All the chips went into the middle preflop, with Alexander Kleinhans at risk in the small blind for 127,000. He was covered by the very active Renji Mao.
Alexander Kleinhans: K♠Q♦
Renji Mao: 5♣4♣
Kleinhans dominated Mao and improved to two pair after the board of Q♠6♦4♥2♠K♥ to secure a much-needed double up.
Florian Kraft bet 25,000 from the hijack and was met with a huge all-in from Besmir Hodaj on the button for 380,000. Kraft made the call to put the over night chip leader at risk.
Besmir Hodaj: A♠J♠
Florian Kraft: K♠K♣
Kraft was the favorite to win the hand and the runout of Q♥8♥3♦6♦Q♣ provided no help for the Italian to send him crashing out of the tournament. Kraft is now amongst the chip leaders.
Down to around 140,000, Nils Pudel got it in preflop with the K♥8♥. He was up against the Q♠Q♣ of Julien Sitbon and faoled to get there with the 7♠7♦6♣8♣7♥ runout.
Albert Gorelik got it in ahead with A♦K♥ versus A♣Q♥ and asked for a king on the flop when at risk against Candido Cappiello. He then changed his mind to hearts on a A♥J♥3♥ flop and that wish was granted with the 6♥ turn, making the 3♣ river meaningless.
Gorelik lost most of the profit soon after when he paid off a bet worth 140,000 by Deividas Butnoras out of the big blind on the 8♠8♥2♥5♥2♠ river. Butnoras tabled the 8♣4♣ for eights full of deuces to win the pot.
Klas Krueger moved all in from under the gun for 140,000 and was called by Alexander Kleinhans in the big blind.
Klas Krueger: 10♥9♥
Alexander Kleinhans: K♣Q♦
Krueger could not connect with his suited connectors, as Kleinhans improved to trip queens after the board of A♣3♦2♦Q♠Q♥ to send Krueger out of the competition.
All the chips went into the middle preflop when Timo Kamphues moved all in from the big blind for 400,000 and was called by Zlatin Penev in the hijack.
Timo Kamphues: Q♠Q♣
Zlatin Penev: K♦K♥
Penev was in the lead and after the flop of K♣Q♦6♥ both players made a set. Kamphues could not find his one-outer though as the 7♥5♦ completed the board to move Penev towards the top of the chip rankings, while Kamphues headed for the exit.
Stefan Bittger lost a flip with pocket jacks against the A♦K♣ of David Boyaciyan to hit the rail.
The all-in showdowns kept on coming, though, as Traian Stanciu became the next casualty just prior to that. He was up with A♥K♣ against the 5♦5♥ of Florian Kraft via three-bet shove for 272,000.
On a board of 8♠6♠2♣7♠10♥, the mighty pair held and the field was down to the last five tables.
Very little time passed before Candido Cappiello three-bet to 170,000 with 25,000 behind. Christian Schneider four-bet jammed and Cappiello eventually called.
Candido Cappiello: A♣J♦
Christian Schneider: A♠Q♣
Schneider was ahead all the way and made trips on the 8♠7♦4♣Q♥Q♠ board.
Andrei Spataru then survived his short-stacked all-in against Schneider for 83,000 with K♦K♣ versus A♣6♥.