After Hoivold had opened from the hijack, Maria Ho committed her last 50,000 from the button with . Hoivold called with and remained in front after the flop. On the turn, Ho took the lead with a pair of kings, but the river was a fourth heart to improve Hoivold to a flush and send Ho packing.
Ho was one of the last ones to receive the minimal reward of €7,580.
Diego Zeiter and Xavier Rouayroux had build a pot already up to over 150,000. On a board, action was on Rouayroux and he checked. Zeiter shoved over 100,000 and Rouayroux snap-folded his hand.
The Swiss, who won a €2K side-event at the final EPT in Prague, moved up to 370,000 after the hand.
Marius Gierse raised to 9,000 and Jerome Brion three-bet to 28,500 from one seat over, which Gierse called. On the flop, Gierse check-called a bet of 17,500 and did so again for 48,000 on the turn. The river went check, check, and Gierse turned over to claim the pot.
The table also features big stacks Dmytro Shuvanov and Diego Vilela.
A raising war broke out between Gianluca Speranza in the small blind and Ramon Miquel Munoz in the big blind, and the latter ended up all in and at risk for around 150,000 with pocket tens. Speranza had the and the board of failed to provide any help for the Spaniard.
Other recent casualties included David Urban and Arezki Belaidi, who all claimed the second payout step of €9,540.
While the field has been whittled down to less than 100 players, there are still three PokerStars Team pros left in contention. And all three happen to share the same table, as Celina Lin was moved over to the feature table not long ago. You can watch the action by clicking on the live stream tab.