Max Silver and Tobias Reinkemeier both won their heads-up battles within seconds of each other to progress to tomorrow with 81,900 and 81,700 respectively.
Silver had Michel Leibgorin down to a bowl of rice and managed to double him up once before his overcame the Frenchman's on a board.
Reinkemeier meanwhile defeated Hasan Anter when his stayed ahead of the Swede's on a board. Anter was down to his last 18,500 at the beginning of the hand.
We did not see the preflop action but it became apparent that Brian Hastings, Stephen Chidwick and Gabrielle Nassif were all in, Chidwick covering his opponents.
Chidwick
Hastings
Nassif
Nassif looked set to help himself to a huge pot especially when the flop came down but the on the turn catapulted Hastings into the lead. The on the river completed the hand and sent most of the massive pot in the direction of hastings, who now has over 30,000 chips, whilst Nassif has close to 17,000.
Mathew Frankland raises to 1,200 on his three-handed table and then calls when Kyle Johnson three-bets to 3,100. The flop comes down and Johnson bets 2,225, Frankland calls.
The turn is the and both players slow down and check. Which is exactly what they do when the lands on the river.
Mathew Frankland put the finishing touches to Kyle Johnson's stack to leave him with a very healthy advantage over November Niner Anton Makiievskyi heads-up.
The two were in the blinds and heads-up to a flop, Johnson check-raised the Brit's 1,100 bet up to 3,500 and then called all-in when he faced a shove.
Johnson was ahead with to Frankland's but the board ran out to make trips for his opponent.
Another table had finished with Jeffery Hakim taking through 81,700 tomorrow.
Bertand "ElkY" Grospellier is now heads up with Charles Gagnon but has just lost a substantial pot with the third nuts.
The flop read and Gagnon check-called ElkY's 1,625 bet. The turn was the and Gagnon checked again, ElkY kept his foot on the gas and made it 2,850 to play and was snap-called by his opponent. The river brought another diamond into play, the and now Gagnon bet 5,600. ElkY called and Gagnon turned over for the flush ( would have been the absolute nuts) whilst ElkY showed the .
The 2010 Irish Open champion James Mitchell opens to 1,200 on the button and Jason Wheeler defends his blind by three-betting to 3,600. Mitchell re-checks his cards before putting in a raise of his own to 7,000, which folds out Wheeler.
"interesting," says Wheeler as Mitchell stacks his new chips.
James Mitchell had Jason Wheeler down to ten big blinds and called when he shoved into his big blind.
Wheeler's ace-deuce was dominated by the Brit's ace-seven and it was over when an ace appeared on the board. Mitchell takes through 77,200 to tomorrow.
ElkY is a step closer to winning a bracelet in his homeland after defeating Charles Gagnon heads-up.
Elky had 400 chips less than his opponent when they tangled in a big pre-flop showdown. Gagnon raised to 1,900 off the button before moving all-in for 40,900 when ElkY three-bet to 4,800. Call.
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on a 
board.
stayed ahead of the Swede's 
on a 
board. Anter was down to his last 18,500 at the beginning of the hand.
but the 
on the turn catapulted Hastings into the lead. The 
on the river completed the hand and sent most of the massive pot in the direction of hastings, who now has over 30,000 chips, whilst Nassif has close to 17,000.
lands on the river.
flop, Johnson check-raised the Brit's 1,100 bet up to 3,500 and then called all-in when he faced a shove.
but the board ran out 
to make trips for his opponent.
and now Gagnon bet 5,600. ElkY called and Gagnon turned over 
would have been the absolute nuts) whilst ElkY showed the 
