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9:29 p.m.: Dinner break

The remaining 11 players are actually taking a 75-minute dinner break, with Jose Carlos Garcia having built back as much as 16 million to transport back in front.

Here are the updated chip counts for the rest players:

Jose Carlos Garcia - 16,005,000Mario Lopez - 13,045,000Knut Nystedt - 10,965,000Eduard Sanchez - 9,005,000Simon Peter Sennhauser - 7,885,000Jonn Forst - 7,265,000Kondah Abdelhadi - 5,501,000Daniel Selles - 5,530,000Slav Sariyski - 2,920,000Esa Karttunen - 2,530,000David Stocker - 1,225,000

9:24 p.m.: Ruban's aces cracked, finishes 12th

In the next-to-last hand before the dinner break, Ivan Ruban was all in with A♣A♥ versus Knut Nystedt's A♦K♠ and in seemingly fine condition to earn a double-up.

He was still ahead after the J♣T♠8♣ flop and 6♦ turn, then the Q♦ landed at the river. "Boom!" said Ruban with a wry grin, taking his bad fortune in good stride as he congratulated Nystedt before walking over to the cashier's desk nearby to gather 12th-place winnings.

Ivan Ruban

9:09 p.m.: Padraig O'Neill done in 13th

Jonn Forst opened with a raise then watched Padraig O'Neill reraise all in for roughly 2 million from the button. The blinds folded, and Forst instantly called, turning over A♥K♠. O'Neill tabled A♠T♥.

The board came 6♠J♥3♠, then 8♠, then 8♣, and O'Neill have been sent out in 13th.

Padraig O'Neill

8:54 p.m.: Christopher Frank out in 14th

The German Christopher Frank was eliminated in 14th place after committing the last of his chips in a hand versus Mario Lopez.

Frank had J♥9♥ and Lopez A♦K♣, and while the Q♠T♥9♠ flop paired Frank's hand plus gave him a straight draw, the 6♥A♣ runout gave Lopez a greater pair of aces.

Christopher Frank

8:48 p.m.: Garcia knocks out two more - Senft (16th) and Olive (15th)

Jose Carlos Garcia has collected still more chips and a pair more knockouts because the field winnows to simply 14 players.

First came a hand that saw Maximillian Senft all in with K♦K♠ against Garcia's A♠J♣. The flop fell 2♣4♦A♥, and suddenly Senft went from well ahead to way behind. The turn was the 8♦ and river the J♠, and Senft is out in 16th.

Maximillian Senft

Then another hand soon developed that saw Garcia and Olive battling from side to side on each street to the river because the board came 6♣5♦K♠7♦7♥. That's when Garcia shoved, and after some thought Olive called with the last of his stack.

Alas for the Frenchman, when he saw Garcia table K♥J♠ he pushed his cards face down toward the dealer. They were eventually shown -- J♥J♣ -- and Olive is completed in 15th.

Laurent Olive

Those pots look to have propelled Garcia back up on the subject of the lead that Mario Lopez were holding for the last stretch.

8:28 p.m.: David Longmate out in 17th

David Longmate was just all in and in peril along with his below average stack with A♥8♥ versus Daniel Selles's K♣T♦.

The flop fell 6♠K♠9♦, and Longmate instantly rose from his chair while rapping the felt together with his knuckles. The turn was the 2♦ and river the 3♦, and Selles's pair of kings won the pot, sending Longmate out in 17th.

With 16 left they'll redraw for 2 tables, so there'll be a short lived pause. There's about 45 minutes to move within the level, and then players will take a 75-minute dinner break.

David Longmate departs in 17th

8:20 p.m.: Jude Ainsworth out in 18th

The knockouts are coming swiflty again, with Jude Ainsworth the only happening this time. The Irishman was all in with Q♥Q♦ against LAPT7 Chile Main Event champion Mario Lopez's A♥Q♣, but an ace at the flop doomed Ainsworth and he's out in 18th.

Jude Ainsworth

8:16 p.m.: Level 30 begins

The blinds at the moment are 60,000/120,000 with a 20,000 ante.

8:12 p.m.: Eugen Fritzler felted in 19th

Another short stack has fallen, as Eugen Fritzler just took A♠K♦ up against Eduard Sanchez, and five cards later -- T♦2♠4♠T♣9♠ -- Fritzler was heading to the cashier's desk to assemble 19th-place prize money.

7:54 p.m.: Oleksii Kravchuk reduce in 20th

Oleskii Kravchuk was all in and in danger with 9♣9♥, but alas he'd run into Jose Carlos Garcia's Q♠Q♥. The board rolled out 4♦8♥2♥J♠T♠, and the Ukrainian hit the rail.

