The chips were in the middle preflop and Matias Arosuo found himself dominated by a near even-stacked Viktor Ustimov as both players revealed pocket pairs.
Matias Arosuo: 
Viktor Ustimov: 
The 
board gave Arosuo a ten-high straight and Ustimov was left with three chips and a chair.
Elias Suhonen raised from middle position for 5,000, Toru Ida called and Silviu Baltateanu reraised to 20,000. Suhonen got out of the way but Ida responded by moving all in. Baltateanu called and the players flipped their cards.
Toru Ida: 
Silviu Baltateanu: 
Baltateanu was badly behind, but the board ran out 
to give him the turned straight and bust Ida.
Levente Szabo raised in the cutoff and then called a three-bet by Clyde Tjauw Foe on the button. Following a 
flop, Szabo check-called a bet and that led them to the on the turn. Szabo checked once more and Tjauw Foe now bet 15,000 with 40,000 behind.
Szabo grabbed into his stack and then check-raised to 100,000, which forced a very reluctant fold by the Dutchman.
Atanas Pavlov moved all-in with a shorter stack of around 35,000 and fellow Bulgarian Ivan Zhechev isolated by moving all-in over the top. As all opponents had folded, Pavlov hoped for a coin flip and got exactly that.
Atanas Pavlov:
Ivan Zhechev: 
The 
flop propelled Pavlov into the lead but the turn restored the preflop order. Pavlov still had outs with a straight draw but the 
river was a brick.
On a completed board of 
, El Mostafa Ederoua checked and then faced the all-in of Jeremie Zouari for the last 21,500 from one seat over. Ederoua went into the tank and started some table chat.
"Jacks or nothing?" he inquired but received no reply. Some 30 seconds later, Ederoua called with the 
but was no good, as Zouari revealed 
for trip deuces.
Aleksandr Shevliakov raised from early position and Julien Bolimowski called. Alexander Tomovic went all in with a short stack and both Shevliakov and Bolimowski called.
The flop came 
and action continued between the two bigger stacks. Shevliakov checked and Bolimowski bet 27,000. Shevliakov called.
The turn was the . Shevliakov checked and Bolimowski shoved all in. Shevliakov called and showed 
for a flopped set. Bolimowski slammed his 
on the table in frustration as he busted the tournament. The shorter-stacked Tomovic also made his exit.
The pot brought Shevliakov up to around 460,000.
The action folded all the way to Darko Svesko in the small blind and he opted to open-shove into the big blind of Federico Molina. With some 65,000 behind, Molina eventually called and they were off to the races.
Federico Molina:
Darko Svesko: 
The 
flop left Molina on the ropes but he gained some equity with the turn. However, the river only improved Svesko to a full house and sent the Argentinian to the rail.
Ren Lin was all-in with his favourite card combination "Lady Gaga" as he exposed the 
. He needed a queen to stay alive as Kevin Clement had the superior 
.
However, the 
board ensured that the kicker played and Lin was sent to the rail.
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