Tamer Kamal raised to 10,000 and Govert Metaal moved all in with a relatively short stack. Kamal made the call and players flipped their cards.
Govert Metaal: A♦J♣ 
Tamer Kamal: 6♦6♠
The board ran out 4♥9♣3♣9♦10♣. Kamal held with his pocket sixes and sent Metaal to the exit.
Elsewhere, Rehman Kassam and Lukas Gloor both busted from the tournament to leave just 32 players remaining - two left to bust before the money.
John McGrane raised to 10,000 from early position and Charles Whitehouse, after spending many orbits card dead, moved all in for 28,500. Saigokul Kannan called in the big blind and McGrane also made the call.
Kannan and McGrane then checked it all the way down on a board of 8♦6♦9♠K♣K♠.
Kannan had A♥J♠ and McGrane had A♠Q♣, both players tabling ace high along with the pair of kings on board. Whitehouse showed 10♦10♠ for two pair, tens and kings. He won the pot and tripled up his stack.
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Level: 16
Blinds: 2,000/5,000
Ante: 5,000
Costin-Geani Manole raised to 9,000 from early position and John McGrane moved all in from middle position for 33,000. Manole made the call with a big stack and players turned their cards.
John McGrane: A♠Q♦
Costin-Geani Manole: A♣7♣
The board ran out 9♦3♦4♠10♥J♣. McGrane held with his ace queen high to win the pot and double his stack.
Action was on the river on a board of 9♦3♥10♥6♣10♣. Rehman Kassam checked and Michael Gilbert moved all in for around 75,000. Kassam went into the tank and then made the call.
Gilbert showed Q♦10♦ for trip tens. Kassam mucked and Gilbert got the double up to bring his stack to around 200,000.
Candido Cappiello raised to 8,000 from early position, Joseph Michael called on the button, then Saigokul Kannan three-bet to 21,000 from the big blind. Cappiello and Michael both called.
The flop came 4♥5♠K♦ and Kannan bet 16,000. That was enough to win the pot as both other players mucked their hands.
The action had slowed down considerably as the bubble approached with only one recent elimination as Thomas Nardini busted to big stack Paul Carr.
Level: 15
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
Neil Benardout raised to 7,000 from late position, Paul Carr called on the button, then Tamer Kamel three-bet to 25,000 from the big blind. Benardout pushed all in over the top for 86,500, Carr folded and Kamel made the call. Benardout was at risk as players flipped their cards.
Neil Benardout: A♠J♣
Tamer Kamel: K♦Q♦
The board ran out 10♦4♠7♠A♦10♣. Benardout paired his ace on the turn. Kamel picked up outs with a flush draw and backdoor straight draw. Benardout held to win the pot and double his stack.
Ladislao Dalfo raised to 7,000, Candido Cappiello three-bet to 18,000 from late position and Dalfo called.
The flop came K♦7♣7♦. Dalfo checked, Cappiello bet 9,000 and Dalfo called. The turn was the J♦. Dalfo checked again and Cappiello bet 16,500 and Dalfo folded to give him the pot.
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