Igor Falkovsky raised to 40,000 and Theodoor Woolschot called. Anthony Mahaut then pushed all-in for 175,000 and the initial raiser folded, Woolschot sigh-called.
Anthony Mahaut: A♥Q♦
Theodoor Woolschot: 6♠6♦
The board ran out Q♥J♠4♥3♠9♥ and Mahaut spiked the queen to survive.
"I had a better hand," Falkovsky said and Woolschot joked "why don't you call, so I can fold".
In a battle of the blinds to the 8♦6♣2♠10♠J♦ river, there were 100,000 in the middle. Cristian Cirja checked over to Andrei Spataru, who used his superior stack to push all-in. Cirja tanked for a few seconds and folded.
Emil Bise moved all in for his last 390,000 after the turn of the 2♠J♠A♠8♥ runout, and Igor Falkovsky made the call.
Emil Bise: A♦8♦
Igor Falkovsky: A♥9♠
Bise's two pair survived the 5♣ river to double his stack through Falkovsky.
Otto Lemke's short stack was in the middle and at risk against Prakash Schiefermueller.
Otto Lemke: A♦9♦
Prakash Schiefermueller: J♠J♥
Schiefermueller's pocket pair held through the 6♠8♦7♣6♥K♣ runout, ending Lemke's run in 24th place.
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 94 | 1 | Traian Stanciu | Romania | 840,000 | 42 |
| 94 | 2 | Theodoor Woolschot | Netherlands | 1,300,000 | 65 |
| 94 | 3 | Anthony Mahaut | France | 215,000 | 11 |
| 94 | 4 | Michael Gehrmann | Germany | 880,000 | 44 |
| 94 | 5 | Antoine Vranken | Netherlands | 305,000 | 15 |
| 94 | 6 | Emil Bise | Switzerland | 440,000 | 22 |
| 94 | 7 | Duc Tuan Tran | Germany | 1,175,000 | 59 |
| 94 | 8 | Igor Falkovsky | Belarus | 915,000 | 46 |
| 95 | 1 | Otto Lemke | Germany | 160,000 | 9 |
| 95 | 2 | Cristian Cirja | Romania | 175,000 | 9 |
| 95 | 3 | Andrei Spataru | Romania | 830,000 | 42 |
| 95 | 4 | Yuhang Chen | China | 355,000 | 18 |
| 95 | 5 | Vlad Darie | Romania | 845,000 | 42 |
| 95 | 6 | Simone Piazzini | Italy | 180,000 | 9 |
| 95 | 7 | Prakash Schiefermueller | Switzerland | 180,000 | 8 |
| 95 | 8 | Ilie Smintanca-Januszewski | Romania | 215,000 | 11 |
| 96 | 1 | Sefora Pop | Romania | 1,300,000 | 65 |
| 96 | 2 | Andrzej Jedryczka | Poland | 1,150,000 | 58 |
| 96 | 3 | Johan De Clercq | Belgium | 380,000 | 19 |
| 96 | 4 | Vatan Baruti | Kosovo | 475,000 | 24 |
| 96 | 5 | Maurice Nass | Germany | 560,000 | 28 |
| 96 | 6 | Bogdan Tilica | Romania | 365,000 | 18 |
| 96 | 7 | Roland Israelashvili | United States | 700,000 | 35 |
| 96 | 8 | Robert Saffran | Germany | 630,000 | 32 |
With two eliminations within five minutes, the field is down to the last 24 contenders and they are now redrawing to the final three tables.
Henning Wendlandt raised to 40,000 and then called all-in when Vlad Darie pushed out of the blinds.
Henning Wendlandt: A♠Q♦
Vlad Darie: 9♥8♥
The suited connectors got there on the J♣10♦2♠7♦8♦ runout to knock out Wendlandt in 25th place.
Simone Pascucci raised to 115,000 from under the gun and Traian Stanciu called from one seat over.
Pascucci bet 50,000 on the Q♠8♥7♥ flop and Stanciu had already announced call before noticing the 25,000 behind for Pascucci. Those then went in after the 8♦ turn.
Simone Pascucci: K♥9♥
Traian Stanciu: A♦A♥
Pascucci had some outs with the flush draw but Stanciu improved to aces full with the A♣ river.
Niveau: 23
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 20,000
After an action-packed first two hours, the field has been reduced to the last 26 contenders and they are on a scheduled 15-minute break. During that time, the T-1,000 chips will be raced off.
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