Christoph Vogelsang raised to 4,500 from the cutoff before Vicente Delgado three-bet Vogelsang's open once again from the button. Santhosh Suvarna then reraised to 37,000, which quickly got rid of Vogelsang. Delgado, who had 13,500 in front of him, called.
Delgado called for 18,000 on the A♠10♦10♥ flop before action checked through on the 3♠ turn to the 6♦ river. Suvarna then sized up to 51,000, and Delgado called in speedy fashion.
Survana tabled his A♣Q♦ for two pair, aces and tens, with a queen kicker. Delgado mucked and the spoils went to Suvarna.
Action folded around to Kayhan Mokri, who raised from the small blind. Sam Greenwood called in the big blind and two players went to the flop.
The flop came 5♥7♦10♥. Mokri continued for 15,000 and Greenwood made the call. The turn was the 8♦ and Mokri bet 38,500, which Greenwood once again called.
On the K♠ river, Mokri put Greenwood to the test with a bet of 130,000. Greenwood was forced to make the fold and Mokri chipped up.
Jenya Gavrilovich is the most recent entrant, bringing the field to 28 players. Gavrilovich has an EPT High Roller title after taking down a €25,000 NLH event (€289,930/$308,765) at the 2022 EPT Prague festival and also cashed in the €10,300 EPT Paris High Roller in February (€24,900/$26,330).
Following several hands that were taken down with preflop three-bets and four-bets, Alex Kulev made a raise and Adrian Mateos three-bet. Kulev four-bet to 28,000 and Mateos moved all in. Kulev called and Mateos had him covered.
Alex Kulev: A♦A♠
Adrian Mateos: K♦K♠
It was the ultimate poker cooler. Mateos had pocket kings and Kulev had pocket aces. The board ran out 2♥9♦A♥K♣9♣. Kulev made a set with his aces on the flop, meaning Mateos' set of kings on the turn was not enough.
Kulev doubled up to bring himself back up to above starting stack. Mateos took a huge hit but still remains above the starting stack.
Vicente Delgado opened to 4,000 from the hijack and was called by Alex Kulev and Santhosh Suvarna from the cutoff and button, respectively. Mikalai Vaskaboinikau also decided to defend his big bind.
Delgado continued for 5,000 on the K♥8♠5♣ flop, and only Kulev folded. Delgado then sized up to 30,000 on the K♦ turn, and both of his remaining opponents then decided to return their cards to the dealer.
The following hand, Suvarna opened to 4,500 from the hijack. Adrian Mateos called from the cutoff and Vaskaboinikau did the same from the button. Sosia Jang folded in the small blind before Christoph Vogelsang three-bet to 27,000 from the big blind after using up one of his time chips. Only Suvarna called.
Suvarna called for 18,000 on the Q♦J♥8♥ flop, which brought in the 6♣ turn. Vogelsang slowed down and checked, prompting Suvarna to fire for 47,000. Vogelsang used up another two time-chips before calling.
With 67,000 behind, Vogelsang led out for 65,500 on the J♦ river. Suvarna waited a few moments before putting his opponent all in.
"I must be behind now," commented Vogelsang before putting in the last of his chips to call.
"Oh, I'm not," said a relieved Vogelsang upon seeing Suvarna's Q♣10♣. Vogelsang then turned over his K♣J♣ for a trip jacks, besting his opponent's one pair of queens.
Mikita Badziakouski raised to 4,000 from early position and was called by Mike Watson on the button. Steve O'Dwyer reraised to 26,000 from the small blind and both Badziakouski and Watson called.
Despite the action preflop, play slowed down post-flop. All three players checked on a board of 6♦5♠9♣. The turn came the 8♥ and action checked to Watson, who bet out 25,000. O'Dwyer and Badziakouski folded and Watson won the pot.
Sosia Jiang had seen her stack increase after winning a big hand from Santhosh Suvarna. Shortly after, Mikalai Vaskaboinikau and Santhosh Suvarna were eliminated from the tournament by Alex Kulev and Adrian Mateos respectively.
Mateos then added more chips to his stack after winning a pot against compatriot Vicente Delgado. With around 80,000 in the middle, Vicente Delgado bet 26,000 from under the gun and Mateos called from the cutoff.
Delgado had 3♠3♥ for a pair of threes but they went into the muck as Mateos had the winner with his Q♠9♠.
Jenya Gavrilovich raised to 7,000 from the small blind and Mikita Badziakouski called in the big blind.
The flop came 7♦10♠3♦. Gavrilovich checked and Badziakouski bet out for 10,000, which Gavrilovich called. The turn came the 3♣ and both players checked,
The river was the 4♠. Gavrilovich put out a small bet of 3,000. Badziakouski responded with a raise to 25,000. Gavrilovich thought for a moment before making the call.
Badziakouski showed K♦9♣ for king high. He had been attempted a bluff on the river, raising Gavrilovich's blocking bet. Gavrilovich showed 9♠7♥, successfully catching the bluff with a pair of sevens to win the pot.