David Benefield bet 42,000 on the board. Thomas Muhlocker made the call, then Joni Jouhkimainen raised to 142,000. Benefield reraised all in for 266,000, and Muhlocker folded. Jouhkimainen made the call.
Jouhkimainen had turned a nine-high straight with the . Benefield had the for a set of fives, so he could still improve to double up. The river was the to pair the board, and Benefield did just that — he hit a full house to stay alive and double up.
On the flop, Nikolaus Teichert was all in and at risk holding two over cards and a flush draw with the . His opponent was Ihar Soika with the for top pair and a straight draw.
The turn gave Soika a straight when the landed. That meant Teichert could only stay alive with a heart on the river, or he could hit a nine to chop the pot.
The river was the , though, and Teichert was eliminated in 16th place.
Andrey Shatilov raised to 25,000 from his button and found a three-bet to 63,000 from Kevin Vandersmissen from the next seat over. The big blind folded and action was back on Shatilov. He called to see a flop.
The dealer spread on the felt and Vandersmissen continued out for 55,000. Shatilov called and the fell on the turn. Vandersmissen announced an all in bet and Shatilov quickly ditched his cards.
From early position, Kevin Vandersmissen raised to 25,000. Raoul Refos reraised from the small blind, and Vandersmissen made the call to see the flop come down . Refos led for 44,000, and Vandersmissen folded.
"All in and call," said the dealer at Richard Yong's and Marcin Wydrowski's table. The two players had gotten all in preflop after a raise from Yong, a shove from Wydrowski, and a call from Yong. Yong held the to Wydrowski's
The board ran out , and Wydrowski was eliminated. Yong increased his chip lead to 1.36 million.
From early position, Daniel Negreanu raised to 27,000. Richard Yong reraised from the cutoff seat to 75,000, then Jean-Noel Thorel reraised from the button to 175,000. Negreanu and Yong both folded, and Thorel's four-bet got through clean.
From the cutoff seat, Sam Cartier raised all in for 186,000. Raoul Refos called from the big blind with the . Chartier had the . The board ran out , and Chartier doubled up.