Team Finland was reduced to just one hopeful prior to the break as Eelis Pärssinen and Joni Jouhkimainen departed. After the break, Christian Harder and Roussos Koliakoudakis busted to decrease the field of contenders further.
Niveau: 15
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
All other players were already gone but Tommy Le was still involved in a pot that ultimately put his tournament life at risk. He was involved in the action from the cutoff and Michael Batell was the sole remaining opponent out of the big blind. They had created a pot of 164,000 to the 
river on which Batell bet the pot.
Le was deep in the tank several minutes into the break and then ultimately called for the last 113,000. Batell rolled over the 
for just a pair of eights, and Le doubled with 
for a pair of kings.
Players are on their second 15-minute break of the day.
Brent Roberts raised to 21,000 and Amir Mirrasouli tossed in 6,000 chips, thinking it had just been a limp by the initial raiser. He was then forced to call the raise and Yuval Bronshtein clicked it back to 54,000. Sterling Savill reraised the pot for 207,000 and Roberts called all-in. Mirrasouli tossed in a chip once more and was then made aware that Savill had repotted as the dealer called for the floor.
Since it was already the second action for Mirrasouli in which he had tossed in a chip, he was forced to call the repot by Savill and Bronshtein then called all-in. The flop fell 
and Savill jammed for 97,000, Mirrasouli asked for a count and made the call.
Brent Roberts: 
Yuval Bronshtein: 
Sterling Savill: 
Amir Mirrasouli: 
The board completed with the 
turn and 
river for Roberts to bust and Bronshtein to nearly quadruple up. Savill doubled through Mirrasouli, who earned no portion of the pot at all.
"Back to where I started," Bronshtein said with a big grin on the face after he was done stacking up the chips.
In a four-bet pot with over 250,000 already in the middle, the dealer spread the flop of 
. William Kakon was facing an all-in shove for around 60,000 and Kakon snap-called.
Kakon whipped over 
for trip fours after out-flopping his opponent who held pocket aces. The 
on the turn and the 
on the river secured the pot for Kakon as he eliminated his opponent.
Stephen Chidwick in late position was in a heads up pot against Ian O'Hara in the small blind on a board reading 
with around 40,000 in the middle. O'Hara checked and Chidwick checked back.
The river brought the 
and O'Hara led out with a bet of 35,000. Chidwick let his hand go.
With 66,000 invested three ways to the 
flop, Abraham Faroni bet 64,000 and Dominique Mosley folded. Eric Kurtzman also got out of the way and saw another pot shipped into a different direction. The biggest stack on the table now belongs to Chad Campbell.
Chance Kornuth in the big blind was in a heads-up pot against Nathan Zimnik on the button on a board reading 
.
Kornuth checked on the turn and called a bet of 92,000 from Zimnik. The river brought the and Kornuth led out with a bet that looked to be around 230,000. Zimnik instantly called.
Zimnik turned over 
for a set of kings and Kornuth mucked his hand.
Eric Fields opened to 21,000 in early position and Josh Arieh three-bet to 55,000 in the cutoff. The action folded back to Fields who jammed all in for 165,000. Arieh asked for a count and then reluctantly threw in a call.
Eric Fields: 
Josh Arieh:
The flop of 
left Fields in the lead with his pair of aces. Arieh was left drawing to just two outs and neither the on the turn nor the on the river was enough.
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