Matas Cimbolas raised to 8,000 in the cutoff and Paul Pires Trigo in the big blind squeezed to 85,000, which had Cimbolas covered. The Lithuanian started some table chat and declared he was thinking to "gamble."
Ultimately, Cimbolas called it off and the cards were revealed.
Matas Cimbolas:
Paul Pires Trigo:
The board was no threat to Cimbolas and he doubled.
Daniel Wilson raised to 9,000 and then called the 24,000 all-in of a short-stacked Sacha Zaffran from the very next seat.
Sacha Zaffran:
Daniel Wilson:
The flop and turn kept Zaffran in the lead but Wilson added a flush draw to his two overcards. However, the river didn't change the outcome and Zaffran doubled.
As soon as the bubble burst, nearly one dozen players were eliminated, and among them was Byron Kaverman. He was involved in a flip against Bernard Vu and needed to improve with two overcards.
Byron Kaverman:
Bernard Vu:
The board ran out and the jacks held to send Kaverman to the payout desk.
Dawid Smolka shoved his last 37,000 and Teun Mulder looked him up. The rest of the table was out of the way and action was heads up with Smolka at risk.
Dawid Smolka:
Teun Mulder:
The board ran out and Smolka turned a pair of aces to beat Mulder for the double.
Pavel Plesuv was all-in on the flop against Harry Lodge. Plesuv was the player at risk with around 132,000 chips behind. Players, spectators, and camera crew gathered around to see the action. The flop was . Players flipped their cards.
Pavel Plesuv:
Harry Lodge:
Plesuv had two pair and Harry Lodge had a straight draw with a backdoor flush draw. The turn came and the river was the to give Lodge the flush on the river. Plesuv busted out on the bubble and cheers erupted around the room.
All players who remain are guaranteed to cash for at least €8,400.
Picking up the action on a board of in a heads-up pot, Sachin Joshi bet 26,000 and Paul Pires Trigo called.
The river completed the board and Joshi put Trigo to the test by moving all in, leading Trigo to enter the tank before eventually calling off with his stack of 97,000.
The cards were flipped after the action completed at other tables and Joshi showed a bluff with while Trigo showed the winner with for a pair of aces.
Sho Homma raised to 8,000 from under the gun and Mario van Ackeren wanted to raise but didn't see the open, hence he flat-called the raise. Fabian Gumz also called from the very next seat in the cutoff only for Mats Ullereng to then squeeze to 40,000 on the button.
Homma then pushed all in for 244,000 and van Ackeren announced all in with the covering stack, forcing out Gumz and Ullereng. Once all other tables were finished, the next flip unfolded over on Table 26.
Sho Homma:
Mario van Ackeren:
The flop and turn kept Homma in the lead but even a split pot was now possible. However, the river only paired the board and Homma scored a big double on the stone-cold money bubble.
"I had king-queen," Ullereng mentioned in table chat while Kostya Zaks added to have folded ace-jack suited preflop.