Alexi Skoulos found himself all in and at risk preflop for his last 200,000 against Renji Mao who covered.
Alexi Skoulos: K♠J♥J♣5♣
Renji Mao: A♥Q♥6♥2♠
The board ran out 5♥2♥7♦Q♣7♥ giving Mao an ace-high flush to eliminate Skoulos and collect the last of his chips.
Niveau: 20
Blinds: 10,000/25,000
Ante: 25,000
With two players seeing a board of K♥J♦2♣ and roughly 200,000 in the middle, Oleksii Kovalchuk checked and Mats Nylander bet 175,000, committing the majority of his stack. Kovalchuk moved all in with a covering stack and Nylander called to put himself at risk.
Mats Nylander: A♠A♥3♥2♦
Oleksii Kovalchuk: J♥10♦7♦2♥
The rest of the board ran out 7♠Q♠. Kovalchuk's two pair was good at showdown and he collected a healthy pot while Nylander was sent to the rail.
With two players seeing a board of A♠K♥2♥, Arturo Paduano got the last of his chips in against Gergo Nagy who covered.
Arturo Paduano: A♣9♣8♥6♥
Gergo Nagy: K♠K♦6♣4♦
Paduano had top pair and a flush draw but Nagy had the best of it with middle set. The Q♥ turn gave Paduano the flush but the Q♠ river improved Nagy to a full house to score the knockout and take down a sizable pot.
Stuart Rutter was already all in holding A♥K♠J♦9♥ against Gergo Nagy, who held A♦J♠8♠8♦ on a completed board of 8♥10♣2♠Q♠Q♣.
Nagy held the best of it with a full house and Rutter was eliminated in 24th place.
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 138 | 1 | Alexi Skoulos | Sweden | 575,000 | 29 |
| 138 | 2 | Renji Mao | China | 220,000 | 11 |
| 138 | 3 | Filip Lovric | Sweden | 615,000 | 31 |
| 138 | 4 | Tong Li | China | 580,000 | 29 |
| 138 | 5 | Omar Eljach | Sweden | 1,400,000 | 70 |
| 138 | 6 | Hen Rosilio | Israel | 350,000 | 18 |
| 138 | 7 | Eemil Tuominen | Finland | 110,000 | 6 |
| 138 | 8 | Marco Di Persio | Italy | 850,000 | 43 |
| 139 | 1 | Martin Schamaun | Denmark | 490,000 | 25 |
| 139 | 2 | Shawn Stroke | Untied States | 475,000 | 24 |
| 139 | 3 | Wing Po Liu | Hong Kong | 1,240,000 | 62 |
| 139 | 4 | Bernard Larabi | Hungary | 1,780,000 | 89 |
| 139 | 5 | Oleksii Kovalchuk | Ukraine | 1,415,000 | 71 |
| 139 | 6 | Mats Nylander | Sweden | 265,000 | 13 |
| 139 | 7 | Kasparas Klezys | Lithuania | 665,000 | 33 |
| 139 | 8 | Anson Tsang | Hong Kong | 575,000 | 29 |
| 140 | 1 | Michael Rocco | United States | 1,120,000 | 56 |
| 140 | 2 | Fabian Rolli | Switzerland | 195,000 | 10 |
| 140 | 3 | Wooram Cho | South Korea | 1,525,000 | 76 |
| 140 | 4 | Gergo Nagy | Hungary | 1,650,000 | 83 |
| 140 | 5 | Michael Rodrigues | Portugal | 1,205,000 | 60 |
| 140 | 6 | Stuart Rutter | United Kingdom | 950,000 | 48 |
| 140 | 7 | Rehman Kassam | United Kingdom | 660,000 | 33 |
| 140 | 8 | Arturo Paduano | Italy | 325,000 | 16 |
Ismet Oral was recently eliminated from the tournament.
With the board reading 10♠7♥5♦2♦, Oral got the last of his chips in with A♣K♥J♦10♥ against Bernard Larabi who held 10♦9♥7♦5♠. The river was the 2♣ and Larabi's two pair was good at showdown to score the knockout.
Niveau: 19
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 20,000
Michael Rodrigues opened to 40,000 from under the gun and Filip Lovric called from the button.
The flop came 8♦5♥2♦ and Rodrigues check-called a 50,000 bet from Lovric.
Rodrigues checked again on the 4♥ turn and Lovric bet 100,000. This time Rodrigues chose to fold.
At another table, Diana Volcovschi was eliminated.
Rehman Kassam opened to 40,000 from early positon and found one caller in Wooram Cho in the big blind.
Both players checked on the 7♥5♣3♠ flop and J♥ turn. Kassam checked a third time on the J♦ river and Cho bet 75,000.
Kassam decided to look Cho up and Cho tabled J♠10♥8♦8♥ for trip jacks. Kassam sent his hand into the muck upon seeing it and Cho added to his stack.
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