On the tail end of a battle of the blinds between Phil Ivey and Matthias Eibinger, the former bet the 
river for 500,000 and Eibinger called. Ivey rolled over 
and Eibinger mucked.
One hand later, Rainer Kempe opened to 250,000 first to act and Chin Wei Lim called out of the big blind. On a 
flop, Lim checked and folded when facing a bet of 500,000 by Kempe.
Joining the action on the 
turn, Christoph Vogelsang checked his option and called a bet of 950,000 by Orpen Kisacikoglu on the button. The 
on the river was checked through and Vogelsang tabled 
for two pair to win the pot.
Just moments after Kahle Burns doubled up through Paul Phua with 
versus 
thanks to a 
board, the two were back it again. This time, Paul Phua was the player at risk for 2,600,000.
Paul Phua: 
Kahle Burns: 
The board ran out 
and Phua held on for a double up. Burns still came out as the winner through the two exchanges.
Niveau: 11
Blinds: 80,000/160,000
Ante: 160,000
Tony G and Cary Katz were the last two players to sneak in another entry before the late registration period closed. That brings the total number of entries to 30 with just 21 players remaining. When the field gets down to 16 players, there will be a two-table redraw.
Over on table 38, James Chen remains the overwhelming chip leader while Matthias Eibinger and Phil Ivey chipped up.
Alex Foxen and Rainer Kempe dropped to a short stack and were just involved in a battle of the blinds.
Kempe led the 
flop for 160,000 and Foxen called. After the turn, Kempe bet 900,000 and Foxen used one time bank extension before making the call.
Kempe bet the river for 2,075,000 with one T-5,000 chip behind after using one time bank himself and Foxen folded.
Anatoly Filatov opened to 320,000 in the hijack and Timothy Adams shoved all in for 1,185,000 in the cutoff. The action was back on Filatov who gave it some thought before making the call for seven big blinds.
Anatoly Filatov: 
Timothy Adams:
Filatov was slightly ahead with his ace-high and the flop of changed nothing. The on the turn and the on the river also missed Adams and he was eliminated.
Adrian Mateos had chipped up through several pots after sitting down for his third bullet in the event while Danny Tang saw his stack dwindle. Both just clashed in a battle cutoff versus button and Tang was the player at risk for 3,455,000.
Danny Tang: 
Adrian Mateos: 
The board came 
and Tang had the checkmark for the double on the turn already.
Richard Yong opened to 450,000 and Anatoly Filatov called on the button. Adrian Mateos pushed for fewer than the starting stack out of the small blind and Yong folded, Filatov called.
Anatoly Filatov: 
Adrian Mateos:
The board came 
and Filatov doubled for 4,570,000, which left Mateos on just 235,000.
After the hand, Yong explained he had miss-clicked and thought it was a big blind of 200,000 already.
Richard Yong opened to 350,000 from under the gun and was called by Christoph Vogelsang on his left and Orpen Kisacikoglu in the big blind. The flop came and the action checked to Vogelsang who bet 500,000. Kisacikoglu and Yong both called.
The turn was the and all three players checked to the on the river. Kisacikoglu slid out a bet of 2,000,000 which prompted a quick fold from Yong. Vogelsang bumped it up to 5,900,000 and Kisacikoglu wasted little time before sending his cards to the muck.
In the next hand, Adrian Mateos was all in with against the 
of Yong. Mateos was at risk for just over 700,000 and an ace on the flop was enough to secure him the double up.
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