Ivan Luca had been short-stacked for a while and having laddered into the money he got his remaining chips in with on a flop. He had been called be Kai Lehto holding for a flush draw.
The turn was the but the river completed his flush draw and Luca was eliminated.
Denys Shafikov raised to 25,000 and Bahram Chobineh called in the big blind. On a flop, Chobineh checked and called a bet of 30,000 before the on the turn went check, check. On the river, Chobineh bet 30,000 and Shafikov called to get shown , which he had beat with the .
Shafikov then raised to 25,000 from the hijack and Joao Vieira three-bet all in for 146,000, which went through uncalled.
Last but not least, Cary Katz check-called a bet of 75,000 by Shafikov on the river and mucked when he was shown the for two pair by Shafikov.
Kai Lehto raised to 26,000 and Liv Boeree defended her big blind. Boeree check-called 14,000 on the eye-catching flop and the pair both checked the turn.
The river was the and Boeree bet 40,000. Lehto called but mucked when the Team PokerStars Pro showed .
On the flop of , Cary Katz check-raised all in for his last 109,000 and Denys Shafikov called from one seat over in the under-the-gun position.
Cary Katz:
Denys Shafikov:
"You owe me one," Katz said, referring to the previous clash of the duo when Shafikov scored a lucky double. This time it was Katz that ended up on top with the blank turn and river as final two cards.
Shortly after, Joao Vieira raised to 23,000 first to act and Dario Sammartino three-bet all in.
"How much is it?" Vieira asked and Sammartino confidently replied "less than 120," which prompted a call from Vieira.
Dario Sammartino:
Joao Vieira:
Th board gave Sammartino a set and he doubled for 119,000.
Kai Lehto limped in the small blind and Goran Mandic raised to 35,000 in the big blind. Lehto called and check-called a bet of 25,000 on the flop.
The turn was the and Lehto check-called 85,000.
The river was the . Lehto checked and Mandic moved all in for 214,000. Lehto used up two time extensions before calling. Mandic showed and Lehto threw into the muck.
On a flop of , Cary Katz checked his option out of the big blind and Adrian Mateos bet 10,000 in the cutoff. Katz check-raised to 33,000 and Mateos called with just 56,000 behind. The followed on the turn and Katz moved all in, Mateos folded.
The very next hand, Mateos moved all in from the hijack and Denys Shafikov called in the big blind.
Adrian Mateos:
Denys Shafikov:
The flop improved Shafikov to a pair of nines, and the turn and river run out sent Mateos to the rail in 14th place for €19,900.
Cary Katz had raised from the cutoff and picked up a single caller in Dario Sammartino out of the big blind. On the turn, Sammartino checked and called a bet of 40,000 by Katz. The on the river was checked through and Sammartino announced a king, Katz immediately sighed.
Sammartino turned over his and that won the pot.
Over on table one, Liv Boeree raised from early position and was called by Goran Mandic in the big blind. Mandic checked and called a continuation bet of 30,000 on a flop. The turn and river were checked and Mandic showed for ace-high and a busted straight draw. Boeree had for the same straight draw and a turned pair of fours to drag in the pot.