Kuljinder Sidhu raised to 55,000 from early position and action trickled all of the way around to Paul Hoefer in the big blind. He moved all in for his last 214,000 and Sidhu called.
Hoefer showed and was racing for his own tournament life with Sidhu's . The board came down , pairing Sidhu's seven on the river and eliminating Hoefer from play.
From under the gun, Paul Tedeschi opened with a raise to 50,000. In the hijack seat, Gerald Karlic reraised to 125,000. Play folded back to Tedeschi, and he reraised to 340,000. Karlic moved all in for around 1.65 million, and Tedeschi folded.
On the final board of , Fedor Holz was deep in the tank against Adrian Mateos, who had put him all in on the river. Holz tanked for several minutes with 427,000 left in his stack. Eventually, he announced a call.
Mateos tabled the for the top full house, and that defeated Holz and the . Holz was eliminated in 24th place for €32,400, while Mateos increased to 2.3 million in chips.
Kevin MacPhee made it 52,000 to go from under the gun. Adrian Mateos called in the hijack seat, then action folded over to Andrey Pateychuk in the big blind. He moved all in for approximately 465,000. MacPhee reraised all in, and Mateos folded.
MacPhee had the , and Pateychuk the .
The board came , and Pateychuk was gone in 23rd place. MacPhee moved to 1.2 million.
Matias Jansson opened the action with a raise to 65,000 from late position. It folded to Jyri Merivirta in the blinds who moved all in for his last 286,000. Action came back on Jansson and he instantly called.
Jansson:
Merivirta:
The two watched on as the board came out , failing to improve Jansson's hand and allowing Merivirta to score the double.
Play folded to Mike McDonald in the cutoff seat, and he raised to 65,000. Christoph Vogelsang reraised all in for a little over 400,000 from the small blind, and McDonald called with the . He was dominating the of Vogelsang.
The board kept McDonald in the lead and sent Vogelsang packing in 22nd place.