Mike McDonald raised from the cutoff to 45,000 and Ludovic Geilich three-bet from the big blind to 137,000. McDonald responded with a four-bet shove for 535,000 and Geilich went into the tank.
After several minutes had gone by the clock was called, and Geilich let his final minute run out. His hand was declared dead and McDonald picked up this pot.
Davidi Kitai is known for making exceptional calls in tough spots, but just now he did not pull the trigger when Charles Carrel put him all in for his tournament life.
The action started on Sylvain Loosli who raised under the gun to 45,000 and Carrel called from the button after which Kitai and Ivan Luca called from the blinds.
The flop came down and all four players checked. On the turn the hit and the action was checked to Carrel who bet 115,000, Kitai was his only caller.
On the river the completed the board and Kitai checked to Carrel again. Carrel put forward a big tower of red 25,000 chips and Kitai tanked for about 10 minutes before calling the clock on himself.
As time was running out he asked if Carrel would show if he folded, and the young Brit said he would.
In the end Kitai folded face up, and Carrel showed for a complete bluff.
"I knew it!" Ludovic Geilich yelled, "I knew he had some sort of blocker spades hand with an eight."
"How can I ever have a bluff there?" Carrel asked Geilich, who went on to explain to say how tough the spot for Kitai was with his hand.
Carrel raked in this huge pot and Kitai dropped down to being one of the shortest stacks.
After unknown action we just saw Steve O'Dwyer all in for his tournament life before the flop. O'Dwyer was all in for 470,000 chips and up against Daniel Ghionoiu.
Ghionoiu:
O'Dwyer:
The flop brought and O'Dwyer took a firm lead with a set of tens. On the turn the hit, but the river was the and that gave Ghionoiu a winning straight. O'Dwyer was disgusted, shook his head and exited the room in 17th place. The tournament is down to just two-tables of eight players now.
Marc Etienne McLaughlin opened for 40,000 from the hijack and Daniel Ghionoiu in the cutoff made the call. David Peters on the button squeezed to 130,000 and both blinds and McLaughlin folded. Ghionoiu made the call.
Ghionoiu checked blind, and then called the 80,000 continuation bet from Peters on . Both players checked the on the turn and the completed the board. Ghionoiu bet out 150,000 and Peters folded after a long time thinking about it.
David Peters came into the day as the second shortest stack, but he just managed to find a double up. Peters was all in before the flop for his tournament life worth 254,000 chips and up against Daniel Ghionoiu.
Sam Greenwood came into the day as the short stack, and he just moved all in for 211,000 chips. Viacheslav Goryachev made the call in position and after the other players had folded the showdown went as following.
Greenwood:
Goryachev:
The board ran out and Goryachev flopped a flush to knock Greenwood out.