Ivan Demidov raised to 400 from the cut-off and Nicolas Yunis three-bet from the small blind. The bet was 1,250 and Demidov didn't waste much time when he made the call. The flop was and Yunis checked to Demidov and he decided to take a stab at the pot with a 2,800 bet and Yunis made the call. In pretty standard form in these tournaments they both checked the turn before we saw the river. This time the roles were switched and Yunis bet 6,500. Demidov went deep into thought for quite a long time before finally releasing his hand.
Vanessa Selbst has never been identified as a slow, grindy sort of player. She just likes to play fast, very fast.
In what looked to be a 3-bet pot, she fired out 2,200 on a flop of against Luca Ascani, the latter making the call. The came on the turn and Selbst now fired 4,600 and Ascani gave up in the face of the double NAPT winner's aggression.
Gianni Bonetto raised from early position making it 350 to play and only Manuel Bevand called in mid position. The flop was and Bonetti c-bet 525 and Bevand called. When the turn hit the felt it was the and Bonetti fired his second barrel for 625 and Bevand snap-called. The river was the and Bonetti bet for the third time and again Bevand snap-called. The bet was 1,025 and the pot went to Bevand.