Mathieu Di Meglio raised to 80,000 for Malo Latinois to defend the big blind, which led to the flop. Latinois opted to check and then call a bet worth 60,000 by Di Meglio.
On the turn, Latinois check-called another 125,000 and checked the river. Di Meglio tanked for a short while to then move all-in and Latinois snap-folded.
Mark Roovers raised it up to 80,000 out of a stack of fewer than 20 big blinds. It folded all the way to Razvan Belea in the big blind, who eyeballed the stack of his opponent and then moved all in. The call by Roovers followed within two seconds and the cards were flipped over.
Mark Roovers:
Razvan Belea:
The flop and turn kept the Dutchman ahead, but Belea got there with the river to eliminate Roovers in 24th place for €32,600.
After Wooseok Kim moved all in under the gun for 360,000, Michael Rodrigues did likewise in middle position for just over 1,000,000. The rest of the table folded and Kim was at risk in a horrible situation.
Wooseok Kim:
Michael Rodrigues:
Two aces are always better than one, leaving Kim in rough shape. The flop did bring him one of the kings he would need, but after the turn and river, he was sent to the rail in 23rd place.
Brian Delaney raised to 80,000 with from under the gun and Peter Jorgne three-bet to 235,000 from late position. Delaney thought it over and folded to give up the pot.
On the next hand, Manig Loeser raised to 80,000 and Niklas Astedt three-bet to 185,000 from the button. Loeser called and action was heads up. The flop was and Loeser checked. Astedt bet 100,000 and Loeser check-raised to 130,000. Astedt took a look at his cards and tossed them in the muck.
Sven Stok raised it up to 80,000 in the cutoff to pick up calls by Mathieu Di Meglio and Mehdi Chaoui out of the blinds. The trio headed to the flop on which both Di Meglio and Chaoui called a bet of 80,000 by Stok.
All three players checked the turn and river for Di Meglio to reveal the . Chaoui was narrowly ahead of that with the but Stok had the best of it with the .
"Would you have called if I bet?" Di Meglio inquired to Stok, who nodded.
Three hands in a row, Kenny Hallaert raised to 90,000 and what followed was a mixed bag of results.
He was first called by Harry Lodge in the big blind and that led to the flop, on which Lodge bet 65,000 and Hallaert folded.
One hand later, it was Mathieu Di Meglio who defended his big blind and they headed to the flop. Di Meglio checked and Hallaert bet 75,000 to win the pot.
Up next, Hallaert raised in the hijack to the very same 90,000 and Mehdi Chaoui came along from his big blind. Both checked the flop and Chaoui check-called the turn for 110,000. After the river, Chaoui checked again and Hallaert now bet 225,000.
Chaoui used one time bank and check-raised leaving 60,000 behind in order to force out Hallaert.
Harry Lodge raised to 80,000 in the hijack and was three-bet to 245,000 by Michael Rodrigues in the small blind.
Lodge called to see a flop of and Rodrigues continued for 175,000.
The Brit made the call and the came on the turn. Rodrigues then jammed for approximately 1,000,000 and got called by Lodge who had drilled the turn.
Michael Rodrigues
Harry Lodge:
Rodrigues' top pair, top kicker had been picked off by a second pair for Lodge on the turn and after the fell on the river, Lodge had scored himself a huge pot to send Rodrigues home in 21st place.