Down to 11,200 chips, 2023 EPT Monte Carlo finalist Samy Boujmala shoved from middle position and faced Andre Marques.
Samy Boujmala: A♣Q♠
Andre Marques: K♦Q♦
Boujmala found top two pair on the board of Q♥7♣10♥7♦A♦ to double up. A few hands later, the table broke.
Martin Stoyanov was all in and at risk for his last 8,300 and was up against Takahiro Tsugu.
Martin Stoyanov: A♣Q♣
Takahiro Tsugu: JxJx
It was a race and one that Tsugu would win as the board ran out with the K♠4♣6♦3♠J♠.
Ramzi Karam opened to 2,500 from under the gun and was called by Aleksandr Denisov from middle position. Tom Fuchs three-bet to 7,500 from the cutoff and only Karam called.
Karam check-called for 3,000 on the 4♠3♦2♠ flop. Karam then folded after Fuchs continued for 6,000 on the 9♠ turn.
The pot stood at 7,500 with two players looking at a board that read 7♠2♠Q♦.
Tomas Patka, in early position, check-called a bet of 2,500 from Dario Sammartino, in the hijack.
The 2♦ turn saw a repeat of the action, this time Sammartino sized up to 6,500.
The 3♠ river checked to a showdown. Patka tabled A♥2♥ for trips, prompting Sammartino to muck.
Anatoly Zlotnikov opened to 2,400 from under the gun and was called by Guoliang Wei from middle position. Renzo Moreno and Mark Smith also called from the hijack and cutoff. Jinho Hong then made it 10,000 from the button which pushed out Zlotnikov. Wei then jammed for around 40,000 and only Hong called.
Guoliang Wei: 9♦9♣
Jinho Hong: A♣A♦
Hong's aces remained best as the board ran out with the Q♥7♦7♥6♣2♣.
Stefanos Kechagias limped in from middle position, as did the player in the cutoff. Ivan Zhechev raised to 5,500 from the cutoff and Laurynas Levinskas three-bet jammed for 65,000 from the big blind. Kechagias called off for his remaining 12,800 and both the hijack and Zhechev folded.
Stefanos Kechagias: A♣J♣
Laurynas Levinskas: A♠K♣
The board ran out 2♣3♠8♣9♠7♦. Levinskas' kicker played and Kechagias departed.
Robert-Andrei Burlacu in the hijack decided to open and he received a call by Samuel Fournier on the button. In the big blind, Robert Schulz shoved for 16,900. Burlacu called and Fournier folded.
Robert Schulz: A♠Q♥
Robert-Andrei Burlacu: 8♣8♦
Schulz was on the edge of elimination after the flop of 3♠4♥6♦ and the turn 9♥, but the A♦ landed on the river to save him and double him up.
Level: 9
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
Andrei Konopelko, in the hijack, found himself all in and at risk for his last 27,400, against Dmitry Gromov, in the cutoff.
Andrei Konopelko: A♣Q♦
Dmitry Gromov: A♥K♣
The board ran out 5♦Q♣8♥J♣8♣. Konopelko's dominated hand pulled ahead on the flop, ultimately doubling him up.
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