Svetlin Sabev opened to 6,000 from middle position and found a call from Andrea Dato in the cutoff. The rest of the table folded before the 9♣Q♦4♣ flop.
Sabev checked and called a bet of 6,000 from Dato to the 3♥ turn, where both players checked.
Sabev then led out on the 5♠ river for 24,000, forcing a fold from Dato and adding more chips to his growing stack.
Nichan Khorchidian raised to 6,000 from under the gun and Rui Bouquet jammed his 50,000 stack in the middle from the cutoff. The action folded back to Khorchidian, who made the call.
Rui Bouquet: A♥J♦
Nichan Khorchidian: Q♦Q♣
Khorchidian's queens held up on the low board of 6♣6♠4♣2♠4♠ and Bouquet headed towards the exit.
Christos Leantzis raised to 5,500 in the cutoff as action went on Piotr Wiecek in the big blind, who asked Leantzis how much he had remaining before moving all in. Leantzis called for his last 93,500.
Christos Leantzis: A♥K♠
Piotr Wiecek: 9♥9♠
Leantzis stood up and leaned over the table filming the action with his phone, but he didn't take long to take the lead as the flop brought 5♥K♦A♠ giving him top two pair.
The board ran out 2♥2♠ and Wiecek was forced to hand over most of his stack.
Steve O'Dwyer raised to 6,000 in the hijack and only Casimir Seire called from the cutoff.
The flop came Q♥7♥6♦ and O'Dwyer continued for 10,000. Seire called to the A♣ turn, where O'Dwyer slowed down and checked. Seire then fired out 25,000 and O'Dwyer quickly sent his cards into the muck.
At another table, Alessio Isaia had opened to 6,000 in middle position and was called by Jose Gonzalez on the button before Kai Herold three-bet to 16,000 in the small blind.
Both Isaia and Gonzalez called to the 8♦5♥A♣ flop, where Herold bet another 10,000. Only Gonzalez called as the 6♣ fell on the turn.
Herold then fired out another 25,000 and Gonzalez snap-folded.
Pascal Vos, Bart Lybaert, and Fabian Niederreiter were three-ways to a turn on 6♦7♣K♣A♦. With 30,000 chips in the middle, Vos checked from the big blind and Lybaert followed suit in the cutoff. Niederreiter then fired a big bet of 28,000 chips, and only Lybaert made a call to see the 8♦ river.
Lybaert checked again and Niederreiter took a while before ultimately checking it back. Lybaert showed A♣2♣ for a pair of aces with no kicker, but Niederreiter had that beat with his 7♠7♦ for a set of sevens, winning the pot.
Niveau: 13
Blinds: 1,000/2,500
Ante: 2,500
The 270 remaining players are on another 20-minute break. As always, take a look at the main talking points from the last 90-minutes of action.
The money bubble is almost in sight, as the top 199 players will finish inside the paid places.
In the final hand before the break, Pascal Dabrion and Hala Karam got all of their chips in preflop, with Karam's 26,000 stack being at risk.
Hala Karam: 3♠3♦
Pascal Dabrion: A♥Q♥
Karam let out a shriek of joy as she flopped a set on 4♠3♣A♦. Dabrion was drawing dead on the 7♣ turn and the J♠ river did not matter anymore.
Karam went into the break elated while Dabrion shook his head in disbelief.
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