Fidan Zahiti check-called a bet of 102,000 by Sorin Flutur on the turn and checked again the on the river. Flutur now made it 230,000 to go and that ended up winning the pot without showdown, as Zahiti sent his cards into the muck.
On the river of a board , Giuseppe Carbone jammed out of the small blind and Sylvain Loosli, who had just been moved to his table a few minutes ago, snap-called.
Carbone tabled the for a missed flush draw and Loosli had the nuts with for top set.
Francesco Candelari was all in for 185,000 with the and Gab Yong Kim looked him up with the .
"Come on, I already had my cooler," Candelari joked in table chat. The board came and the kicker played in favor of the Italian, who received a full double.
On a board there was over 100,000 chips in the middle between Pieter Aerts and Vlastimil Pustina. Aerts was positioned in the big blind and was first to act, betting just 12,000.
This bet was raised by Vlastimil Pustina to 88,000 and Aerts called.
Pustina showed for a pair of tens but was outkicked by Aerts with who took down the pot.
Boris Kuzmanovic defended out of the blinds against big stack Luigi Shehadeh and check-called a first barrel on the flop. Kuzmanovic checked the turn with 180,000 behind and Shehadeh moved all in to force a fold.
Shortly after, Roman Herold three-bet to 75,000 and Luke Marsh cold four-bet jammed out of the big blind. The initial raiser had already folded and Herold came to the same conclusion.
Denys Shafikov opened and got calls from Vlastimil Pustina on the button and Pierre Calamusa in the big blind.
The flop came and both Pustina and Calamusa called a continuation bet from Shafikov. Calamusa opted to bet 125,000 on the turn and Shafikov called, with Pustina folding.
The river was the and Calamusa moved all in for around 300,000. Shafikov had two time banks left and used both, having his hand declared dead following a five second count down of his last time bank.
"Good hand," said tablemate Victor Bogdanov, and Calamusa smiled tabling for a king-high bluff.
Andrei Stoenescu opened the action with a raise to 25,000 from early position and Dietrich Fast called on the button. Aliaksei Boika moved all in for 120,000 out of the small blind and Stoenescu folded after some consideration. Fast asked for a count and tossed in a single chip for the call within the allocated 30-second shot clock.
Aliaksei Boika:
Dietrich Fast:
While Boika spiked top pair on the flop, he showed no emotions at all and simply said "good game guys" as soon as the turn left him drawing dead. The meaningless river further improved Fast to a full house and the 2016 EPT Malta champion Boika departed in 48th place.
Denys Shafikov ended up all-in for exactly 200,000 on the flop after he had defended out of the big blind and he was called by table big stack Victor Bogdanov.
Denys Shafikov:
Victor Bogdanov:
Shafikov had the best of it with the top two pair and the turn and river run out changed nothing whatsoever.