Daniel Jackson raised his button to 30,000 with Q♦10♦. Dick Postel called in the big blind with 5♠Xx and led out for 25,000 when the flop came 7♥9♥8♦.
Jackson called to the A♦ turn. Postel did not relent and fired 50,000. Jackson called with his flush draw but folded once Postel bet for 70,000 on the 5♥ river.
Timo Kamphues bet 25,000 from the cutoff on a flop of 9♠6♥4♣ and Kirill Shcherbakov raised to 85,000 in early position. Kamphues called and the J♠ fell on the turn.
Shcherbakov checked and Kamphues bet 150,000. Shcherbakov just called this time to see the 2♦ river. Kamphues then bet 550,000.
Shcherbakov had around the same amount remaining and tanked for nearly five minutes, burning through multiple time banks as the minutes continued to tick by. "Okay, I fold," he eventually said, sliding his cards back to the dealer as Kamphues took the pot without a showdown.
Mikhail Shalamov opened to 30,000 from under the gun and was called by Ranno Sootla from one seat over. Hubert Matuszewski then three-bet to 120,000 from the hijack. Eleftherios Sinnos used up a time bank before reraising to 275,000 from the button. The blinds, Shalamov and Sootla got out of the way, prompting Matuszewski to move all in for around 525,000. Sinnos snap-called and the cards went on their backs.
Hubert Matuszewski:A♦K♠
Eleftherios Sinnos: A♥A♣
Matuszewski could only hope for a chop after the 7♦4♥5♣ flop and 3♣ turn. However, the J♠ river gave Sinnos the winner for the pot and elimination.
Andrea Dato raised from middle position to 30,000 and Lander Lijo called in the small blind. Georgios Tsouloftas also came along from the big blind.
The flop fell Q♠2♠9♥, which checked to Dato, who then fired 20,000. Lijo called, and Tsouloftas folded.
A 10♥ on the turn checked through to the 5♥ river where Lijo led out for 105,000. After using some extra time, Dato shoved for around 300,000, and Lijo snap-folded.
Stefan Toderita raised to 30,000 in the cutoff before Taago Tamm three-bet to 125,000 in the small blind. Arian Kashani then moved all in from the big blind and Toderita buried his face in his hands before folding, while Tamm quickly called for 500,000.
Taago Tamm: A♦K♦
Arian Kashani: Q♥Q♦
"Good luck," Tamm told Kashani as they prepared for the flop to come in the classic coin flip situation.
"Don't say good luck," Damir Zhugralin added.
"F**k it, I already said it. Okay, I'm canceling it," Tamm said. The flop proved a disaster for Tamm, as Kashani hit quads on Q♠Q♣5♣. The rest of the board ran out 4♣10♣ and Tamm was sent to the rail.
Ranno Sootla was all-in for 550,000 from the small blind and up against Ivan Zabiiakin in the cutoff.
Ranno Sootla: A♣A♥
Ivan Zabiiakin: 10♥10♣
Sootla showed down aces and was poised for a double up, but Zabiiakin hit top set on the 10♦7♣3♣ flop. The rest of the board ran out 5♠6♦ to secure the pot for Zabiiakin.
The stacks had to be counted down and Zabiiakin narrowly had Sootla covered, sending him to the rail.
Dick Postel raised to 30,000 in the hijack. Yisha Chen then three-bet to 85,000 in the cutoff before Samuel Dray made it 185,000 to go in the big blind. Postel needed one time bank before he tossed his 8♥8♣.
Chen then used four of her own and committed her stack of 670,000 with her A♥Q♣. Eventually, Dray folded Q♦Xx as Chen took down the pot without a flop.
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Lander Lijo and Georgios Tsouloftas were clashing again in a pot on a board of 3♣J♣K♥4♥. There were around 250,000 chips in the pot when Lijo announced a bet of 115,000 and slid the chips forward, then Tsouloftas called.
An A♦ dropped on the river where both players checked it down. Lijo showed a pair of kings with K♣8♦, and Tsouloftas said "It's good" before he mucked.
