From under the gun, Mario Puccini raised to 25,000. Davidi Kitai called from the next seat and Daniel-Gal Pidun called on the button. The three of them took an flop and action checked to Kitai. He bet 19,000 and Pidun called. Puccini folded.
The landed on the turn and Kitai bet 48,000. Pidun folded and Kitai won the pot.
Jeff Hakim was all in preflop with the for 136,000. He was up against Thomas Cibak with the . The board ran out and Hakim doubled up with queens full of aces.
Cengiz Ulusu was all in preflop for his last 63,000 holding two black sevens. Marc Wright made the call with the . A board of ran out and Ulusu doubled.
Cesar Garcia Domínguez just busted Cengiz Ulusu. From under the gun, Ulusu shoved his last 156,000 in before Domínguez called from the next seat. Everyone else folded and the hands were tabled.
Domínguez:
Ulusu:
No help came on the board for Ulusu and he was eliminated.
Vladimir Geshkenbein was up to over one million but is now back down to half that amount after losing seven of his last eight pots, according to his Twitter account.
We just saw him lose one of those seven when he saw Cesar Garcia Domínguez open from middle position and he decided to three-bet him, next to act, to 62,000. Domínguez called and then checked when the flop came down . Geshkenbein checked behind and it was off to the . Domínguez now lead into his Russian opponent with a 75,000 bet and the bet was quickly called but they were the last chips to enter the pot because both players checked the arrival of the on the river.
Domínguez showed prompting a smile from Geshkenbein who sarcastically acknowledged "nice hand."
Michiel Brummelhuis lost all but a few of his chips to his neighbour Dmitry Grinenko, and busted the very next hand.
Brummelhuis opened from the hijack and made a quick call when Grinenko three-bet all-in from one seat to the left.
Grinenko:
Brummelhuis:
The board ran to make Grinenko a flush.
Both players banged their fist on the table, but the emotional trigger behind the reaction were poles apart.
Brummelhuis only had 65,000 left and was eliminated the by Thomas Cibak. Ironically Brummelhuis found his dominated by Cibak's but he failed to come from behind.