Paul Newey moved all in under the gun plus one for 625,000 and the action folded to JC Alvarado on the button. After a while Alvarado opted to call, and both blinds gave up to create a heads-up showdown.
Newey:
Alvarado:
The board ran out and Newey's big pair was cracked by Alvarado. We're now down to seven players as Newey collected €168,700 for his efforts.
Sylvain Loosli opened under the gun to 175,000, but folded to Ivan Luca's 1,060,000 shove right next to him.
One hand later saw Michael Egan open to 160,000 preflop. Dzmitry Urbanovich made the call and so did Sylvain Loosli in the big blind. The flop came and action checked to Urbanovich. The Polish player bet 215,000 and just Egan made the call. The two of them checked down the on the turn and on the river and Egan took it down with the , Urbanovich mucked.
Sylvain Loosli pushed all in from the cutoff for 1,560,000. His next door neighbor Ivan Luca on the button pushed all in as well. Both blinds quickly released and it was time to put the cards on their backs.
Sylvain Loosli:
Ivan Luca:
The board ran out and Luca doubled his 1,190,000 stack, leaving Loosli with under 4 big blinds.
Sylvain Loosli moved all in for 380,000 chips from the under-the-gun plus one position and Dzmitry Urbanovich proceeded to re-shove from the button to put both blinds all in as well. Neither of the players in the blinds wanted to play for their tournament life, and the showdown went as following.
Loosli:
Urbanovich:
The board ran out and Loosli caught an eight on the river to keep his tournament hopes alive.
Dzmitry Urbanovich made it 205,000 from early position and big blind Ivan Luca made the call.
The flop came and Luca check called a bet of 265,000.
The fell on the turn and Luca checked again. Urbanovich made a bet of 605,000 and after some hefty thinking, Luca made the call, leaving himself behind with 1,255,000.
The river came the and Luca tanked for a fair bit before announcing all in. Urbanovich, with a stack of 5,145,000 at this time, thought about it for a bit before calling.
Luca showed the , and Urbanovich tabled for the same hand. Chop it op!
JC Alvarado raised from the hijack to 225,000 and from his immediate left it was Sylvain Loosli who moved all in for 710,000. The action folded back to Alvarado, and he made the call.
Alvarado:
Loosli:
The board ran out and Loosli got himself another double up. Alvarado managed to win a decent pot off Dzmitry Urbanovich on the very next hand, so that he hoovers around the 4-million chip mark.
JC Alvarado raised to 240,000 under the gun and Dzmitry Urbanovich three-bet from the button to 555,000. Both blinds folded and Alvarado paused for a while before making it 1.2 million to go. Urbanovich gave it some thought, but ultimately he let go of his hand.
and Newey's big pair was cracked by Alvarado. We're now down to seven players as Newey collected €168,700 for his efforts.
and action checked to Urbanovich. The Polish player bet 215,000 and just Egan made the call. The two of them checked down the 
on the turn and 
on the river and Egan took it down with the 
, Urbanovich mucked.
and Luca doubled his 1,190,000 stack, leaving Loosli with under 4 big blinds.
fell on the turn and Luca checked again. Urbanovich made a bet of 605,000 and after some hefty thinking, Luca made the call, leaving himself behind with 1,255,000.
and Luca tanked for a fair bit before announcing all in. Urbanovich, with a stack of 5,145,000 at this time, thought about it for a bit before calling. 
, and Urbanovich tabled 
for the same hand. Chop it op!
and Loosli got himself another double up. Alvarado managed to win a decent pot off Dzmitry Urbanovich on the very next hand, so that he hoovers around the 4-million chip mark.