The players have been sent into a 75-minute dinner break and the T-500 chips will be raced off as they are no longer required for the remainder of the tournament. The payout spots are just five eliminations away and full chips will be available as soon as PokerNews receives them.
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Alexandros Kolonias opened to 13,000 from under the gun and was called by Mikita Badziakouski from one seat over. The action folded around to Felix Stephensen in the big blind and he shoved for just shy of 100,000 chips. Kolonias gave it some thought and reshoved to force Badziakouski out of the hand.
Stephensen: 
Kolonias: 
Badziakouski jerked his head slightly to the side when he saw the showdown, but the expression on the face soon changed as the board ran out 
to give Kolonias a set of eights.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
446,000
66,000
|
66,000 |
|
Eliminado |
Alain Goldberg has essentially swapped spots with Ami Barer on the leader board.
The former got it in with the 
against the latter's 
. Kings stayed ahead on the 
flop with Daniel Negreanu claiming he folded ace-jack.
In the end, Goldberg filled up on the 
turn and river combo and Negreanu was happy to have let it go with Goldberg doubling through Barer.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
225,000
161,600
|
161,600 |
|
130,000
-150,000
|
-150,000 |
Thomas Miller open-shoved for around 100,000 from the small blind and was called by Artem Metalidi for slightly more than half of his own stack with in the big blind. Miller had the 
and the board ran out blank 
.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
200,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
|
90,000
-48,000
|
-48,000 |
The action started with a raise by Amit Makhija in early position for 13,000 and Felix Stephensen then squeezed to 28,000 from one seat over. On the button, Alexander Uskov moved all in and Makhija asked for a count. It was 73,500 in total, which then prompted to ask Makhija for a count of Stephensen as well before moving all in himself.
Stephensen let go and the cards were turned over:
Uskov: 
Makhija:
The board 
changed nothing whatsoever and Uskov grabbed his iPad and headed to the rail.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
290,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
100,000
-70,000
|
-70,000 |
|
Eliminado |
Ivan Deyra faced a raise to 14,000 by Ramin Hajiyev and two calls including Vladimir Troyanovskiy on the cutoff and Saar Wilf on the button. Deyra then squeezed to 52,000 with less than that behind and just Troyanovskiy called to see a flop of 
.
Deyra moved all in and Troyanovskiy called:
Deyra: 
Troyanovskiy: 
Neither the 
turn nor the river changed anything and Troyanovskiy was left shaking his head, dropping a decent amount of his own stack.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
236,000
97,100
|
97,100 |
|
190,000
-80,000
|
-80,000 |
"You are not even in the hand, please." After a raise and the three-bet to 32,000 by Quan Zhou, Ben Heath jammed from one seat over in the small blind and both his opponents folded. The dealer then reminded Zvi Stern that he should not be talking about hands while they are in play.
To be continued ...
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
425,000
255,000
|
255,000 |
|
235,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
Zvi Stern is really running away with this thing right now.
With about 80,000 in the pot on a 
board, Stern bet 70,000. He took his time about it, but Julian Stuer called, mucking when Stern immediately turned over the 
for trip deuces with the top kicker.
The 2015 November Niner is the only player over the one-million chip mark right now, and continues to add to his stack and reputation.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
1,235,000
155,000
|
155,000 |
|
560,000
-250,000
|
-250,000 |
Andre Akkari shoved a short stack with 
off suit into the 
of Alexandru Kolonias and failed to get there and the Greek just scored a double up through former big stack Mikita Badziakouski as well. A pot of around 140,000 chips had emerged until the river 
and Kolonias shoved for 124,000.
Badziakouski made the call but soon found out the bad news, as his opponent had made the nut flush with to double through.
Oliver Price also departed, reducing the field to the last 39 only.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
|
380,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
210,000
-480,000
|
-480,000 |
|
Eliminado | |
|
Eliminado | |
|
||
