Toby Lewis raised to 100,000 on the button with . Espen Solaas defended and they saw an flop. Solaas check-called 75,000. Both checked the and the river was a .
Johan Schumacher raised to 85,000 on the button with and Ben Richardson defended his big blind with . Richardson flopped top pair on and checked. Schumacher bet 135,000 and Richardson called the bet. The on the turn went check/check.
The on the river brought four to a straight and Richardson checked. Schumacher bet 275,000 with the worst hand and Richardson folded his king.
At the same time as the double up happened on the feature table, there was also action on the outer table. Espen Solaas raised to 120,000 in the small blind and Mike Del Vecchio called in the big blind over on the outer table. The flop fell and both players checked. On the turn, Solaas bet 150,000 and Del Vecchio came along to see the on the river.
Solaas bet 300,000 and Del Vecchio moved all in for another 795,000 on top. Solaas shook his head, but eventually called to get shown by Del Vecchio for the flopped ten-high straight. Solaas briefly flashed his cards but couldn't beat his opponent, while Del Vecchio doubled for the second time and moved from short stack to almost average.
Ben Richardson raised on the button and called a 1,110,000 push from Chen An Lin out of the small blind. While there was an all in and a call, the hands remained closed as action on the other table had to conclude first. That hand also resulted in an all-in situation between Mike Del Vecchio and Espen Solaas.
Ben Richardson:
Chen An Lin:
The board ran out and Lin scored the double-up. Mike Del Vecchio doubled up on the outer table and both short stacks remained in contention.
Johan Schumacher raised to 85,000 on the button with , Chul-Hyon Park defended the small blind with and Ben Richardson hopped in with . The flop was and Park check-called 150,000 from Schumacher while Richardson folded.
It got checked down on the turn and river and Schumacher won the hand.
Over on the outer table, Mike Del Vecchio claimed a vital pot against Toby Lewis and that turned Stefan Huber into the shortest stack on the final table bubble.
Lewis raised to 90,000 and Del Vecchio defended his big blins. On the flop, Del Vecchio checked and called a bet of 135,000 by Lewis. Both players checked the turn and Del Vecchio also checked the on the river.
Lewis made it 200,000 to go and Del Vecchio gave it plenty of consideration before tossing in the chips for the call. Lewis turned over for a bluff and Del Vecchio won the pot with for a pair of jacks.
Chen An Lin made it 90,000 on the button with and Chul-Hyon Park three-bet to 240,000 in the big blind with . Lin four-bet shoved 1,095,000 and Park thought for more than two minutes before folding.