Paul Michaelis opened in the cutoff and Ugo Faggioli defended big blind. The flop came 
and Michaelis bet 130,000, which Faggioli called. Both players checked the 
, bringing a 
. Michaelis bet 390,000 after a check, but Faggioli came back with 915,000. Michaelis thought briefly, got a count of Faggioli's remaining chips, then put in a call.
Faggioli flipped over 
for an ace-high bluff and Michaelis showed 
.
Liviu Ignat raised to 160,000 from the button and was called by Parker Talbot in the big blind.
They both checked through the 
flop to the 
on the turn. Talbot bet 140,000 and Ignat called.
The river completed the board with the 
, Talbot now barreled a bet of 575,000 over the line and Ignat tanked. After using a time bank card, Ignat opted to fold.
Carlos Branco raised to 160,000 from the button and Alexandr Merzhvinskii called in the big blind.
They both checked through the 
on the flop and the 
on the turn to the 
on the river. Merzhvinskii check-raised to 750,000 when Branco bet 200,000. Branco called to see Merzhvinskii tabled 
for the bluff and Branco picked up the pot with 
for the turned pair of aces.
Photos by Neil Stoddart.
Artem Kobylynskyi raised in the small blind to 250,000 and Carlos Branco defended big. After unknown flop action, the board read 
. Kobylynskyi checked and called a large bet of 625,000, using a time bank in the process. On the 
river, Kobylynskyi checked and Branco jammed for 1,190,000. After another extension, Kobylynskyi released.
Liviu Ignat raised to 160,000 and action folded to Evangelos Bechrakis with his micro stack in the big blind.
"I don't think I need to look at my cards," he mused.
He stuck his chips in and tabled 
, happy to see he was live against 
. The 
only brought some backdoor possibility and the sweat ended with an turn. Bechrakis knuckled the table and shook hands with his opponents.
Evangelos Bechrakis shoved his last 30,000 in from the hijack, Andrey Pateychuk called for 80,000 in the cutoff. Liviu Ignat three-bet to 230,000 on the button, Diego Zeiter and Parker Talbot folded their blinds, Pateychuk also opted to fold for Ignat to pick up the extra chips from the blinds and Pateychuk.
Evangelos Bechrakis:
Liviu Ignat: 
The board ran out 
for Bechrakis to quintuple plus the ante.
Carlos Branco shoved from the button for 1,130,000 in total and was called by Alexandr Merzhvinskii in the big blind.
Carlos Branco:
Alexandr Merzhvinskii:
The board ran out 
for Branco to double with the higher hole cards.
Andrey Pateychuk limped the button and called 290,000 from small blind Liviu Ignat. The flop came and Ignat bet 150,000. Pateychuk continued to the , which checked through to the . Ignat used a time bank then bet 375,000 and Pateychuk snap-called.
Ignat showed 
but was beaten by 
.
Parker Talbot opened to 160,000, Laurynas Levinskas jammed in the cutoff for 1,095,000 and Evangelos Bechrakis put his stack in as well. Action folded back to Talbot and he gave it up.
Laurynas Levinskas: 
Evangelos Bechrakis:
The 
was safe enough for Bechrakis but he groaned upon seeing an turn. The river meant he shipped nearly all of his stack to his right.
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