Anthony Kennedy just shoved for his last 57,200 and said "this was the first time I was all in in this tournament" minutes after losing a big pot to table neighbor Stefan Schillhabel.
Max Silver also took a big pot, and his cards over on the feature table were already in the muck. Apparently, Silver had for top pair and the nut flush draw and Vojtech Ruzicka doubled post flop for another 192,200 through the Brit with on a board of .
On the heads-up turn of , Niall Farrell in the hijack and Chris Backhouse on the button both invested 49,500 and the appeared on the river. Farrell checked and Backhouse bet to claim the pot uncontested, cementing his chip lead while the start-of-the-day leader fell back into the middle of the pack with 31 players remaining.
Ivan Luca's miracle comeback from 100 chips came to an end and he was eliminated, same applied for Adam Maxwell.
Stephen Ayres then lost a flip with against the of Govert Metaal after the latter spiked a king on the river of a board .
Last but not least, Daniel Dvoress failed to get there with king-jack after open-jamming for the last 78,000 from the hijack. Stefan Schillhabel reshoved from one seat over with pocket sixes and rivered a set after four blanks on flop and turn.
Alex Goulder just exited the tournament area after running into the of table mate Chris Backhouse. Backhouse opened to 15,000 from first position, Goulder jammed his 115,000 in from the big blind, and Backhouse instantly called.
The board ran out , and that was all she wrote for Goulder.
On a nearby table, Partypoker Pro Sam Trickett was eliminated as he shoved 147,400 in over the top of a 14,000 raise from Oliver Waters. Dominik Nitsche made the coldcall out of the cutoff, and Waters opted to fold what he later told was .
The of Trickett was in dire straits against the of Nitsche, and with a queen-high flop Trickett had one foot out the door. The board ran out , and Nitsche surpassed half a million chips yet again.
Paul Byrne raised to 13,000 and Tamer Kamel shoved for around 85,000. Byrne asked for a quick cound and called, then found himself with the slightly inferior pocket pair.
Tamer Kamel:
Paul Byrne:
The flop of improved Byrne to a set of sevens, and the turn and river failed to keep Kamel's hopes alive.
Javier Gomez busted before the dinner break still when running with pocket jacks into the pocket kings of Oliver Waters over on the feature table. Below are the chip counts of the remaining 38 players.
Max Silver raised from the button and quickly called the shove of short stack Karol Radomski in the big blind for 28,100.
Karol Radomski:
Max Silver:
The board of gave Radomski a full house and he doubled.
One table over, a big pot was brewing between initial raiser Laszlo Bujtas from early position and Guillaume Nolet in the small blind. Nolet three-bet preflop and then bet the flop for 30,000. Bujtas called and then bet the turn when Nolet checked to him before the Canadian also checked the river. Bujtas shoved and Nolet eventually forfeited a pot worth 250,000 to drop below average.
Anthony Kennedy raised to 12,000 and Javier Gomez moved all in for 75,200 from two seats over. Oliver Waters called that and Kennedy reluctantly folded.
Javier Gomez:
Oliver Waters:
On the flop, Waters asked for a three to pick up additional outs, but the Brit also didn't mind the turn either that brought a flush draw. However, a brick on the river failed to improve Waters and Gomez doubled.
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for top pair and the nut flush draw and Vojtech Ruzicka doubled post flop for another 192,200 through the Brit with 
on a board of 
.
appeared on the river. Farrell checked and Backhouse bet to claim the pot uncontested, cementing his chip lead while the start-of-the-day leader fell back into the middle of the pack with 31 players remaining.
against the 
of Govert Metaal after the latter spiked a king on the river of a board 
.
into the 
of table mate Chris Backhouse. Backhouse opened to 15,000 from first position, Goulder jammed his 115,000 in from the big blind, and Backhouse instantly called.
, and that was all she wrote for Goulder.
.
of Trickett was in dire straits against the 
improved Byrne to a set of sevens, and the 
turn and 
gave Radomski a full house and he doubled.
turn when Nolet checked to him before the Canadian also checked the 
on the river failed to improve Waters and Gomez doubled.
