In a battle of the blinds, Kevin Pu clashed with Rene "Tawkowe" Sauve and the latter was the player at risk in a pot of nearly 1.1 million.

Rene "Tawkowe" Sauve:
Kevin Pu:

The board provided no help and Sauve departed in 42nd place.

Moments later it was also game over for Germany's "Straty". They had just doubled and then ran smack dab with a dominated pair to the rail in the following showdown.

"Straty":
"RogerScruton":

Again there was no help for the dominated pair on a board of to reduce the field to the final 40 contenders.