Action was heads-up with around 50,000 in the pot and 
on the board when Pavel Veksler shoved from the small blind and Aram Sargsyan called from the cutoff.
Pavel Veksler: 
Aram Sargsyan: 
Veksler was ahead with a pair of eights when the turn came 
and the river was 
with no help for Sargsyan. Veksler secured the double with a pair of eights and brought some health back back to his stack.
Ramzi Karam shoved his short stack of 61,000 in from the hijack and Niall Farrell called in the cutoff.
Ramzi Karam: 
Niall Farrell: 
The two were flipping, and the 
board ran out all low cards to keep Karam ahead as he secured the double.
Over on the featured tabled, Arnaud Mattern shoved for 77,000 from the cutoff and Yannick Cardot called on the button.
Arnaud Mattern:
Yannick Cardot: 
The 
flop gave Mattern a flush draw, but the 
and 
completed the board to give Cardot a flush instead, and the 2007 EPT Prague Main Event winner was eliminated.
Lucien Cohen was eliminated on a different table and that left just one former champion still in the mix.
In a battle of players who often duel each other in Paris, Mehdi Chaoui opted to limp-shove in a battle of the blinds. His push for around 185,000 was snapped off by Ariel Sebban in the big blind and the timing for the move by Chaoui came at an unfortunate moment.
Mehdi Chaoui:
Ariel Sebban: 
The 
flop provided the flush draw for Chaoui but the 
turn and river were both blanks.
On a completed board of 
, Franz Bracher checked his option with around 175,000 behind. Nariman Yaghmai then pushed all-in with the far superior stack on the button and that sent his opponent in the tank. Bracher used three time banks and eventually declared the call.
Yaghmai rolled over the 
for the runner runner nut flush and that beat the 
of the Swiss. The same table then lost Tomasso Briotti soon after as the early carnage continued.
More casualties shortly after included Huy Pham, Dylan Lambert and Alexandros Kolonias.
Mikal Blomlie got his short stack in and was at risk against Christophe Panetti.
Mikal Blomlie: 
Christophe Panetti:
The 
flop vaulted Blomlie ahead, and the and confirmed his double.
Julien Martini recalled a hand in which his 
prevailed against fellow short stack Sylvestre Ceccaldi, who failed to get there with 
when both players made trips aces on the board.
One table over, Josip Simunic pushed a short stack of 72,000 with the 
in the cutoff and was called by Marcelo Simoes on the button with the 
.
Simunic wished for his partner on the rail to keep the fingers crossed and asked for low cards. However, the 
board contained the dreadful ace and eliminate the former handball player.
Niveau: 18
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
Marc Cristiani check-called the 
flop for 10,000 and checked again the turn on which Javier Gomez Zapatero bet another 52,000. Cristiani pushed all-in and the Spaniard folded.
Picking up the action on the 
flop soon thereafter, Gomez Zapatero check-raised the flop from 20,000 to 60,000 and Vlado Banicevic called. The 
fell on the turn and Gomez Zapatero checked. Banicevic bet 75,000 and shut down his opponent.
With roughly 300,000 in the pot on a 
flop, Ferenc Deak checked the small blind and Javier Gomez Zapatero bet 80,000 in the big blind. Deak called.
The landed on the turn and Deak checked again. Zapatero moved all-in for approximately 385,000, and Deak sent his cards into the muck fairly quickly.
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