Nebojsa Ankucic raised to 500,000 from under the gun and Florian Fuchs moved all in from two seats over. A pained Ankucic folded and dropped to around 1.3 million.
The next hand, Roman Motovsky raised to 500,000 and Pascal Pflock shoved from the small blind. Motovsky asked for a count and folded when Pflock's jam was deemed to be for 2,435,000.
Florian Fuchs shipped all in for 2,015,000 from middle position and Ivaylo Sivinov called from the big blind. Fuchs was out front with and Sivinov held one overcard with .
The flop came and Sinvinov hit his one overcard to take the lead. Fuchs looked demoralized after falling behind but the on the turn gave Fuchs a straight. The completed the board and Fuchs scored a double up at the hand of Sivinov.
Ivaylo Sivinov raised to 400,000 from under the gun and Ruben Garcia Blancas checked his stack in the big blind before calling with 1.9 million behind. The flop fell and Garcia Blancas checked, Sivinov bet 550,000 and the Spaniard moved all in to pick up a quick call.
"Do you have a jack?" Garcia Blancas asked, but Sivinov shook his head before the cards were turned over.
Ruben Garcia Blancas:
Ivaylo Sivinov:
The on the turn gave Sivinov an additional gutshot, and the on the river improved him to a flush, eliminating Garcia Blancas in 11th place for €18,324.
All remaining ten hopefuls will now combine to the unofficial ten-handed final table and move to the feature table after losing one more player.
The action was folded around to Gaetan Cauchy in the small blind who indeed found a spot to get the last of his 720,000 chips in the middle. [Removed:35] was in the big blind and made the call.
Cauchy was ahead with but Lucina had two live cards with . The board ran out and Cauchy made two pair to double through Lucina.
While Matous Skorepa built his stack on the one table, Jonathan Khalifa just did so on the other to take a big lead over the rest of the field.
On the button, Khalifa raised to 450,000 and Ivaylo Sivinov called in the big blind. Both players checked the flop and Sivinov bet the turn for 450,000, Khalifa called. After the river, Sivinov checked and Khalifa bet one million.
After spending more than two minutes in the think tank, the clock was called on Sivinov and he called with a few seconds left. Khalifa turned over for a flush and scooped a big pot.
Gaetan Cauchy opened to 450,000 from the cutoff and Roman Motovsky called from the big blind. The flop fell and Motovsky check-called a bet of 325,000 from Cauchy.
The turn brought the and Motvsky checked again. Cauchy fired another 350,000 and Motovsky quickly called. The hit the river and both players checked. Motovsky tabled for two pair while Cauchy showed for a smaller two pair.
Cauchy was left with around five big blinds and will be forced to get his chips in the middle shortly.
Out of the small blind, Nebojsa Ankucic raised to 500,000 and Gaetan Cauchy moved all in to force a quick fold.
The next hand, Ankucic jammed from the button and claimed the blinds and antes.
Florian Fuchs opened to 400,000 from the hijack and Ankucic shoved from the cutoff. Cauchy on the button glanced at the stack of the Austrian and Ankucic cut it down to be 2,195,000. Cauchy had that covered by around two big blinds and folded, as did everyone else including Fuchs.
"I had ace-queen, but there is three people behind," Cauchy said in table chat.