Bart Lybaert opened the cutoff for 900 with suited and got calls from both the button and big blind. Lybaert thought he flopped well on with a flush draw but would soon be in a world of pain.
Lybaert made a 1,900 continuation bet after the big blind checked. The player on the button folded but the big blind pushed all in for 9,000. Lybaert made the call with his top pair and top kicker but was up against pocket nines. Blanks on the turn and river severely crippled Lybaert who moved to a new table with just 3,500 in chips.
Ludovic Riehl was all-in preflop with two other players still in the action: Arkadiusz Peitsch from Germany and Karim Yenbou from France. The dealer sorted out the side pot and dealt a flop of . Peitsch checked and called a bet of 6,000 from Yenbou. They both checked the turn and when the fell on the river Peitsh moved all in. Yenbou just covered Petish, but it was effectively a call for his tournament life. He agonised and made the call. Peitsh immediadely flashed the bad news nut flush. Yenbou was forced to turn over his . Riehl sheepishly showed the and exited the tournament room as Peitsh gathered in his mound of chips.
Yenbou moved his last 2,000 all-in on the next hand with and was called in the big blind by Manuel Bevand holding . It looked good on the flop of but the turn brought the and a river sent him packing too.
On the river of a board, Mat Frankland had checked and Martin Staszko bet 4,200. Frankland then came in for a check-raise to 13,700 and Staszko looked confused, eventually mucking his hand.
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