Yahor Dambrouski was all in and at risk versus the covering stack of Sonny Franco.
Yahor Dambrouski: 10♠10♥
Sonny Franco: 9♠9♣
Dambrouski's tens held across the 4♥3♣2♦K♥J♦ runout to secure the double up.
Alexander Tkatschew kicked off the action from the cutoff with a raise to 1,800, and Yahor Dambrouski called from the button. Vladimir Korzinin, sitting in the small blind, decided to three-bet to 5,500, and only Dambrouski made the call.
The 3♥6♠K♠ flop saw Korzinin lead out with a bet of 4,900, which Dambrouski quickly called.
Both players opted to check on the 8♠ turn, keeping the pot under control.
When the 6♥ river hit, Korzinin fired a bet of 11,000. Dambrouski, after burning through a few time bank cards, responded by going all in, only to be snap-called by Korzinin.
At showdown, Dambrouski revealed Q♠10♠ for a flush, but Korzinin had him beat with A♠9♠ for the nut flush. As he doubled up, Korzinin remarked, "You wanted to trap me too."
Cenk Ogun raised to 1,600 from middle position and Lorenzo Arduini shoved for 14,000. After it folded back to Ogun, he called to put Arduini at risk.
Lorenzo Arduini: A♠K♥
Cenk Ogun: 9♣8♣
Arduini needed his Big Slick to hold so that he could remain in the tournament. The board ran out K♦6♠2♥3♠10♥ to give Arduini the winner with a pair of kings, and he earned the double-up.
Frederik Thiemer kicked off the action with a raise to 1,600 from middle position, and Vladimir Korzinin called from the big blind.
On the 6♥A♣3♥ flop, Korzinin checked, and Thiemer followed up with a bet of 1,100. Without hesitation, Korzinin shoved all in. After a quick look at his cards, Thiemer called, and they went to a showdown.
Thiemer revealed K♥Q♥, chasing a flush, while Korzinin held K♠5♥ for just king-high.
The turn brought the 10♠, and the river the 8♠, sealing the double-up for Thiemer.
PokerNews caught the action when two players were in a heated preflop battle. On the button, Roberto Romanello opened with a raise, only to be met by a three-bet to 4,000 from Konstantin Voronin. Romanello wasn’t backing down and responded with a five-bet to 16,100. Voronin raised the stakes again, firing back with a six-bet to 45,000. Instead of folding or going all in, Romanello surprised everyone with a seven-bet to 81,100.
After burning through a couple of time bank cards, Voronin decided to fold, handing the pot to Romanello before any community cards were revealed. Romanello commented that Voronin had tried to bluff him, though Voronin stayed quiet.
Juan Pardo raised to 2,000 from the cutoff. Action folded around to Grzegorz Kozieja who defended the big blind.
He checked the Q♥J♦3♣ flop to Pardo who bet 3,500. Kozieja called. He checked again on the 4♣ turn, prompting Pardo to size up to a bet of 14,700. Kozieja wasted little time in folding his holding.
Action was picked up on the turn of 10♦J♥K♠7♦. Sam Grafton was all in from the small blind for 15,100. Khamid Khudayberganov made the call from middle position.
Sam Grafton: K♥10♣
Khamid Khudayberganov: A♣J♦
The river bricked out and Grafton's two pair held against Khudayberganov's pair and redraw to Broadway.
Roman Hrabec raised to 3,000 from the small blind and Markkos Ladev called out of the big blind.
Hrabec led out for 2,000 on the J♦K♦3♣ flop and Ladev called
The 9♣ turn caused Hrabec to slow down and check. Ladev fired a bet of 7,500 and Hrabec quickly folded.
The action was picked up on a flop of 3♣7♥6♦. Artur Martirosian bet 2,000 from the button and Ana Marquez called from the hijack.
Both players checked the K♣ turn and the 9♣ came on the river. Marquez led out for 8,000, and after using two of his time bank cards, Martirosian called.
Marquez showed K♥Q♥ for top pair and Martirosian mucked,
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