Ami Barer moved all in for 66,000 from early position and Igor Yaroshevskyy called on the button.
Ami Barer: 8♣8♦ 
Igor Yaroshevskyy: A♠K♣
Barer was ahead in this flip but the A♦K♦3♥ flop had him drawing to just two outs. In an unlikely turn of events, the 8♠ materialised on the turn and the 5♥ river confirmed Barer's double-up.
Action was picked up with all in and call announced. Ren Lin was at risk versus the covering stacks of Nicolae Paunescu and Edward Quinn.
Ren Lin: 8♣8♦
Edward Quinn: A♥K♣
Nicolae Paunescu: J♣J♥
Lin was in bad shape and couldn't find an eight on the 7♣6♦Q♥ flop, nor the 3♥ turn. Paunescu was in prime position to scoop a big one before the A♦ hit the river, upgrading Quinn to a pair of aces.
With roughly 90,000 in the middle, the completed board of A♣Q♣9♥8♦A♠ was already on the felt. Teun Mulder was in the big blind and checked to his only opponent in the hand, Jareth East who started the hand under the gun. East jammed, putting Mulder to the test for his 163,000, and Mulder instantly dropped a small stack across the line to make the call.
East tabled A♥8♥ for aces full of eights, but was shown the bad news as Mulder rolled A♦Q♠ for aces full of queens.
Thierry Gogniat moved all in for 41,000 from the cutoff and Gianluca Cedolia called in the big blind.
Thierry Gogniat: A♠8♠
Gianluca Cedolia: 10♠9♠
The board ran out 5♥3♦7♠6♥A♦; Gogniat was ahead the whole way, pairing his ace on the river to double up on the stone bubble.
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The tournament director has instructed the dealers to hold up as the hand-for-hand portion of the tournament begins with169 players remaining, and 167 making the minimum cash of €2,950.
Jon Kyte was all-in and at risk against the covering stack of Hirokazu Kobayashi.
Jon Kyte: A♠10♠
Hirokazu Kobayashi: 9♠9♣
Kyte asked for an ace or a ten and he received two tens on the J♠10♥10♦ flop. Kobayashi couldn't find a nine across the 5♣ turn and the 8♠ river.
Malik Daouadji limped in from the hijack, Simon Lofberg raised to 17,000 from the button and Daouadji called.
The K♦A♠2♣ flop saw Daouadji play out of flow, leading for 18,000. Lofberg called.
The 6♦ saw a repeat of the action, this time Daouadji sized up to 25,000.
The 10♦ river checked to a showdown. Daouadji tabled Q♦10♣, while Lofberg rolled over K♥J♠ to win this pot.
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