Rui Neves Ferreira got his last 32,000 or so in from the cutoff with but was dominated by the held by small blind Kenny Hallaert. A jack-free board meant curtains for Ferreira.
Thomas Muehloecker was right behind him on the way to the door after busting at a neighboring table.
After an early double, Goran Mandic dragged another hefty pot just now when he three-bet to 20,000 out of the big blind after a raise and a call. Only caller Artan Dedusha stuck around and they saw a flop. Both checked to bring a . Mandic bet 22,000 and Dedusha peeled, but the British played mucked in short order to a bet of 18,000 on the river.
Koray Aldemir checked from the big blind and then called when Anthony Zinno bet 15,000 into a pot of around 20,000 on an flop. Both checked the , bringing a . Aldemir bet 50,000 and Zinno called in short order with for a straight, while Aldemir had to show a worthless missed flush: .
Oliver Weis moved all in from middle position for 66,700 on a completed board of . Pascal Hartmann asked for the count on the button, and the bet looked to be over the size of the pot. Hartmann used two time extensions and then mucked.
"I wanted to call so bad, you can't imagine," he said with a sigh.
From early position, Kfir Ivgi opened for 6,000. Kenny Hallaert three-bet to what appeared to be 20,000 from the hijack. Ping Lin in the cutoff used a time bank card to make up his mind but eventually folded.
When the action got back to Ivgi, he casually made it 46,000 to go. Hallaert asked for a count and eventually moved in for about 250,000. Ivgi snap-called.
Kfir Ivgi:
Kenny Hallaert:
The board ran out which made Hallaert drawing dead on the turn.
Artan Dedusha opened under the gun to 6,000 and got action from Fahredin Mustafov. We didn't see how exactly the action went down, but they got stacks in on the flop with Dedusha at risk for 87,700.
Dedusha:
Mustafov:
The turn was a and Dedusha all but locked it in with a boat. The river was the and he collected the hefty pot.
Yan Tsang bet 18,000 from the big blind on a board of and Christopher Kruk called from under the gun. Tsang bet 37,000 on the river and Kruk went into the tank, using a time extension. Eventually, he shoved all in. It was about 130,000 more and put Tsang at risk, but he decided to fold.
We missed how it exactly all went in, but what we do know is that Yan Shing Tsang wagered his 120,000 with from the hijack while Sam Greenwood in the small blind had to show for.
The board ran out and Shing Tsang exited.
"Merry Christmas!" Christopher Kruk said to Greenwood when Yan Shing Tsang had already left the tournament room.
but was dominated by the 
held by small blind Kenny Hallaert. A jack-free board meant curtains for Ferreira. 
flop. Both checked to bring a 
river.
flop. Both checked the 
, bringing a 
for a straight, while Aldemir had to show a worthless missed flush: 
.
. Pascal Hartmann asked for the count on the button, and the bet looked to be over the size of the pot. Hartmann used two time extensions and then mucked. 
which made Hallaert drawing dead on the turn.
flop with Dedusha at risk for 87,700.
and Dedusha all but locked it in with a boat. The river was the 
