After JC Alvarado limped in from the cutoff seat, Mike McDonald raised from the button. Action folded back to Alvarado and he put in a reraise. McDonald moved all in and Alvarado quickly called.
Alvarado held the and McDonald the . The flop, turn and river ran out and Alvarado doubled up.
In the very next hand after doubling JC Alvarado, Mike "Timex" McDonald raised from the cutoff only to have Dan Smith three-bet to 295,000 from the small blind. After the big got out of the way, McDonald moved all in and Smith made a quick call.
Showdown
McDonald:
Smith:
McDonald was left shaking his head as Smith held the better kicker with his ace. The flop was more bad news for McDonald as Smith picked up a flush draw, but the turn did give him some hope to a Broadway straight. Unfortunately for him, the river would not complete it. With that, McDonald exited in fifth place for €215,100 while Smith raked in the pot and now sits on nearly half the chips in play.
Dan Smith raised from the button and Ilari Sahamies reraised from the small blind. Smith then moved all in and Sahamies made the call. Smith held the , but was dominated by the for Sahamies.
The flop came down and Smith stormed to the lead. The turn was the and river the . Sahamies was eliminated and took home fourth-place money worth €291,900.
Below are the chip counts following Sahamies' bust out and as you can see, Smith has a very big lead on the other two with Mike Watson the short stack.
Dan Smith raised to 120,000 on the button and Mike Watson defended from the big blind. The latter proceeded to check-fold to a bet of 150,000 on the flop.
Short-stacked Mike Watson raised to 160,000 from the button and inspired Dan Smith to fold the small blind. JC Alvarado hesitated for a moment in the big before moving all in, and Watson called off.
Showdown
Watson:
Alvarado:
Watson got it in good with ace high, but the spelled disaster as Alvarado paired his king. The turn left Watson in need of an ace on the river, but it wasn't in the cards as the harmless rolled off.
and McDonald the 
. The flop, turn and river ran out 
and Alvarado doubled up.
flop was more bad news for McDonald as Smith picked up a flush draw, but the 
turn did give him some hope to a Broadway straight. Unfortunately for him, the 
river would not complete it. With that, McDonald exited in fifth place for €215,100 while Smith raked in the pot and now sits on nearly half the chips in play.
, but was dominated by the 
and Smith stormed to the lead. The turn was the 
and river the 
. Sahamies was eliminated and took home fourth-place money worth €291,900.
flop.
turn left Watson in need of an ace on the river, but it wasn't in the cards as the harmless 
rolled off.