Clement Bonin raised to 12,000 from middle position and received a call from Australian Jonathan Karamalikis, who was directly to his left. A short-stacked Konstantin Puchkov called from the big blind, and it was three-way action to the flop.
Puchkov was first to act and moved all in for 36,000, which Bonin raised to 73,000. Karamalikis responded by moving all in, and Bonin called off for 291,000.
Showdown
Bonin:
Karamalikis:
Puchkov:
It was an action flop to say the least as all three players hit big. Puchkov flopped top pair with a flush draw, Bonin a set, and Karamalikis the nuts. The turn gave Puchkov the said flush, while the blanked on the river. Puchkov tripled, though he is still short, while Karamalikis eliminated Bonin and collected the sizable side pot.
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Norway's Torunn Smedstad shoved from the button holding and was called by Konstantin Uspenskiy from Russia with in the cutoff seat.
The flop went leaving Smedstad still in need for an ace to survive. The on the turn bricked and the on the river didn't comfort Smedstad much as she left the tournament leaving it one female player shorter.
Samuel Rodriguez raised to 13,000 from the small blind and Marcos Fernandez made the call in the big blind. The dealer opened on the flop and Fernandez fired 22,000. Rodriguez made the call and the two players saw the come on the turn.
Fernandez continued for 28,000 and Rodriguez went along with the call. Both checked the on the river and Fernandez flipped . Rodriguez didn't like what he saw and mucked his hand leaving the pot to Fernandez.
Over at Table 6, action folded to [Removed:273] in the cutoff and he raised to 13,000. Team PokerStars Pro Matthias De Meulder was in the small blind and opted for a three-bet to 36,000, which inspired Casals to move all in. De Meulder had the smaller stack and decided to preserve his remaining 180,000.
flop.
turn gave Puchkov the said flush, while the 
blanked on the river. Puchkov tripled, though he is still short, while Karamalikis eliminated Bonin and collected the sizable side pot.
board, getting called down by Antonin Duda.
for trips and Duda mucked.
and was called by Konstantin Uspenskiy from Russia with 
in the cutoff seat.
leaving Smedstad still in need for an ace to survive. The 
. Rodriguez didn't like what he saw and mucked his hand leaving the pot to Fernandez.