Oleskii Kravchuk

7:52 p.m.: Karttunen collects a double

Esa Karttunen was just all in and in peril with T♥T♠ versus Eduard's Sanchez's A♠K♦. The board came nine-high -- 7♣9♠4♣5♥9♦ -- and Karttunen doubles up though continues to be at the short side.

7:46 p.m.: Traply trapped, Blain busted; 20 remain

Online star Peter Traply of Hungary has fallen in 22nd, followed shortly thereafter by the Irishman Dermot Blain in 21st.

Dermot Blain

7:24 p.m.: Ainsworth doubles through Sennhauser

Jude Ainsworth just pushed all in from middle position for approximately 1.1 million and was called by Simon Peter Sennhauser within the blinds with K♦Q♠. The A♥4♠2♠ flop was a pleasing one for Ainsworth, and the 4♥ turn and K♣ were just fine in addition to he doubles back to about 2.4 million. Sennhauser still has a healthy 5.2 million.

7:15 p.m.: Updated chip counts (22 remain)

Argentina's Mario Lopez is the brand new leader with 22 players left.

Mario Lopez - 11,140,000Daniel Selles - 7,450,000Jose Carlos Garcia - 6,500,000Kondah Abdelhadi - 5,950,000Simon Peter Sennhauser - 5,600,000

Ivan Ruban - 5,350,000Knut Nystedt - 4,400,000Dermot Blain - 4,350,000Eduard Sanchez - 4,000,000Jonn Forst - 3,750,000

Padraig O'Neill - 2,900,000Christopher Frank - 2,800,000Esa Karttunen - 2,300,000Laurent Olive - 2,200,000Olekskii Kravchuk - 2,150,000

Slav Sariyski - 1,950,000Maximillian Senft - 1,950,000David Longmate - 1,700,000Peter Traply - 1,300,000Lars Kjestrup - 1,300,000

Jude Ainsworth - 1,040,000Eugen Fritzler - 1,050,000

Mario Lopez

7:14 p.m.: Level 29 begins

The blinds are actually 50,000/100,000 with a 10,000 ante.

6:56 p.m.: Break time

The 22 remaining players at the moment are on a 20-minute break. They return to play two more one-hour levels, then have a 75-minute dinner break. The plan remains to be to minimize to an eight-handed final table tonight.

6:54 p.m.: Solovev, Kelsall fall, 22 remain

As the following break approaches, both Kirill Solovev (24th) and Mark Kelsall (23rd) has been eliminated.

6:51 p.m.: Redraw

With 24 players left, there has been a redraw to a few tables. Here's how they're seated:

TABLE 11 - Jonn Forst2 - Simon Peter Sennhauser3 - Kondah Abdelhadi4 - Dermot Blain5 - Jude Ainsworth6 - Mario Lopez7 - Mark Kelsall8 - Knut Kystedt

TABLE 21 - Eduard Sanchez2 - Laurent Olive3 - Christopher Frank4 - Padraig O'Neill5 - Esa Karttunen6 - Peter Traply7 - Eugen Fritzler8 - Lars Kjestrup

TABLE 31 - Ivan Ruban2 - Slav Sariyski3 - Jose Carlos Garcia4 - Maximillian Senft5 - Kirill Solovev6 - Olekskii Kravchuk7 - Daniel Selles8 - David Longmate

6:41 p.m.: Luis Cortes done in 25th

A third quick bustout to report, this time concerning Luis Cortes.

Cortes pushed with K♦T♠ from the small blind and was quickly called by Eduard Sanchez with T♦T♥ one seat over. An 8♣6♠4♦4♥9♣ runout was unhelpful for Cortes, who finishes in 25th.

6:29 p.m.: Virgil-Cristian Nicelescu falls in 26th

Virgil-Cristian Nicelescu was just all in and in danger with A♣K♣ versus Simon Peter Sennhauser's 3♥3♣. The community cards came 4♦J♠A♥3♦9♠, giving Sennhauser a collection of treys and knocking Nicelescu out in 26th.

6:26 p.m.: Benjamin Garcia out in 27th

After losing most of his stack in a hand versus Slav Sariyski, Benjamin Garcia lost the last of his stack shortly thereafter to Jonn Forst after committing from the small blind with Q♠4♣, getting called by Forst within the big blind with 7♠7♣, then watching a seven flop and nothing helpful come for him. Garcia finishes 27th.

6:17 p.m.: Two pair not enough for Brando, out in 28th

With the board showing K♦T♠3♣J♠ and a pot having already developed between Antonio Brando and Eduard Sanchez, Brando announced he was pushing all in and Sanchez was quick to call, the pair's stacks nearly even.

