Davidi Kitai raised to 62,000 and the action folded to Steve O'Dwyer in the small blind. He pushed for less than 300,000 and Sylvain Loosli behind him reshoved for more. Kitai folded and the cards were tabled.
O'Dwyer: 
Loosli: 
The board ran out 
and O'Dwyer failed to improve, joining the rail and his facial expression said it all. There are now 24 players remaining and they will redraw to the last three tables momentarily.
James McCrink moved all in for his remaining 298,000 chips and Timothy Adams called. McCrink showed 
and tapped the table in recognition of his opponent being dominatingly ahead with 
.
However, it wasn't quite all over as the flop came 
, giving McCrink a flush draw, and the 
completed that flush draw, and the 
on the river was irrelevant as James McCrink moved up over 600,000, and Timothy Adams took a small knock to his already large chip stack
In two hands, Belgium's Triple Crown winner Davidi Kitai surged from short stack to above average, eliminating Scotland's Niall Farrell in the process.
Hand 1
Davidi Kitai open-shoved for 270,000 in middle position. Directly to his left, Niall Farrell reshoved for 309,000 total, covering Kitai slightly.
Davidi Kitai: 
Niall Farrell: 
Kitai's better ace high held up on 
, leaving Farrell crippled behind.
Hand 2
In the next hand, Kitai opened to 55,000 and Farrell called all in for 35,000. Steve O'Dwyer three-bet to 170,000. Kitai took a while before four-bet shoving all in for 596,000. O'Dwyer gave it a quick thought, then called off the remainder of Kitai's stack, putting the Belgian once again at risk.
Davidi Kitai:
Niall Farrell: 
Steve O'Dwyer: 
The flop 
couldn't be much better for Kitai, and he doubled up again after the 
turn and 
river. Farrell was eliminated, O'Dwyer left short.
Stanley Choi open shoved for 507,000 and Connor Drinan in the small blind asked for a count. Once he heard it was just over half a million, he called. The big blind folded and the hands were tabled.
Stanley Choi: 
Connor Drinan:
The board ran out 
and Choi doubled up.
Adrian Mateos raised to 52,000 and Daniel Dvoress called from the cutoff. Big blind Mike McDonald came along for the ride as well and the three of them took a flop of .
McDonald checked to initial raiser Mateos and the Spanish EPT Grand Final champion bet 175,000 with 579,000 behind. Dvoress thought about it for a bit before folding. McDonald took a little bit of time as well, before moving all in. Mateos called instantly.
Adrian Mateos: 
Mike McDonald:
McDonald had some outs to the higher flush, but his 29 percent equity hand didn't materialize into a flush. The on the turn and on the river were blanks and McDonald handed over 754,000 of his chips.
Right after coming back from dinner break, Steve O'Dwyer raised to 50,000 from under the gun and the action folded to Claas Segebrecht in the big blind. He moved all in for 246,000 and O'Dwyer quickly tossed in an obligatory chip for the call.
Segebrecht: 
O'Dwyer: 
The board ran out 
and the double of Segebrecht was locked up on the turn already.
Niveau: 15
Blinds: 12,000/24,000
Ante: 4,000
The remaining 26 players are on their 75-minute dinner break. Updated chip counts are to follow.
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Adrian Mateos raised to 42,000 from under the gun and Stanley Choi called in middle position. Everyone folded to Connor Drinan in the big blind, who shoved all in for 584,000. Mateos took about ten seconds before isolating all in as well, and Choi folded.
Connor Drinan: 
Adrian Mateos: 
The flop was 
, giving Drinan a flush draw to go with his overcard. The turn completed Drinan's flush, leaving Mateos drawing dead to the 
river.
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