Paul Michaelis won't be adding a second bracelet to his collection just yet.
First, Willem de Jong doubled up for 105,600 with against the of Michaelis on a board of and the German then moved in with the . His nemesis De Jong shoved blind from the small blind with the and got there again to eliminate Michaelis in 85th place.
Vasile Stancu was eliminated after two hands against Rene Crha. Stancu had been running pretty hot, earning two doubles in the last hour, but his luck ran out.
The first hand, Crha was in the big blind and three-bet Stancu's under the gun open. Stancu called 62,000 and the flop came . Crha checked and Stancu bet 43,000. Crha called.
The turn was the and paired the board. Crha was very deliberate and checked a little sooner than he did on the flop. Stancu went all in and Crha snap called with . Stancu showed and needed help.
The river was the and Rene Crha doubled through Stancu, leaving him with 12,000.
The next hand Stancu put the rest of his chips in and Sebastian Langrock raised to 22,000. Crha called as well from the big blind.
The flop came and Crha checked. Langrock bet 12,000 and Crha called. The turn was the and Crha checked again. Langrock bet 28,000 and Crha called. The river was the and both players checked. Crha won the hand with for a full house and eliminated Stancu. Langrock showed for top pair and then mucked.
On the flop of , four players including Jacek Skiscim and Antoine Vranken in the big blind checked. Things then escalated on the turn and Skiscim as well as Vranken went to war with the former all in and at risk.
Jacek Skiscim:
Antoine Vranken:
Both players had flopped trips sixes and Skiscim had the better kicker, he even improved to a full house with the river and celebrated the double with a friend from Poland on the rail.
Radek Castka opened to 15,000 from early position and Artan Dedusha called on the button. Waldemar Kopyl three-bet to 63,000 and Castka asked for a brief count, then moved all in. Dedusha folded and so did Kopyl in an instant. "You snap-folded, I would have snap-moved all in if he didn't do it," Dedusha said to Kopyl and Marcel Luske replied with a dry "you have to snap something, you are a snapper," causing giggles at the table.
The next table broke and Marcel Luske was among those to run out of chips, sending his stack over to Artan Dedusha. Pavel Svach and Robert Auer had busted before the break and they were soon joined by Liraz Weiman as well.
Weiman got it in with against the of Erkan Sonmez and the board came .
Picking up the action on the flop, Serghei Lisiy in the big blind and Sebastian Langrock on the button checked. The appeared on the turn and Lisiy checked, Langrock bet 6,000 and called a check-raise to 21,000 by Lisiy.
The on the river brought a bet of 33,000 by Lisiy and Langrock eventually called, then mucked when being shown by Lisiy.