Brando showed K♠T♥ for 2 pair, but Sanchez had turned a straight with Q♥9♥. The chips were counted down and it was resolute Sanchez had Brando covered by only a little, meaning Brando is out in 28th. Meanwhile Sanchez is back as much as about 4.3 million.

Eduard Sanchez

6:02 p.m.: Savinelli sunk

Shortly after Mykhaylyuta's exit, Carlo Savinelli lost his short stack in addition to be sent to the cashier's desk. There are actually 28 players remaining.

5:55 p.m.: Mykhaylyuta falls to Sennhauser

Simon Peter Sennhauser opened with a raise of 180,000 from under the gun, and the table folded around to Albert Mykhaylyuta within the big blind. Mykhaylyuta considered for a couple of beats, then called the bet, leaving himself about 375,000 behind.

The flop came 6♥T♣9♥, and without an excessive amount of hesitation Mykhaylyuta put the last of his chips within the middle. Sennhauser called immediately.

Mykhaylyuta showed K♣T♥ for high pair of tens, but Sennhauser had that beat with J♠J♣. The turn was the 8♣ and river the J♥, and Mykhaylyuta is out in 30th.

5:48 p.m.: Jean busts to Blain

Mikael Jean has fallen in 31st place after committing the last of his short stack with A♦Q♥ versus the K♠Q♠ of Dermot Blain.

The board ran out 8♥K♣3♠6♥T♦, that king pairing Blain and ending Jean's run. Blain now has about 2.9 million.

5:42 p.m: Level 28 begins

With 31 players remaining, Level 28 starts with blinds at 40,000/80,000 and the ante still 10,000.

5:32 p.m.: All the way down to 31

Add Antonina Anapolska (34th), Daniele Primerano (33rd), and Guillermo Torrens Ballabriga (32nd) to the list of the eliminated.

5:17 p.m.: Three more fall; 34 left

The blinds have become bigger, and the quick stacks are falling in consequence. Mathieu Rabalison (37th), Konstantinos Stratopoulos (36th), and Sam Chartier (35th) are the newest to hit the rail.

Sam Chartier, visiting the Super High Roller nearby

4:57 p.m: Updated chip counts (37 remain)

Jose Carlos Garcia (Poland) -- 7,840,000Jonn Forst (Germany) -- 6,570,000Mario Lopez (Argentina) -- 6,465,000Kondah Abdelhadi (Morocco) -- 5,470,000Maximillian Senft (Austria) -- 5,000,000Daniel Selles (Spain) -- 4,975,000Eduard Sanchez (Spain) -- 3,800,000Ivan Ruban (Russia) -- 3,500,000Antonio Brando (Italy) -- 2,905,000Christopher Frank (Germany) -- 2,700,000

Dermot Blain (Ireland) -- 2,525,000Antonina Anapolska (Ukraine) -- 2,340,000Jude Ainsworth (Ireland) -- 2,300,000Knut Nystedt (Norway) -- 2,200,000Eugen Fritzler (Germany) -- 2,000,000Simon Peter Sennhauser (Switzerland) -- 2,000,000Mikael Jean (Lebanon) -- 1,825,000Joao Barbosoa (Portugal) -- 1,570,000Oleksii Kravchuk (Ukraine) -- 1,465,000Guillermo Torrens Ballabriga (Spain) -- 1,425,000Fernando Heredia (Spain) -- 1,405,000

Peter Trapley (Hungary) -- 1,345,000David Longmate (UK) -- 1,315,000Lars Kjestrup (Sweden) -- 1,200,000Mark Kelsall (UK) -- 1,125,000Laurent Olive (France) -- 1,100,000Slav Sariyski (Bulgaria) -- 1,080,000Kirill Solovev (Russia) -- 1,060,000Benjamin Garcia (Spain) -- 1,025,000Virgil-Cristian Nicelescu (Romania) -- 980,000

Carlo Savinelli (Italy) -- 900,000Sam Chartier (Canada) -- 750,000Lucas Monnier (France) -- 655,000Albert Mykhaylyuta (Ukraine) -- 575,000Esa Karttunen (Finland) -- 475,000Daniele Primerano (Italy) -- 375,000Konstantinos Stratopoulos (Greece) -- 250,000

4:42 p.m.: Level 27 begins

There are 37 players left as Level 27 starts, with the blinds now 30,000/60,000 with a 10,000 ante. Jose Carlos Garcia (7.84 million), Jonn Forst (6.575 million), and Mario Lopez (6.465 million) are the present leaders.

Jose Carlos Garcia

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