The pot stood at 11,200 with two players looking at a board of 2♣J♦K♠A♥.
Ibrahim Ghassan, who was under the gun, bet out for 4,000. Pascal Hartmann made the call from the hijack.
Ghassan slowed down on the 4♥ river, Hartmann took the lead for 7,500 and Ghassan called. Hartmann tabled A♦Q♠ for top pair, while Ghassan rolled over A♠4♠ for a rivered two pair.
Fabian Schmidt raised to 1,600 from middle position, Renji Mao three-bet to 4,500 from the button, then Schmidt called.
The flop came 4♦4♠2♥. Schmidt checked, Mao bet 3,000 and Schmidt called. The turn was the 10♦ and Schmidt checked again. Mao bet 6,500 and Schmidt made the call.
The river was the Q♣. Schmidt checked and Mao bet 25,000. Schmidt made the fold and Mao took down the pot.
Razvan Belea raised to 1,600 and was called only by Brazil's Iuri Maia Leite in the cutoff. The flop came 6♦2♠2♣ and Belea continued for 3,500, earning a call from Maia Leite. They headed to the 8♠ turn on which the defending champion check-folded to a bet of 5,000 by Maia Leite.
Action was on the flop on a board of 5♥7♣6♥. Two players checked to Apoorva Goel, who moved all in and Denzel Spekman was the only one to make the call. He had Goel covered as players turned their cards.
Apoorva Goel: A♦A♣
Denzel Spekman: Q♥Q♣
The turn came the 7♥ and river the 10♦. Goel held with his pocket aces to win the pot and double his stack.
Robert Schulz opened to 1,600 on the button and was called by Marcin Dziubdziela in the small blind.
Both players checked on the 4♦K♥6♦ flop and then Dziubdziela check-called a 3,200 bet from Schulz on the A♥ turn.
The Q♥ completed the board and Schulz fired approximately 7,000 into the middle. Dziubdziela instantly called and Schulz turned over A♣10♣ for a pair of aces.
They were no good, however, against the K♣Q♠ of Dziubdziela for two pair and he collected the pot.
According to other players at the table, Joao Vieira had bet all but one blind in a previous hand against Corentin Ropert and was then raised to fold.
In the next hand, he was all-in preflop and awaited his fate while Ropert in the small blind and Arthur Conan in the under-the-gun position played for the larger side pot.
Ropert bet the A♠4♥4♦A♣ turn for 3,700 and Conan called. Another bet of 4,000 followed on the 2♣ river and Conan folded. Ropert tabled the A♥Q♠ and Vieira flashed the 8♣5♣ before heading out.
Philippe Ktorza raised to 1,700 from the cutoff and Fernando Banda three-bet to 6,000 from the big blind. Ktorza responded with a four-bet jam for Banda's effective stack of 23,700. Ktorza remained in the tank for several minutes before making the call.
Fernando Banda: Q♠Q♥
Philippe Ktorza: 9♥9♠
The board ran out 2♠4♥2♥4♠Q♣; Banda's premium pocket pair upgraded to a full house and he secured a very safe double up.
Stanislav Anufriiev opened to 2,200 from middle position and was called by Leonard Maue in the cutoff and Yucel Eminoglu in the small bind.
It was checked to Maue on the A♦8♠J♥ flop and he bet 3,500. Eminoglu folded, but Anufriiev called.
Anufriiev check-called a 12,000 bet from Maue on the K♠ turn, but laid his hand down facing a shove from Maue for 28,400 after the 6♣ completed the board.
Raphael Blouet raised to 1,600 from middle position and Amichai Barer three-bet jammed for his last 13,000 from the button. Blouet called.
Amichai Barer: A♦10♠
Raphael Blouet: 8♣8♦
The board ran out 6♣10♣Q♥3♦2♣; this flip fell in favor of Barer as he paired his ten to double up.
button in Safari
