Konnikova and Riess Rising; Kitai Vanishes

On the former table of Davidi Kitai, a massive stack has emerged for Dmytro Shuvanov while the Triple Crown champion was among those that busted before the dinner break.

Maria Konnikova and Ryan Riess also boosted their stacks, the former without and the latter with showdown.

Konnikova was involved in three-way action to the turn and Tomas Jozonis bet 2,600. Arvydas Merfeldas called and Konnikova raised to 12,200. Jozonis reluctantly folded and Merfeldas did so as well, flashing the .

In the last hand before the break, a limped pot resulted in the elimination of Macsim Robert one table over from Konnikova. Adolfo Vaeza had limped the button, as did Robert in the small blind, and Riess checked the big blind. Riess check-raised a bet of Vaeza and two calls followed on the flop.

Only Robert check-called a bet on the turn and checked the river. Riess shoved for effectively 15,000, as that's what Robert had left. The Romanian ended up in the think tank for several minutes and the clock was called. Once tournament staff arrived to give Robert a 30-second countdown, he called and Riess turned over for two pair. Robert mucked and headed out of the tournament area.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Dmytro Shuvanov	125,000 125,000	125,000
Maria Konnikova	104,000 9,000	9,000

Ryan Riess	75,700 30,700	30,700
Arvydas Merfeldas	50,000 -5,000	-5,000
Tomas Jozonis	20,600 -9,400	-9,400
Macsim Robert	Eliminado
Davidi Kitai	Eliminado