Dante Goya was seen with A♥K♥ face up all-in against Gabriel Moura, who had A♣J♣ on a board of 10♦2♥8♣4♦J♠. De Moura won the pot and Goya was the first to be eliminated from the main event.
Dante Goya was seen with A♥K♥ face up all-in against Gabriel Moura, who had A♣J♣ on a board of 10♦2♥8♣4♦J♠. De Moura won the pot and Goya was the first to be eliminated from the main event.
Action was picked up on the river of 10♦6♠9♠A♦9♦ with Zeljko Tokic having led out for 7,500. Hans Erlandsson was facing a near pot-sized bet.
After a moment in the tank, he announced "call." Tokic tabled 6♣6♦ for a full house. Erlandsson parted with his chips and said "nice hand."
Freddy van Veggel raised to 200 from late position and Jantzem Iglesias three-bet to 800 from the small blind. Youness Ait Hssain called in the big blind and Van Veggel called.
The flop came K♠5♥7♥ and Iglesias bet 500 and Hssain three-bet to 1,500. Van Veggel called and Iglesias called.
Action then slowed down as all three players checked it back on 9♥ turn and Q♦ river. Iglesias showed A♦7♦ for a pair of sevens and Hssain showed 8♠8♦ for pocket eights to win the pot.
Adrian Martin bet 2,500 from middle position on a board of 4♥10♥5♦7♥ and Artyom Smbatyan called in the big blind.
The river was the J♦. Martin then bet 4,500 and Smbatyan snap-called. Martin then turned over A♥5♥ for the nut flush and Smbatyan mucked.
Shakhabiddin Muradov opened to 300 on the button and was called by Dean Lyall in the small blind and Leo Worthington-Leese in the big blind.
Action checked through on the 6♣K♣J♦ flop and Lyall checked again to Worthington-Leese, who bet 800 on the 7♥ turn. Muradov called and Lyall folded.
The A♣ landed on the river and Worthington-Leese checked, prompting a 2,000 bet from Muradov.
Worthington-Leese decided to look him up and Muradov turned over 7♠6♦ for two pair. Worthington-Leese couldn't beat it and sent his hand into the muck.
With around 4,000 in the pot, four players went to the turn on a board of K♦9♥9♣Q♥. Khalil Youssafi then bet 1,500 from the cutoff and only Anthony Stumbo called on the button.
The river was the 2♥ and Youssafi bet another 1,500. Stumbo quickly called and Youssafi turned over 9♠6♠ for trip nines to win the pot.
Mark Teltscher opened to 500 from under the gun. Gevork Staveryan called from the hijack, and the €10,200 Mystery Bounty winner Boris Angelov defended his big blind.
The K♠Q♦9♥ flop checked through to the J♣ turn. With four to a straight on the board, Angelov checked before Teltscher bet 600. Staveryan quickly folded and Angelov also returned his cards to the dealer.
Elsewhere on another table, EPT Main Event champion Roberto Romanello also took his seat.
Viktor Jensen opened to 300 from under the gun and was called by Hudson Peruzzo from the cutoff. Gerard Rubiralta three three-bet to 1,600 from the big blind and was called by both players.
Rubiralta continued for 1,300 on the K♠7♥3♥ flop, folding out Jensen while Peruzzo stuck around.
The Spaniard sized up to 6,500 on the 10♠ turn, and after one last peak of his cards, Peruzzo conceded the pot.
Pablo Jimenez raised to 300 in the hijack and John Duthie called in the big blind.
The flop came A♥8♥5♠ and Jimenez continued for 600. Duthie then raised to 2,600 and Jimenez called.
The turn was the K♦ and Duthie tossed in 12,000. "The ace is dangerous," he told Jimenez, who went into the tank for several minutes before folding A♦Q♦.
"I had eight-five suited. My birth year. I was born in 1985," Duthie joked after the hand.