In a battle of the blinds, "VSMPZD" had table neighbor "lafiera8" at risk preflop and both players turned over an ace in showdown.
"lafiera8": 
"VSMPZD": 
The pot of 9.9 million chips was sent over to "VSMPZD" as they dodged an additional gutshot on the 
board, eliminating "lafiera8" in 15th place.
"kris16" raised to 400,000 and was called by both players in the blinds including "VSMPZD" and "lafiera8". On a 
flop, "VSMPZD" check-raised a continuation bet to 1.4 million and "kris16" was the only caller. "VSMPZD" bet the turn and jammed the 
river for the last 3.7 million which "kris16" called.
"VSMPZD" tabled 
for a set and "kris16" lost a huge portion of their stack with the 
.
"kris16" then doubled with 
against the 
of "lafiera8" thanks to the 
board.
Canada's "BakedSand" finished in 18th place when they pushed their short stack in with the 
and were called by "ArtePokerTV" in the big blind with the . The board ran out 
and that spelled the end for "BakedSand".
Moments later, "preflopPlus" hit the rail and the table closed immediately as the final 16 were set.
Oliver "King_Bill47" Bill lasted all but a few moments in those last two tables as he failed to hold up with in the big blind when facing Luis Gustavo "DJLITTLESOUL" Kamei and his 
in the small blind.
The flop immediately brought bad news and the turn and 
river provided no help.
Niveau: 30
Blinds: 100,000/200,000
Ante: 25,000
Alexander "Craggy" Bylick bowed out in 24th place when 
came up second-best to the of Jeffrey "hockeysyrup" Mallach on a board of 
.
Moments later a huge three-way all-in saw both Daan "DaanOss" Mulders and Koray "KakiTee" Turker at risk.
Koray "KakiTee" Turker: 
Daan "DaanOss" Mulders: 
Wei "dugui777" Zhao:
The 
board gave Turker a miracle straight while Mulders hit the rail.
In the blink of an eye, Thi "HoneyandTHI" Truong and Martijn "visacard" Gerrits, then Turker sent over his chips to "ArtePokerTV" and Patricia "PatriciaLD" Levy Dery hit the rail to go from 23 to 18 left in lightning speed.
Dario Sammartino was one of the shortest stacks still in contention and jammed the cutoff with 
, which was called by Wei "dugui777" Zhao on the button with .
On a board of 
, Sammartino failed to connect and bowed out in 26th place.
And the next big name to fall was Dimitar "bombok032" Danchev who took a rough beat against "Tr1pTripM".
Dimitar "bombok032" Danchev:
"Tr1pTripM": 
The board came to eliminate Danchev in 25th.
Niveau: 29
Blinds: 80,000/160,000
Ante: 20,000
Justin "LappyPoker" Lapka became the next casualty and Daan "DaanOss" Mulders went on a rampage to go from short stack to big stack while Daniel "AliSmirovich" Dayan went from fourth in chips to out in 27th place.
Mulders doubled in an ace-rag war and then doubled through Dayan with versus 
on a board of .
Mulders then used the pressure to reraise into Dayan's committed raise and the latter eventually called while waiting on a pay jump.
Daniel "AliSmirovich" Dayan:
Daan "DaanOss" Mulders:
Again the Dutchman had the best of it on a board.
Luis Gustavo "DJLITTLESOUL" Kamei raised the it up from the cutoff and picked up two callers including "tonythetiger" in the big blind.
After the 
flop, "tonythetiger" was at risk with 
for bottom two pair only to find himself in devastating shape against the of Kamei. The turn and river brought no miracle escape.
Patrick "marypoppins" Hu-A-Kam was the first player to bust after the break when he got it in with against the of "PokerSamurai". They both turned a straight draw but the ace-queen high prevailed as the board ran out .
"Quokka" got his short stack in via flip with against the of Jeffrey "hockeysyrup" Mallach and the 
board delivered the overcard on the turn.
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