Under the gun, Jean-Philippe Goulet-Ratelle made it 35,000 to go. Alex Goulder on the button three-bet to 100,000 and both blinds released. Goulet-Ratelle shoved all in for approximately 400,000 and Goulder instantly called.
Jean-Philippe Goulet-Ratelle:
Alex Goulder:
The flop came , leaving Goulder just the last queen as an out. The on the turn was of no importance but the on the river sure was. Goulder made his set on the river and Goulet-Ratelle's top two hit the muck soon enough.
Action folded to Ivan Banic on the button and he limped in for 16,000. Frank Williams folded his small blind but Tomas MacNamara in the big blind raised to 55,000. Banic called.
MacNamara bet 70,000 on , 150,000 on the turn and 350,000 on the river. Banic called all the way with his and MacNamara's ended up face down in the muck.
Adrian Mateos opened the action with a raise to 35,000 from first position. Alex Goulder (cutoff), Gilles Bernies (small blind) and Matias Ruzzi (big blind) all called to see a flop.
All four of them checked on and the hit the turn. Bernies and Ruzzi checked again, only for Mateos to bet 77,000. Goulder raised to 210,000 and Bernies flat called out of position. Ruzzi and Mateos both folded.
Bernies bet out 375,000 on the river and Goulder snap called. Bernies showed for the turned set and Goulder silently mucked.
Over on the feature table, Luca Pagano got his chips in from the button with the best hand. Christopher Kruk in the cutoff had while Pagano had the . The board came and the unlucky Pagano made his exit in 17th place.
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Frank Williams made it 35,000 in the last hand before the level moved up and Adrian Mateos called. They both checked the flop, but when the turn came down and Williams checked, Mateos bet 50,000.
Williams called and checked the river. Mateos led for 175,000 and after a good minute or two in the tank, Williams shoved in. Mateos snap called with the , but the pot got chopped as Williams had the as well and both had a Broadway straight.