Jens Lakemeier opened in late position before Matas Cimbolas from one seat over three-bet shoved all-in for 855,000. Lakemeier snap-called with and was slightly behind the held by Cimbolas.
Cimbolas doubled up after the board ran out and screamed, "Yes! Come to papa!"
Tue Ullerup Hansen raised to 100,000 from early position and Samy Ouellani flat-called on the cutoff. "How much do you play?" Ullerup Hansen asked and Ouellani said "around 500,000" before the duo headed to the flop. Ullerup Hansen bet 105,000 and Ouellani moved all in, the Dane quickly tossed in a single chip for the call.
Samy Ouellani:
Tue Ullerup Hansen:
Neither the turn nor the river improved the Frenchman and he has been knocked out in 13th place for €54,080.
Jussi Nevanlinna opened from the button to 115,000 and got called by both William Kassouf in the small blind and Viliyan Petleshkov in the big blind.
Kassouf and Petleshkov both checked when the flop came . Nevanlinna then bet 150,000, Kassouf folded and Petleshkov raised to 380,000. Nevanlinna tanked before going all in for about 900,000 and Petleshkov quickly folded.
Josip Simunic opened to 110,000 and William Kassouf called on the button. In the small blind, Patrick Serda asked for a count on Simunic's stack and the Austrian counted out 970,000. Serda then moved all in and Simunic called by putting his stacks with a loud bang on the table, one after the other.
"Is that a call? That is a very loud call," Kassouf added and folded.
Josip Simunic:
Patrick Serda:
The board came and Simunic failed to improve, bowing out in 12th place for €54,080.
Jens Lakemeier opened to 100,000 from the cutoff and Viliyan Petleshkov called in the big blind. On the flop both players checked. Petleshkov checked the turn and Lakemeier then bet 100,000 before calling Petleshkov's check-raise to 290,000.
Petleshkov checked the river and Lakemeier checked behind to get shown . The German mucked and Petleshkov raked in the pot.
The action slowed down a bit in the last 15-20 minutes with most pots taken down preflop or with a single bet on the flop.
In a blind vs. blind confrontation, Jens Lakemeier opened to 140,000 and Matas Cimbolas called. Lakemeier fired out a continuation bet of 125,000 on the flop and got a quick call from Cimbolas.
It slowed down a bit after the appeared on the turn. Lakemeier bet 350,000 before Cimbolas appeared deep in thought and folded. He pointed to one of Lakemeier's cards and said, "Show one card." Lakemeier stoically responded, "No cards," as he added chips to his stack.
Paul Leckey opened to 115,000 from the cutoff and Jussi Nevanlinna asked for his stack before announcing all in from the small blind for around 1,600,000. Leckey eventually called for his last 910,000 and the cards were tabled.
Paul Leckey:
Jussi Nevanlinna:
The flop fell and for the second time, Nevanlinna was behind in a big pot after getting it in ahead. Neither the turn nor the river changed the outcome of the hand and Leckey scored a vital double.
[Removed:146] shoved all-in for 395,000 and got a call from Jens Lakemeier.
[Removed:146]:
Jens Lakemeier:
Guerfi started to get up from the table when the flop came to pair his opponent. He was eliminated in 11th place for €62,380 after the and completed the board.
The tournament will play down to nine players before consolidating into a final table. The tournament director shared with the players after one of them asked that they will not be moving into a hard hand-for-hand. Instead he informed the players it would be a soft hand-for-hand, meaning that he would keep an eye on to make sure one table wasn't moving much faster or slower than another.