Nikolay Tsanev raised to 26,000 from under the gun before Christophe Benzimra reraised to 70,000 from middle position. Tsanev made the call after some deliberation.
The flop came down and Tsanev checked. Benzimra moved all in right away for his last 99,000. The bet sent Tsanev into the tank. He had about 320,000 left in his stack at the time of Benzimra's all-in bet. Eventually, he folded, laying down pocket jacks. Benzimra showed him that he held pocket queens.
Benzimra's up to 275,000 while Tsanev dropped to 320,000.
Dani Vargas raised to 25,000 and action folded over to massive chip leader Oleksandr Vaserfirer. He reraised to 55,000. Vargas took a couple of minutes to act, but eventually pushed all of his chips in. Vaserfirer called right away.
It would be a flip when Vargas showed to Vaserfirer's .
The board ran out all low cards -- -- and that would be the end of the line for Vargas, as he finished in 16th place. Vaserfirer bumped his stack up to 1.53 million.
From the button, Jani Sointula raised to 23,000. Tome Cardoso Moreira moved all in from the small blind for approximately 100,000. After the big blind folded, Sointula made the call.
He held against Moreira's baby pair of threes. Sointula went on to flop a king on the board of to send Moreira to the rail in 15th place.
Alexander Debus raised to 25,000 and action folded around to Luca Pagano on the button. He made the call before the small blind, Maurice Schulmann, reraised to 97,000. He left himself with 196,000 behind. The big blind folded and then Debus pushed all in. Pagano mucked and Schulmann tanked. After a couple of minutes, he made the call.
Schulmann held and Debus two overcards with the .
The flop was a clean for Schulmann. He also held the only diamond. The turn though brought the , one of the few cards Schulmann was trying to dodge. The river was the and although it was red, it wasn't a diamond of a jack.
After counting down the stacks, Schulmann was left with just 23,000 chips. Debus moved up to about 360,000.
Under the gun, Oleksandr Vaserfirer opened to 24,000, and Maurice Schulmann called all in for his final 22,000 total. Anatoly Gurtovoy called from the big blind too, and the two live players checked down a board of .
Schulmann showed for a clean miss, and Vaserfirer tabled . Gurtovoy showed the winning , his two pair good enough to eliminate Schulmann in 14th place.
First in from the button, Nikolay Tsanev made a raise to 23,000, and Ruslan Prydryk came along with a call from the small blind.
Heads up, the flop came out , and Prydryk slowly tapped the table. Tsanev continued into the pot with a bet of 31,000, and Prydryk wasted no time sliding the call into the middle.
Fourth street showed the , and Prydryk passed again. Tsanev sat motionless for just a minute before slowly pushing his tall tower of yellow chips forward. He was all in for about 130,000, though the bet was never counted down. Prydryk instantly cut out a matching tower of yellow chips and slid them silently into the pot, putting his opponent all in and at risk.
Showdown
Tsanev:
Prydryk:
The turn was a disaster card for the at-risk Tsanev, giving him top two but filling in Prydryk's straight. Needing to fill up to stay alive, Tsanev watched a useless fill out the board, ending his day in 13th place. He'll be rewarded with nearly 60,000 PLN for his efforts.