Jean-Noel Thorel limped in and called the raise of Panagiotis Sotiriadis on the button. They checked the flop and Thorel bet the turn for 35,000, Sotiriadis called. On the river, Thorel checked and folded when facing a bet of 30,000.
Laszlo Bujtas doubled his short stack and Murad Akhundov won a small pot against Samuli Sipila with quad jacks, then Jean-Noel Thorel lost a bigger pot to Alexander Petersen.
Petersen bet the turn for 46,000 and Thorel called. After the river, Petersen bet 60,000 and Thorel folded.
Last but not least, Anson Tsang chipped up through Niko Soininen. Tsang raised to 9,000 first to act and was called by Soininen in the cutoff and Cord Garcia on the button. The flop was checked to Soininen, who bet 11,000. Garcia folded and Tsang called. Both checked the turn and Tsang check-called a bet of 15,000 on the river.
In a multi-way limped pot the flop showed and action checked to Cord Garcia, who bet 20,000. Seamus Cahill raised it up to 80,000 and that forced out Felix Stephensen. Garcia moved all in for 149,500 and Cahill called.
Cord Garcia:
Seamus Cahill:
The board completed with the turn and river, allowing Garcia to double.
Shyngis Satubayev also doubled, for the second time in quick succession. On a flop of , Samuli Sipila raised the pot when Satubayev had bet 10,000 and Satubayev called all in for 69,000.
Shyngis Satubaev:
Samuli Sipila:
The turn and river gave Satubayev a runner runner flush and he also doubled.
On the river of a board , Dan Shak bet 20,000 into a pot of around 50,000 and Murad Akhundov raised it up to 55,000. Shak was taken aback and said in table chat "why don't you want to get more value?" He didn't get an answer and eventually called.
Akhundov showed for a flush and Shak mucked .
Furthermore, Felix Stephensen doubled his short stack to remain in contention over on table three.
The cards were already rushed away and the seat that was formerly occupied by Ryan Riess showed empty. Cord Garcia and Seamus Cahill confirmed what had happened.
Riess got his short stack in with pocket kings and a suit to face the of Cahill, who flopped an ace on the turn to eliminate Riess.
Bogdan Capitan had raised small from under the gun and Cary Katz had a bet of 17,500 in front. Jean-Noel Thorel raised it up to 30,000 and Capitan moved all in, which forced out Katz and resulted in a snap-call by Thorel.
Bogdan Capitan:
Jean-Noel Thorel:
The board came and Capitan was drawing dead on the turn.
Picking up the action on the turn, Chris Dowling checked in the big blind and Alexander Petersen bet 43,500 from under the gun. Dowling gave it some thought and called. The on the river was checked and Dowling announced a straight, then showed .
With the turn showing , Jean-Noel Thorel bet the pot for 44,500 in the big blind and Chris Dowling in the cutoff raised the pot. Thorel moved all in and Dowling snap-called.
"They have the same hand, who has the freeroll?" Cary Katz asked in table chat.
Jean-Noel Thorel:
Chris Dowling:
Both had redraws to a flush and Dowling was the one that got there thanks to the on the river, sending Thorel to the rail in cruel fashion.