Berhane Yoseph raised to 300,000 on the button and Jamel Ghizaoui simply three-bet jammed with the far bigger stack in the small blind. Ladislav Kellner in the big blind folded and Yoseph reluctantly called all-in.
Berhane Yoseph: J♦J♥
Jamel Ghizaoui: A♦K♣
They were racing and Yoseph came out on top on the 8♣7♥7♦10♥Q♠ board.
"I would have won, king queen," Kellner mentioned in table chat.
Eusebiu Jalba opened to 250,000 from the cutoff and Alexander Lanner moved all in from the small blind for 700,000. Jalba called with a covering stack to put Lanner at risk.
Alexander Lanner: A♥J♣
Eusebiu Jalba: K♥J♦
Lanner had his opponent pipped and was in great shape to double up. That all changed when the flop came K♦J♥6♠, giving Jalba two pair and leaving Lanner drawing to just three outs. Lanner failed to find an ace on the 8♥ turn or 3♥ river and was sent to the rail while Jalba took down a nice pot.
Zlatin Penev opened to 200,000 from under the gun, and Fabio Peluso three-bet to 1,330,000 in middle position, keeping only 100,000 chips with him. The other players folded, and Penev decided to just call.
On the flop 5♣K♠Q♣, Penev checked, and Peluso checked back. Then on the turn 2♦, Penev checked again.
Peluso took his time, looking at the payouts and waiting for a player to be eliminated. But a tournament director walked by and informed Peluso that he had 30 seconds left to make a decision, as he only had one big blind left. Peluso eventually checked back.
The J♦ came on the river, and Penev quickly bet 100,000 to force Peluso to go all in. Peluso waited again, so the tournament director called the clock, again. And after 30 seconds, Peluso decided to fold and keep his single blind. Penev showed A♠K♦.
On the next hand, Francis Klar moved all in from the cutoff, but nobody called. When he scooped the pot, the tournament director warned the players to make their decisions quickly and not to stall.
Peluso heard that and immediately shoved from under the gun. Klar jammed too, and both players flipped their cards.
Fabio Peluso: J♣8♣
Francis Klar: Q♥Q♣
Peluso hit a jack on the flop J♦7♥2♦, but it wasn't enough to beat Klar's queens, and he was eliminated after the turn 10♠ and the river 7♦.
The cards were on their backs preflop as De Han Kim had jammed for 1,595,000 with the 3♦3♥. He was up against the A♦K♦ of Keng Tan and flopped a set on the 10♥5♥3♠9♣2♥ runout to double.
Tan had just 150,000 left after the hand and busted right after, which reduced the field to the last six tables. All further early casualties can be found below.
The cards of Dragoljub Martinovic were just mucked when his stack was sent over to chip leader Artiom Poddubnii.
According to Marius Gicovanu, Poddubnii had raised and received one caller before Martinovic jammed with ace-king. It was an unfortunate timing as Poddubnii held the A♣A♠ and had little to fear on a 9♦3♥2♣6♣J♦ runout.
Heinz Traut also fell shortly after as the early carnage already caused one dozen casualties.
Heads-up to the A♠6♦5♦ flop, Artiom Poddubnii checked and then called a bet worth 300,000 by Daniel Lehmann. That led them to the J♥ turn on which both checked. Lehmann also checked back the Q♠ river and couldn't beat the A♣3♦ of Podubbnii.
Marius Gicovanu raised to 210,000 from middle position, and he was called by Giuseppe Mazza-Boussemart in the hijack and by the chipleader, Artiom Poddubnii, seated in the big blind.
All three players checked both on the flop 9♣5♥8♦ and on the turn Q♦. But after the river 3♠ completed the board, Gicovanu bet 625,000. Mazza-Boussemart quickly called, and Poddubnii folded.
But all the chips went into Gicovanu's direction, as he had A♣Q♥ for top pair.
Elia Salerno defended the big blind against an under-the-gun raise by Dragan Miljanovic and checked the J♥10♦9♥ flop. Miljanovic then moved all-in for the last 300,000 and Salerno asked for an exact count before making the call.
Dragan Miljanovic: A♣5♣
Elia Salerno: 6♦5♦
The A♥ turn locked up the double for Miljanovic to make the 10♣ river a formality.
Omar Eljach bet the 10♦9♦7♠2♥5♦ river for 150,000 out of the big blind. Javier Francort on the button raised to 1,100,000 and Eljach folded with a smile on his face.
One table over, Evgheni Toporas was flipping for his last 960,000 against Giuseppe Domenico Mazza-Boussemart.
Evgheni Toporas: A♠Q♥
Giuseppe Mazza-Boussemart: 10♣10♦
The overcard came on the A♥2♦2♣ flop, and Toporas held thanks to the 8♦ turn as well as J♠ river.
