Bruno Sanzoni was all in preflop from middle position for 130,000 against Vladimir Troyanovskiy, who had him well covered from late position as players flipped their cards.
Vladimir Troyanovskiy: A♠J♥
Bruno Sanzoni: A♥Q♠
The board ran out Q♣J♦5♠Q♦8♣ and Sanzoni made trip queens to win the pot. He fist pumped the air as he dragged over the pot for a double up.
Fabrice Maltez was all in and at risk after calling Stoyan Madanzhiev's all in.
Fabrice Maltez: K♥Q♥
Stoyan Madanzhiev: 10♦10♥
Maltez took the lead on the K♠A♣6♣ flop and made two pair on the 5♦ turn and 5♣ river. "Mamma mia" exclaimed Maltez, who believed he had Madanzhiev covered. After the dealer counted the stacks it elapsed that Madanzhiev had 4,000 left.
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Roberto Romanello raised to 10,000 from the cutoff, Ekaterina Fediaeva three-bet to 30,000 from the big blind and Romanello called.
The 7♣6♦6♣ flop saw Fediaeva bet out 20,000. Romanello responded with a raise to 51,000. Fediaeva quickly moved all in and earned a snap-fold from Romanello.
Timur Kurbanov raised to 8,000 from early position and Nick Palma moved all in from the button for 68,000. Kurbanov called with the covering stack to hunt for the bounty and players flipped their cards.
Nick Palma: A♠Q♥
Timur Kurbanov: 8♣7♣
The board ran out 8♥Q♦10♥9♥2♦ and Palma paired his queen on the flop. Kurbanov also made a pair and picked up a straight draw on the turn, but Palma held to double up his stack.
Mounim Kaddouri raised to 8,000 from middle position, Oleg Semionov three-bet to 26,000 from the hijack and Kaddouri called.
The 5♠3♥6♣ flop saw Kaddouri check-call a bet of 21,000 from Semionov.
The Q♥ turn checked through to the 9♥ on the river. After a lengthy tank, Kaddouri checked and then called a bet of 52,000 from Semionov. Semionov tabled A♠Q♣ for top pair, shipping the pot in his direction.
Emanuel Turcan was all-in from under the gun for 64,000 and Stefan Uebber moved all in over the top from late position. Players flipped their cards, with Turcan at risk.
Emanuel Turcan: K♥J♥
Stefan Uebber: 5♥5♦
The board ran out 3♦4♠10♦6♠10♠ and Uebber held with his pocket fives, eliminating Turcan from the tournament and claiming another bounty token after pulling a $40,000 bounty prize on the break.
Aleksandr Chernikov opened to 8,000 from middle position. Justin Steinbrenner called from the cutoff and Jon Vallinas defended the big blind.
The J♣3♠Q♥ flop was checked around. Vallinas checked again on the 4♣ turn which prompted Chernikov to fire a bet of 15,000. Steinbrenner and Vallinas quickly folded.
A few hands later, Steinbrenner was sent to the rail and his bounty chip fell into the hands of one of his table mates.