Level: 16
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 5,000
Level: 16
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 5,000
Andreas Berggren opened to 7,000 from the cutoff and Stefan Leenen shoved for a bit under 200,000 from the button, covering all remaining players in the hand. Samatar Gelle called off for a bit less than 50,000 from the small blind and action folded back to Berggren who immediately put his stack of 52,000 in the middle.
Samatar Gelle: 9♠9♥
Andreas Berggren: A♥A♦
Stefan Leenen: K♥K♠
Gelle seemed poised to crack the best and second-best starting hands after making a set on the J♥9♣5♥ flop. He remained ahead after improving to a full house on the 5♣ turn but the A♣ river gave Berggren top full house and he scored nearly a full triple up while Gelle was sent to the rail in brutal fashion.
Ignacio Sanz opened to 8,000 from middle position and Jacek Skiscim called from the hijack. Nichan Khorchidian also called from the big blind.
On the 8♠A♦8♦ flop, it checked to Sanz who continued for 12,000, which only Khorchidian called.
Khorchidian shoved on the 2♦ turn for 34,000, and Sanz reluctantly made the call.
Nichan Khorchidian: A♣3♠
Ignacio Sanz: 9♦9♠
Khorchidian was in the lead but needed to fade a nine or a diamond on the river to secure the double-up. However, that was a feat that the Lebanese player couldn't achieve as the 10♦ fell on the river, which eliminated him.
Level: 15
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
The remaining players are on a 20-minute break.
Franco De Mendonca opened to 6,000 from middle position and was called by Juan Moya in the hijack before Dean Lyall three-bet to 15,000 from the button. De Mendonca got out of the way while Moya made the call, leaving just 22,000 behind.
The flop came Q♥J♥2♠. Moya shoved and Lyall called with a covering stack to put him at risk.
Juan Moya: Q♦9♦
Dean Lyall: 8♦8♣
Moya was in great shape with top pair while Lyall was drawing to just two outs. No eights materialized when the rest of the board ran out K♠K♣ and Moya scored a full double up through Lyall.
Lukasz Ciechanowicz had opened preflop from the button and Rafik Chelihi shoved for 64,500 in the small blind. Maria Lampropulos then also shoved from the big blind for around 75,000, and Ciechanowicz folded.
Rafik Chelihi: 9♠9♦
Maria Lampropulos: A♣Q♣
It was a fair fight that looked to be going Chelihi's way as his pocket nines remained ahead on the 10♥8♥10♦8♣ board but a Q♦ on the river saw Lampropulos pair her queen, which was enough to eliminate Chelihi.