With the board reading , Laurynas Levinskas moved in to put Ivan Luca at risk. The Argentinian had to call effectively 244,000 in a pot of around 220,000. Luca gave it two minutes of thought before committing the call.
Laurynas Levinskas:
Ivan Luca:
Levinskas couldn't muster up more than a busted flush draw, and Luca scored a big double up.
Rainer Kempe moved all in for 99,000 from the cutoff. Francis-Nicolas Bouchard just calls on the button and the blinds fold.
Kempe turned over and Bouchard . The flop came giving Kempe the slight lead. The on the turn gave Bouchard some straight opportunities on the river. The river however was another handing Kempe the double up.
On one table, Stefan Schillhabel open-shoved with and Anthony Zinno called with . On a board of , Schillhabel made a flush on the turn, but Zinno improved to a full house on the river to knock the German out.
At the same time on another table, Andrey Kotelnikov was at risk versus Christopher Frank. Kotelnikov held , but couldn't get past Frank's on . Both Kotelnikov and Schillhabel are among the last ones to cash €11,695.
One of the most accomplished players left in the field is slowly building up his stack. Charlie Carrel, who noted a 1st and 3rd place during High Rollers at EPT Dublin, build a pot with Rhys Jones to nearly 160,000 when the board read . Carrel fired 100,000 on the river, and Jones folded, giving Carrel more chips to work with.
There were two all-in triangles in action on Mike McDonald's table, with the Canadian all in and ahead holding against both Andrey Shatilov's and Niklas Astedt's .
"You're in pretty good shape," said McDonald to Astedt as the Swede saw his opponent's hands.
The flop came and when the turn came the , it was Mike McDonald's turn to say "Well now I'm in good shape!"
As if by magic, the river was the , giving McDonald a Broadway straight and eliminating both of his opponents just before the dinner break.
Shortstack Nicolas Cardyn was all in with pocket fives against Adrian Mateos' ace-king. A king on the flop sealed it for Mateos, sending Cardyn to the rail.