Sergio Aido opened to 27,000 and Nick van der Marel three-bet all in for 368,000. It folded back to Aido who called.
Sergio Aido: 
Nick van der Marel: 
The flop came 
giving Aido an open-ended straight draw, but Van Der Marel a flush draw which he duly made on the 
turn. The river was the 
and the Dutchman doubled up.
Feature Table
Ben Heath raised to 90,000 from the button and Ryan Riess shoved from the big blind. Heath called for his last chips.
Ben Heath: 
Ryan Riess: 
The flop came 
to not provide any help to Heath as Riess was still ahead with the pocket tens.
The turn was the 
which didn't change the situation and the 
on the river meant the end of Heath's tournament life as he finished in 80th place.
Marco Slacanac opened to 50,000 and Sean McNulty defended his big blind.
The flop came 
and McNulty checked to Slacanac who bet 50,000. McNulty then check-raised all in for 228,000.
"When you see my hand, you will laugh," said Slacanac, who thought for a while before calling.
Marco Slacanac: 
Sean McNulty: 
"Nooo!" said Slacanac when faced with a better club draw than his. The turn was the 
and the river 
ensured that the pot was a chop.
"Oh my...fuck..." said McNulty who sits with 25 big blinds.
In the previous hand, Will Givens had lost nearly all his chips in an all-in clash that has left him with a mere 21,000. The following hand, Marco Slacanoc raised to 25,000 in early position, Givens called all in, and Pierre Mothes called in late position.
Slacanac bet 30,000 on the 
flop and Mothes called to build up the side pot as well. Slacanac bet 75,000 on the turn and Mothes spent ages in the tank. The floor was called for time, but as soon as the timer started Mothes put in a raise. Slacanac quickly open-folded 
Will Givens:
Pierre Mothes: 
Givens was drawing dead, making the river a mere formality, and he finished in 76th place for €15,074.
Slobodan Ruzicic was all-in from the big blind and called after Liwei Sun had raised from mid-position.
Slobodan Ruzicic: 
Liwei Sun:
The board ran out 
for Sun's pocket kings to hold and eliminate Ruzicic from the tournament before the pay jump.
It folded to Pierre Mothes who raised to 30,000. Next to act was Luiz Duarte who, according to Dietrich Fast who was remonstrating with the tournament director, was stalling on most hands in order to ladder.
Duarte then raised to 57,000 leaving himself 5,000 behind. The remaining players all folded, before Mothes called.
The flop came 
. Mothes announced all in and Duarte threw in his last 5,000 chip.
Pierre Mothes:
Luiz Duarte:
Mothes had flopped a pair, and although Duarte picked up a flush draw on the turn, the river was the 
and he was eliminated.
Allen Kessler open-shoved for 71,000 with and was looked up by Vladimir Troyanovskiy in the big blind with 
"How does he have sevens in the big blind?" bemoaned Kessler as the flop came 
. "I need a diamond or an ace."
As luck would have it, the turn was the . The river was the and Kessler secured a double to around 13 big blinds.
Joel Ettedgi opened to 26,000 and Mustapha Kanit three-bet all in for 121,000. Ognjen Sekularac cold-called in the big blind and Ettedgi also called.
The two active players checked down 
and the cards were turned over. Sekularac showed and Ettedgi showed . All-in player Kanit disgustedly turned over having been rivered by Sekularac, and he was eliminated from the tournament.
Tal Noach opened to 24,000 and Andy Black three-bet enough to put Noach all in. Noach moved his chips forward and the cards were turned over.
Tal Noach:
Andy Black:
There was to be no help for Black on the and Noach secured a double-up.
It's not really a post-bubble bonanza yet — most of the players have deep enough stacks --, but at Table #149 four all-ins happened in a row. Not one of them ended up getting called.
The first, second and fourth shove were all courtesy of Thomas Hammerl, while Ming Xi shoved once in between. Hammerl moved himself up to 230,000 with the three uncontested shoves.
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