Zoran Ruvceski open limped from late positon and Valeriu Pelinschii raised to 1,600 from the button. Ruvceski made the call.
The flop came 5♥6♣9♦ and both players checked. The turn was the 10♦. Ruvceski led for 2,500 and Pelinschii called.
The river was the A♠. Ruvceski checked and Pelinschii bet 3,800, which Ruvceski called. Pelinschii showed K♦7♦ for a busted flush draw and Ruvceski showed 9♥8♥ to catch the bluff with a pair of nines.
Heads-up on a board of A♣8♥7♥4♥ and around 7,000 in the pot, Leonardo Da Silva bet 3,100 from early position and Felice Distinto called on the button.
The river came the 9♦ and Da Silva fired out another 12,600. Distinto quickly called and Da Silva turned over A♥9♥ for the nut flush.
Distinto also flashed Ax9x for a no-good two pair as Da Silva took the pot.
Xavier Cortazar Vidal was all in for his last 11,000 from middle position and up against Gustaf Soderholm in early position.
Xavier Cortazar Vidal: A♠A♣
Gustaf Soderholm: 8♠8♥
Soderholm picked up a straight draw on the 6♠7♠5♦ flop, but Cortazar Vidal held on through the J♥ turn and Q♦ river to double up.
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Gabriel Medeiros opened to 1,600 from the hijack and was called by Eduardo Peralta in the cutoff and Ali Belghiti in the big blind.
The flop came K♠4♣A♠ and Belghiti checked to Medeiros, who bet 2,100. Peralta folded, but Belghiti called.
Belghiti check-called a 3,500 bet from Medeiros on the 7♠ turn and then both players checked down on the 6♥ river.
Belghiti tabled K♥7♣ for kings up and Medeiros mucked — sending the pot Belghiti's way.
Marco Molon raised to 2,000 from late position and Mircea-Alexandru Flutur moved all in from the button for 6,600. Julien Mariani then shoved all in over the top from the small blind for 27,000. Molon folded and two players flipped their cards, with Flutur at risk.
Mircea-Alexandru Flutur: 9♣9♠
Julien Mariani: 10♣10♥
Flutur had pocket nines, but he was in trouble against Mariani's pocket tens. The board ran out Q♠3♦K♣6♥5♦. Mariani held and Flutur was eliminated from the tournament.
Level: 8
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
Alex Peffly, who ditched his trademark green visor just before playing the hand, and Karim Alleg built a pot of around 15,000 heading to the K♠2♠3♦ flop. Alleg bet 3,500 in the cutoff.
Peffly called in the hijack as the 5♣ fell on the turn. Peffly led out for 12,000, sending Alleg deep into the tank.
Nearly two minutes went by as Alleg counted out his stack before he decided to muck.
Benny Glaser is also seated at this table, still hovering around the starting stack.
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A pot of around 22,000 was already in the middle as Morten Lie and Tolegen Maimakov saw a completed board of 5♦5♥6♠J♣2♣. Lie, in the big blind, then led out for 8,000.
Maimakov called and Lie showed 5♣2♣ for a full house to win the big pot.
Ionut Josanu raised to 2,200 from middle position and Peter Phanmaha called. Jonathan Vignone then moved all in from late position for 19,500. Both Josanu and Phanmaha called. Three players flipped their cards, with both Vignone and Phanmaha at risk.
Jonathan Vignone: 8♦8♥
Peter Phanmaha: A♠J♣
Ionut Josanu: A♥K♣
The board ran out 7♦Q♠8♣10♦J♠. Vignone made a set of eights on the flop and it looked like the pot was his to win. That was until Josanu made the nuts with a runner-runner straight on the river. He scooped a huge pot that brought him up to over 130,000 chips.
Both Phanmaha and Vignone were eliminated from the tournament.
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