Alexandre Reard in the big blind put Josip Vidovic all in and at risk from the button and Reard had Vidovic dominated. Reard had 
and Vidovic had 
.
The board ran out 
and Vidovic avoided elimination.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
8,500,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
1,700,000 |
Level: 31
Blinds: 80,000/160,000
Ante: 160,000
Piotr Wiecek opened to 250,000 in middle position and received calls from both Luigi D'Alterio, who was on the button, and Jose Quintas who defended his big blind. The flop came 
and action checked to D'Alterio, who put out a bet of 280,000. Quintas folded and Wiecek called.
Action was then heads up for the turn 
, where action went check-check. The river came and both players checked again to take the hand to showdown.
Wiecek tabled 
and D'Altero turned over 
with his eights up good to earn him the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,770,000
-530,000
|
-530,000 |
|
4,000,000
-800,000
|
-800,000 |
|
2,220,000
-180,000
|
-180,000 |
Christoforos Chrysochoidis got his chips in the middle with against the 
and he was at risk of elimination.
The board ran out 
and Chrysochoidis managed to keep the best hand.
His rail cheered after he raked in the chips and he is back in the game with about 15 big blinds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,700,000
220,000
|
220,000 |
|
|
1,700,000
-1,865,000
|
-1,865,000 |
Josip Vidovic raised to 250,000 from early position and Alexandre Reard called from middle position. It then folded to button Robbie Toan and he pushed his last 1,700,000 to the middle. Vidovic folded but Reard quickly called and immediately tabled 
. Toan was behind when he showed 
.
The 
runout favored Reard and he adds on to his lead while Toan was sent to the rail in 8th place banking �32,400.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
8,300,000
2,150,000
|
2,150,000 |
|
Busted |
Luigi D'Alterio raised from early position to 250,000 and it folded to small blind Jean-Ren�� Fontaine. He jammed for 1,070,000 and Alexandre Reard sent his cards to the muck from the big blind. The Italian player called and they opened up.
Jean-Ren�� Fontaine:
Luigi D'Alterio:
The board ran out 
and Fontaine wasn't able to catch up and lost with the worse kicker of the two.
The man from R��union, a French overseas department, won �25,440 for finishing ninth.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,300,000
1,350,000
|
1,350,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 30
Blinds: 60,000/120,000
Ante: 120,000
The remaining nine players were sent on a 20-minute break. They will continue with blinds at 60,000/120,000 and with a big blind ante of 120,000. They will continue at approximately 11:25 pm local time.
All remaining players are guaranteed to take home �25,440 but they are of course all eyeing the top prize of �342,810.
| Seat | Player | Nationality | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jean-Ren�� Fontaine | France | 1,310,000 |
| 2 | Alexandre Reard | France | 6,150,000 |
| 3 | Christoforos Chrysochoidis | Greek | 1,480,000 |
| 4 | Luigi D'Alterio | Italy | 3,950,000 |
| 5 | Robbie Toan | Ireland | 1,625,000 |
| 6 | Lior Tal | Israel | 3,550,000 |
| 7 | Jose Quintas | Portugal | 2,400,000 |
| 8 | Josip Vidovic | Croatia | 3,565,000 |
| 9 | Piotr Wiecek | Poland | 4,800,000 |
Vladimir Bozinovic sat in the big blind and he saw Piotr Wiecek raise from the cutoff to 200,000. Luigi D'Alterio raised all in and that was enough to cover everyone left in the hand. Big blind Bozinovic went all in and Wiecek got out of the way.
Vladimir Bozinovic: 
Luigi D'Alterio: 
The board ran out 
and Bozinovic missed out on the unofficial final table of nine players.
He does cash for �21,080 after finishing tenth.
They will now redraw to a final table of nine.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,000,000
2,900,000
|
2,900,000 |
|
Busted |
