With one-minute remaining on the tournament clock before the end of the level there was a sudden burst of action that resulted in the elimination of Predrag Lekovic, who was down to just over 20 big blinds.
It was Fedor Holz who was the man to show Lekovic the door, making it 35,000 to go from the button and the Montenegrin moved all-in for roughly 320,000 in total and was quickly called.
Predrag Lekovic: 
Fedor Holz: 
Lekovic was the at risk player and found no help when the board ran out 
and he departed in third place for the equivalent of US$179,160 while Holz stacked up to 930,000.
The German extended this further playing his rush and snagging the chip lead just before both players went on a short ten-minute break, and is now sitting on a stack of 1,182,000 while Hao dropped to 868,000.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
1,182,000
602,000
|
602,000 |
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|
868,000
-252,000
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-252,000 |
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Eliminé | |
flop seeing no betting and both players seemed content to check the 
turn and 
but this was not enough to best Lekoivic’s 
.
turn Hao reached for chips and led out for 75,000, which was enough to get the German to give it up.
flop and the Montenegrin decided to take a stab for 20,000. While this was enough to get Holz to give it up Hao was going nowhere and check-raised to 42,000 in total.
turn. This saw Hao reach for chips once more, and he fired out a hefty 82,000, which was enough to get Lekovic to give it up and that was the last hand of the level.
flop saw Holz check the action over to Hao, who thought things over for several minutes before firing out a bet of 86,000 into the 180,000 pot, with Holz making a quick call.
river completed a possible spade flush and Holz quickly checked it over to Hao for a third time and the Chinese player quickly checked it back.
for a flopped top two pair. Hao, however, looked chuffed to bits and scooped the massive pot to climb to 1.27 million and seize the chip lead while Holz took a big hit and dropped to 390,000.
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flop over to Hao, who continuation bet 39,000, which Holz called to swell the pot to 130,000. The 
turn saw Holz check again and after some deliberation, Hao checked it right back.
for bottom pair, but that was not enough to beat Hao’s 
with Lekovic making the call with 
