Dan Smith had doubled up twice, but eventually his luck would run out after shoving into the massive stack of Zvi Stern. The latter called with 
and Smith had the dominated 
. The board ran out 
and Smith asked "is that a chop?" with a sheepish smile on the face.
"Oh well, better ask," he laughed before heading to the rail.
Mikhail Korotkikh got it all in with the 
, but Alexandros Kolonias looked him up with the dominating 
.
The 
flop left Kolonias with the best hand and Korotkikh out of chips.
Zvi Stern made it 25,000 and Amit Makhija shoved for not much more in the big blind.
It was Stern's 
versus Makhija's 
and king-high got even better on the 
board to send Makhija out.
Dan Smith shoved the small blind and Ramin Hajiyev called in the big with the 
.
Smith had just the 
and was left with only 7,000 in chips after the 
board doubled Hajiyev.
| Table | Seat | Name | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Thomas Miller | USA |
| 1 | 2 | Mikhail Korotkikh | Russia |
| 1 | 3 | Rafael Da Silva Moraes | Brazil |
| 1 | 4 | Byron Kaverman | USA |
| 1 | 5 | [Removed:2] | Lebanon |
| 1 | 6 | Enrico Coppola | Italy |
| 1 | 7 | Alexandros Kolonias | Greece |
| 1 | 8 | Julian Stuer | Germany |
| 2 | 1 | Imad Derwiche | France |
| 2 | 2 | Saar Wilf | Israel |
| 2 | 3 | Alexandru Papazian | Romania |
| 2 | 4 | Quan Zhou | China |
| 2 | 5 | Daniel Negreanu | Canada |
| 2 | 6 | Max Silver | UK |
| 2 | 7 | Stefan Schillhabel | Germany |
| 2 | 8 | Andrey Bondar | Russia |
| 3 | 1 | Ivan Deyra | France |
| 3 | 2 | Alain Goldberg | Israel |
| 3 | 3 | Zvi Stern | Israel |
| 3 | 4 | Niall Farrell | UK |
| 3 | 5 | Anthony Zinno | USA |
| 3 | 6 | Dan Smith | USA |
| 3 | 7 | Ramin Hajiyev | Azerbaijan |
| 3 | 8 | Amit Makhija | USA |
Heavy action around the room just saw three players double up.
First, Thomas Miller got it in with the versus Niall Farrell's , finding a pair on the 
board.
Then, Daniel Negreanu made it 27,000 and Imad Derwiche called. Rafael Da Silva Moraes shoved in with the and only Derwiche called holding the . The board ran out 
to give Da Silva Moraes the double.
Finally, a short stacked Dan Smith got it in with the and Amit Makhija called on the 
. The 
board gave Smith the double and left Makhija short.
Stefan Schillhabel raised from the button and was called by Thomas Miller and Niall Farrell in the blinds. On the 
flop, both players in the blinds folded to Schillhabel and then called the continuation bet worth 22,000. The 
turn triggered yet another two checks, but this time Schillhabel's bet of 60,000 did the trick and he claimed the pot uncontested.
Igor Yaroshevskyy pushed his short stack of 79,000 in the middle of the table and Alexandru Papazian announced the call from two seats over, cutting out a stack of T-5,000 chips. All other players folded and Yaroshevskyy was at risk with the worse kicker.
Yaroshevskyy: 
Papazian:
The board ran out 
and that was it for the Ukrainian, there will now be a short break to redraw the last three tables.
Ivan Luca pushed for 65,000 and Quan Zhou called from the hijack before the action reached Byron Kaverman on the button. He pushed for 232,000 and Zhou asked for a count. The calling chips were pulled into the pot and Zhou had another 167,000 to call, standing up from his chair to make up the mind.
The clock was called on him and Zhou eventually folded the 
.
Luca:
Kaverman:
The board ran out 
and Luca was eliminated in 26th place, though Zhou would have knocked out two opponents if he had called.
On the flop, Alexandru Papazian bet 41,000 from under the gun and Mikhail Korotkikh raised to 100,000 from the button. The Romanian called and they both chedked through the turn. After the 
river, Papazian bet 125,000 and was called to show 
as winning hand, Korotkikh had pocket nines.
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