Marius Gierse raised to 125,000 from under the gun and Robert Salaburu three-bet to 700,000 from the cutoff. When it got back to Gierse, he shoved for 710,000, and Salaburu called off the extra chips.
Marius Gierse: Q♣Q♥ 
Robert Salaburu: A♥J♣
Gierse earned his double-up as the board of 6h2sjs9c8h] kept his pocket queens in the lead.
Leon Sturm raised to 120,000 on the button and Philip Sternheimer called in the big blind.
Sternheimer proceeded to check-call bets from Sturm on every street. First for 90,000 on the J♥8♦7♠ flop, then for 305,000 on the 3♥ turn, and lastly for Sternheimer’s remaining 650,000 on the 4♥ river.
Sternheimer turned over 10♠9♠ for a flopped straight, which was best against Sturm’s J♦8♣ for two pair for the double up.
Brandon Steven moved all in for 375,000 from early position and Aleksejs Ponakovs called off for less in middle position.
Aleksejs Ponakovs: J♥J♣
Brandon Steven: A♠7♥
Steven was behind and failed to improve on the Q♠K♠8♠J♦8♥ runout to leave himself with crumbs.
The next hand, Steven moved his remaining 150,000 into the middle from under the gun. Jesse Lonis three-bet in the cutoff, forcing the remaining players out of the hand.
Brandon Steven: A♦K♣
Jesse Lonis: Q♣Q♥
Steven found himself in the most classic of races with not many chips but failed to hit on the 6♣7♠10♣2♠2♦ runout to bring his tournament to a close in 23rd place.
Lander Lijo and Chris Brewer got their chips in the middle with Brewer being at risk .
Chris Brewer: Q♣Q♦
Lander Lijo: A♣J♦
Brewer survived the scare as the runout of J♣8♠3♠10♠3♣ kept his pocket queens in the lead.
Jonathan Jaffe raised 125,000 first-to-act and was called by Leon Sturm in middle position. Samuel Ju squeezed to 550,000 from the hijack, which got a fold from Jaffe and a back-raise from Sturm to put Ju all in. Ju called off his remaining stack and a showdown was held.
Samuel Ju: A♣Q♣
Leon Sturm: Q♦Q♥
Ju would need some help, but the J♣5♠7♣4♥3♦ runout kept Sturm’s queens best and Ju was eliminated.
Yaman Nakdali and Leon Sturm got it all in preflop, with Nakdali at risk.
Yaman Nakdali: K♠Q♠
Leon Sturm: 10x10x
The board ran out 8♦Q♦3♠3♦5♣, and Nakdali paired his queen to double up.
Shortly after, Chris Brewer and Jonathan Jaffe got it all in preflop, with Brewer at risk.
Chris Brewer: 7♥7♠
Jonathan Jaffe: A♥6♠
The board ran out 10♣K♠9♥8♣J♠, and Brewer's straight gave him the double.
Mikita Badziakouski moved 420,000 into the pot from middle position, leaving himself just 5,000 behind. Aleksejs Ponakovs moved all in for 710,000 one seat over and Basziakouski quickly called to put himself at risk once the action had folded back around to him.
Mikita Badziakouski: 10♠10♥
Aleksejs Ponakovs: A♣K♥
It was a flip but one that Badziakouski won after the board ran out low with 4♠8♣4♥3♣8♦ to leave Ponakovs with just a few big blinds.
Morten Klein took his turn of being the at-risk player but managed to double up his 815,000-chip stack courtesy of Viktor Blom after the two got the chips in preflop.
Morten Klein: 8♣8♥
Viktor Blom: A♦K♦
Klein hit a set on the 6♣A♥8♦ flop but Blom picked up a flush draw on the 3♦ turn. The river was red but the wrong shade for Blom as the J♥ completed the board and earned Klein a double-up.
Philip Sternheimer was all in for his last 670,000 chips and was put at risk against Yaman Nakdali.
Philip Sternheimer: A♥10♠
Yaman Nakdali: 9♦9♣
Sternheimer needed all five community cards to survive as he paired his ace on the 4♣7♥2♦J♣A♦ runout to stay alive.
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