Philippe D'Auteuil was in the cutoff and got his short stack in before the flop against Paul Hockin, who was on the button.
D'Auteuil:
Hockin:
D'Auteuil was racing for his tournament life and needed to improve in order to double up. The board ran out and Hockin took the pot with kings full of fours to end D'Auteuil's run in this event.
Volodymyr Kernytskyi got his stack in before the flop from the small blind against Andrei-Lucian Boghean in the big blind.
Boghean:
Kernytskyi:
Kernytskyi was racing for his tournament life and needed to improve in order to survive. The board ran out and Boghean's pocket pair held up for him to win the pot, ending Kernytskyi's run in this event.
Action folded around to Kelly Saxby on the button and she shoved for what looked like about 18,000,000. Paul Hockin re-shoved from the small blind and Rainer Kempe, who was in the big blind, folded.
Saxby:
Hockin:
Hockin had the preflop advantage with the better ace and Saxby needed help from the deck in order to preserve her tournament life. After the board ran out Hockin was still best, so he took the pot to end Saxby's run in this tournament.
With Saxby's elimination, the unofficial final table has been reached. The seat draw will be posted shortly.
Claudio Di Giacomo raised from early position and Paul Michaelis three-bet jammed from the small blind for what looked like 23,000,000. Di Giacomo quickly called.
Di Giacomo:
Michaelis:
Michaelis was way behind with the smaller pocket pair and needed a lot of help from the deck in order to survive. The flop came and although Michaelis picked up an open-ended straight draw on the turn, Di Giacomo was still best after the fell on the river, so he took the pot to send Michaelis to the cage.
Vincent Tremblay raised to 3,200,000 from middle position, Michael Sklenicka called from the cutoff, Manuel Martinez called from the small blind, and Paul Hockin called from the big blind.
The four players saw a flop of and they all checked.
The turn brought the and they all checked again.
The fell on the river and Martinez checked. Hockin bet 5,500,000, Tremblay called, Sklenicka folded, and Martinez folded. Hockin showed and his pair of queens was good enough to win the pot.
With a massive pot of about 40,000,000 already in the middle and the board reading Vincent Tremblay bet 9,000,000 from the big blind and Paul Hockin called from the cutoff. Tremblay tabled for a rivered wheel, Hockin mucked, and Tremblay took the pot to chip up substantially.
and Hockin took the pot with kings full of fours to end D'Auteuil's run in this event.
and Boghean's pocket pair held up for him to win the pot, ending Kernytskyi's run in this event.
and although Michaelis picked up an open-ended straight draw on the 
turn, Di Giacomo was still best after the 
and they all checked again.
fell on the river and Martinez checked. Hockin bet 5,500,000, Tremblay called, Sklenicka folded, and Martinez folded. Hockin showed 
and his pair of queens was good enough to win the pot.
for a rivered wheel, Hockin mucked, and Tremblay took the pot to chip up substantially.