Nina Krasilnikova open-jammed for 35,500 from early position, prompting Bernhard Binder to move all in just north of 200,000. The rest of the table got out of the way, and the cards went on their backs.
Nina Krasilnikova: 8♥8♣
Bernhard Binder: J♣J♠
Krasilnikova asked for an eight, but the K♥J♦9♣ flop rewarded Binder with a set of jacks instead. The K♣ confirmed Krasilnikova's exit ahead of the Q♥ river.
Markus Schottes was seen leaving his table with the rest of his stack heading over to Georgios Vrakas.
The chips were already in the middle on a full board of 6♦7♣5♣J♣Q♠ and Schottes' 10♥10♠ were good preflop, but not by the time showdown was reached as Vrakas' A♣10♣ hit the nut flush to earn the elimination.
Vrakas, who started the day with a little less than 60,000, now has well over 350,000.
Around 60,000 was in the middle already on a completed board of 9♠8♣3♥10♣5♥, in a hand between Francesco Favia in early position and Ivan Stankov on the button.
Favia checked to his opponent, and Stankov moved all in for 30,000. Favia went into the tank, and after about three minutes folded, flashing the 10♥ for top pair as he did so.
Stankov turned over A♠J♠ for the ace-high bluff, and raked in the pot.
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Mihai Niste opened the action to 5,000 before Boris Tabiyev three-bet from the hijack. The action folded to Peter Tschernigg in the big blind and he four-bet to 31,500. Niste got out of the way ahead of Tabiyev jamming all in for 132,000.
Tschernigg went deep into the tank, mulling over his options for several minutes.
"You have aces?" asked Tschernigg. "I have kings."
Tschernigg extended his thinking time, ultimately calling the clock on himself. As the countdown began, he peaked at his cards one more time and open-folded K♠K♥ to gasps at the table.
"You really want to see it?" asked Tabiyev. Tschernigg agreed as did the rest of the table.
It turned out that Tschernigg's radar was spot on as Tabiyev revealed A♦A♣.
"Wow! What am I playing? Get me out of here," exclaimed Casimir Seire. "Me too," added Nicolas Chouity.
"I don't know if we're playing the same game," added Seire as Tschernigg lapped up the compliments for his fold.
Arriving on a turn of Q♦9♣8♥J♥, small blind Ivan Stankov checked to Elias Gutierrez in the big blind. Gutierrez made a bet of 7,500 into the pot of 32,000, which Stankov called.
Gutierrez piled in the rest of his 20,000 on the 5♥ river. Stankov tanked for a while before deciding to check-fold, seeing Gutierrez chip up further.
Chase Wilson limped from the cutoff, and Jianwei Lin moved all in from the button for around 31,000. Adi Rajkovic was in the big blind, and he made the call, with Wilson getting out of the way.
Jianwei Lin: A♠4♦
Adi Rajkovic: 5♥5♦
Lin was in trouble with only one overcard, and he missed the Q♦3♣6♠7♠7♣ runout, Rajkovic scooping the pot with two pair, sevens and fives.
Ryan Mandara had his stack of around 40,000 committed to the pot preflop and had been put at risk by Natan Chauskin.
Ryan Mandara: A♠9♠
Natan Chauskin: A♦Q♣
Mandara was behind and couldn't find a way back into the tournament as the J♥5♣3♦8♣2♠ runout meant he was sent to the rail.
On the table next to Mandara, Ana Marquez also just busted when she got all-in for around 20,000 with ace-deuce, but fell to her opponent's ace-queen.
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