Vasileios Panagiotidis opened to 6,500 from the hijack before Marios Pavlou jammed for 43,000 from the cutoff. Nikolaos Iliakis was on the button and moved all in for around 240,000. Panagiotidis folded and the cards were tabled.
Marios Pavlou: A♣Q♦
Nikolaos Iliakis: A♠A♥
The 10♦4♦4♣6♥5♦ runout ejected Pavlou from the main event.
A hand between Steve O'Dwyer and Xuming Qi was recapped to PokerNews, which saw the latter take an early bath after having their aces cracked.
The hand began with Qi opening to 7,000 before O'Dwyer made it 23,000. Qi, who had a stack of 230,000, four-bet to 75,000 and snap-called for his tournament life after O'Dwyer moved all in for 300,000.
Qi rolled over A♥A♠ and had O'Dwyer's A♣4♣ crushed. Two clubs appeared on the flop to give O'Dwyer a flush draw. The turn was brick but a third club hit the felt on the river to give O'Dwyer the winner.
Action folded to Anton Wigg in the small blind who raised to 10,000. Alejandro Lococo then moved all in for 55,000 in the big blind and Wigg snap-called.
Alejandro Lococo: K♦10♣
Anton Wigg: Q♠Q♦
Lococo had run into queens and was at serious risk of falling short of the money as the flop came 10♦J♦3♠, giving him some hope with a pair of tens. The 7♥ turn was no help, and neither was the 6♣ river as the Team PokerStars Pro made a quick exit from the tournament area less than 10 spots from the money bubble.
Gary Miller opened to 6,000 from middle position before Fabio Peluso made it 18,500 from the button. Orhan Ates flat-called from the small blind, prompting Miller to four-bet to 78,000. Peluso folded but Ates jammed for 144,000 and Miller quickly called.
Orhan Ates: Q♦Q♣
Gary Miller: A♠K♥
Ates remained ahead on the J♣10♣4♥ flop but the A♥ turn had him drawing to two outs. The 8♣ river was not what he wanted and was eliminated.
Action folded to Petar Manic in the small blind who moved all in for his last 22,000. Priit Parmasto in the big blind peeked down at his cards before calling.
Petar Manic: A♥6♦
Priit Parmasto: K♥K♣
Manic was looking for an ace to stay alive, but instead the 6♠K♦Q♠ flop gave Parmasto top set. Manic was already drawing dead on the 2♥ turn, while the inconsequential river was the 7♦ and Manic was sent to the rail less than 20 spots away from the money.
Mark Buckley raised to 5,000 under the gun and Alexandre Reard called in the small blind before big blind Adi Rajkovic three-bet to 16,500. Buckley then moved all in, Reard folded, but Rajkovic called for his last 48,000.
Adi Rajkovic: A♣K♣
Mark Buckley: A♦8♦
Buckley let out a loud groan as soon as Rajkovic called. He needed help on the board but none arrived as the dealer turned over 3♦2♦9♣5♣9♥, giving Rajkovic a double up.
A few hands earlier at this table, Kayhan Mokri and Lukas Robinson saw a flop of 5♦10♣7♥ when Mokri bet 14,000, Robinson raised to 45,000, Mokri moved all in, and Robinson called for around 100,000 more.
Lukas Robinson: 10♦7♦
Kayhan Mokri: 7♠5♠
Both players had flopped two pair, but Robinson was ahead and poised for a double up until the 5♥ fell on the turn and Mokri made a full house. The river was the 4♠ and Robinson was eliminated.
"I f**ked him over pretty good. And then he disappeared," Mokri said.
