has seen his stack reduced to zero as Rocco Palumbo first doubled through him and soon after finished off the job he had started.
First Palumbo won a race for 120,000 with 
versus 
as the board came . Then, it was Palumbo that raised to 9,000 under the gun and Adrian Mateos called from one seat over. Adams moved all in or 45,500 from the small blind and Palumbo called, while Mateos folded.
Timothy Adams: 
Rocco Palumbo:
The flop came 
and a queen was no option for Palumbo, but he got there with the turn. Adams needed a queen to avoid the elimination, but the river was a blank to see the Canadian on his way to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
300,000
207,000
|
207,000 |
|
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|
163,000
-2,500
|
-2,500 |
|
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|
Busted | |
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David Peters made it 10,000 to goand Jean-Noel Thorel on the button reraised to 20,000, which Peters called. After the flop of 
, Peters checked and a quick bet of 25,000 by Thorel ended the hand right there. The stack of the Frenchman has experienced some kind of roller coaster over the last few hours and moves up once again.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
180,000
-55,000
|
-55,000 |
|
110,000
-85,000
|
-85,000 |
|
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Adrian Mateos opened under the gun and Kitson Kho called from the hijack. Over on the button, Koray Aldemir squeezed all in for 63,500. The blinds got out of the way and Mateos over shoved for 84,500. Kho went deep into the tank, used a time bank card, and eventually folded.
Adrian Mateos:
Koray Aldemir:
The board ran out 
and Aldemir exited the tournament area.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
165,500
50,500
|
50,500 |
|
|
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|
85,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
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Oleksii Khoroshenin and Mustapha Kanit emerged as new big stacks while Ivan Luca added some more chips to the growing tower. In the meanwhile, Bryn Kenney on his first bullet and Stephen Chidwick on his second bullet have been eliminated.
Daniel Dvoress is still on the first bullet but grinds a short stack for quite some time now. Dvoress had raised on the button on the big blind of Ole Schemion and the latter bet 12,000 on the 
turn. Dvoress called and the river was checked to him. The clock ran down to three seconds and the Canadian moved all in, Schemion immediately let go.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
360,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
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|
340,000
160,000
|
160,000 |
|
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|
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280,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
|
|
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|
260,000
73,000
|
73,000 |
|
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|
65,000
-53,000
|
-53,000 |
|
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|
Busted | |
|
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|
Busted | |
|
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Level: 7
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500
Hong Kong's Kitson Kho joined the field while fellow Chinese player Xiaoyang Luo just doubled one table over. It was Stefan Schillhabel that raised the action and made it 7,000 to go. Luo called on the button and Dominik Nitsche in the small blind three-bet to 32,000. Schillhabel folded and Luo moved all in to see Nitsche ask for a count from the other side of the table.
Luo's shove was for 58,500 and Nitsche called.
Xiaoyang Luo: 
Dominik Nitsche:
While the 
flop gave the four-time WSOP bracelet winner some back door outs to a flush, Nitsche couldn't win the hand anymore as soon as the 
hit on the turn. That made the river a mere formality and Nitsche dropped below the starting stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
130,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
100,000 | |
|
|
70,000
-90,000
|
-90,000 |
|
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Bartlomiej Machon opened for 7,000 under the gun and Bryn Kenney in the cutoff called, as did Ole Schemion on the button.
The flop came 
and Machon checked. Bryn followed suit and checked as well, Schemion bet 17,000. Machon folded, Kenney called.
Kenney check-called another 34,000 on the turn before he checked one final time on the river. Schemion moved in for 56,000 or so, Kenney folded. Schemion showed the .
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
187,000
87,000
|
87,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
69,000
-76,000
|
-76,000 |
|
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