Gabi Livshitz raised to 8,000 in the hijack and Mikhail Nikolaev called in the cutoff before Ashkan Fattahi three-bet to 33,000 in the small blind. Only Livshitz called to see the A♦7♣5♥ flop.
Fattahi then bet 15,000 and Livshitz called. Both players checked the 4♠ turn.
The river was the 8♠ and Fattahi fired out 85,000. Livshitz took his time before calling, then mucked once Fattahi turned over A♠6♠ for a straight.
Edoardo Dellisola was already all in from the big blind for 4,000 chips. Nathan Tetart limped from middle position and the rest of the table folded. Players turned their cards.
Edoardo Dellisola: J♥10♦
Nathan Tetart: Q♥10♥
"That's not what I want to see," said Dellisola, as he realized he was drawing very slim.
The board ran out 6♣5♠A♥10♣A♠. Both players paired their tens and made two pair with the aces on board. Tetart's queen kicker played and Dellisola was eliminated one from the bubble.
Bernat Capdevila Montes opened from the hijack off of his stack of 52,000 and called when George Tomescu jammed as the bigger stack from the big blind.
Bernat Capdevila Montes: K♥K♣
George Tomescu: A♠3♣
The 10♠7♠9♦ flop was safe for Capdevila Montes but the J♠ turn gave Tomescu nine outs to the flush to go along with his overcard. The Q♦ river was a brick and the short stack doubled.
Following a button raise, Michel Karim three-bet to 26,000 from the small blind and Christophe Morbee four-bet to 85,000 from the big blind. The button folded and Karim moved all in. Morbee called for 267,000 and was the player at risk as the cards were turned.
Christophe Morbee: A♦A♠
Michel Karim: A♥K♠
The board ran out 2♥Q♠2♦3♣3♦. Morbee held with his pocket aces to win the pot for a huge double up, bringing his stack to well over 500,000. Karim was left short.
The next hand, Karim moved all in for 67,000 from the button and was called by Laurent Polito in the big blind. Players showed their hands.
Michel Karim: A♣Q♥
Laurent Polito: J♦J♥
The board ran out 9♣2♥Q♠K♦3♣. Karim paired his queen on the flop to pull ahead and held to win the pot. After losing most of his chips, Karim doubled up to survive on the bubble.
Tournament Director Toby Stone then went to Table 1 for the second showdown.
Oleksii Ievchenko opened to 8,000 from early position and short stack Oleksii Natoptanyi moved all in for 22,000 from the hijack. Action folded back to Ievchenko who made the call.
Oleksii Natoptanyi: J♣J♥
Oleksii Ievchenko: K♥3♣
Natoptanyi was immediately drawing to two outs as Ievchenko paired up on the K♣Q♣4♦ flop. The 4♠ turn, and 10♣ river confirmed Natoptanyi as one of the bubble boys.
The action then moved to Table 4 where Demosthenes Kiriopoulos raised from late position, Sylvain Loosli moved all in from the big blind for 93,000 and Kiriopoulos made the call. Loosli was at risk as players flipped their cards.
Loosli was well ahead with pocket kings, but the board ran out 3♥6♥4♠6♣A♣. The river gave Kiriopoulos a pair of aces, and Loosli was the second player to bust on the bubble.
Sylvain Loosli
For the final all-in and call, Jeremie Zouari raised to 8,000 on the button and Lincoln De Souza called in the big blind.
Both players checked to the river on a board of 2♥2♦A♣Q♥Q♠. De Souza moved all in for 24,000 and Zouari snap-called. The two players told each other their respective hands before their reveal, and De Souza already knew his fate was sealed.
De Souza eventually turned over Q♦J♦ for a queens full of deuces, but Zouari had A♥A♦ for aces full of deuces to send De Souza to the rail.
With three players eliminated on the bubble, Natoptanyi, Loosli and De Souza earned a three-way split of 174th and 175th place, each receiving €5,800.
Andriy Lyubovetskiy bet 40,000 from under the gun on a board of 9♠7♦Q♣3♠ and Salvatore Camarda called in the big blind.
The river was the 9♦ and Camarda moved all in.
"You tired? Want to go home?" Lyubovetskiy asked him as he tanked for a few seconds before calling for his last 100,000. Camarda showed Q♦2♣ for two pair, but Lyubovetskiy turned over K♠K♣ to win the pot and double up.
Niclas Thumm bet 22,000 from middle position on a flop of Q♥J♣7♣ and Eros Calderone called in the hijack, as did big blind Selahaddin Bedir. Kostadin Kostadinov then raised to 75,000 under the gun and only Bedir called.
The turn was the 4♠ and Kostadinov moved all in. Bedir snap-called and turned over Q♣4♣ for two pair. Kostadinov had A♣A♦.
The 3♥ fell on the river and Bedir secured the pot. The stacks were counted down and they had the exact same 142,000 remaining, sending Kostadinov to the rail.
