Tor Skardi opened to 700,000 from under the gun and Ben Zech called in the cutoff before Alexis Nicolai three-bet jammed a stack of around 7,000,000. Skardi and Zech both folded.
Tor Skardi opened to 700,000 from under the gun and Ben Zech called in the cutoff before Alexis Nicolai three-bet jammed a stack of around 7,000,000. Skardi and Zech both folded.
David Taieb raised to 600,000 in the cutoff and was called by Ben Zech on the button and big blind Chin Wei Lim.
Action checked to Zech on the J♠3♦7♥ flop and he bet 750,000. Lim then raised to 2,100,000 and Taieb quickly folded, while Zech also slid his cards into the muck and Lim took the pot.
Level: 34
Blinds: 150,000/300,000
Ante: 300,000
Tor Skardi completed in the small blind, and Mengshi Tian raised to 700,000 in the big blind. Skardi called.
Skardi checked on the flop of 6♣5♣4♣ and Tian continued for 525,000. Skardi called. Both players then checked on the 3♣ turn.
The 9♠ river completed the board, and Skardi led out for 1,200,000. Tian raised to 3,200,000, and Skardi folded, leading Tian to show the goods with 7♣7♠ for a straight flush.
Kazuhiko Yotsushika raised to 500,000 in the cutoff and Thibaud Martin called on the button, as did big blind Jakub Sterba.
The flop came A♣10♣2♠ and Yotsushika bet 1,000,000. Martin then moved all in for 8,500,000, Sterba folded, while Yotsushika snap-called.
Thibaud Martin: A♦Q♦
Kazuhiko Yotsushika: Q♣8♣
Martin was ahead with top pair, while Yotsushika was on a flush draw. The 2♥ turn was safe for Martin, but Yotsushika spiked the K♣ on the river to make his flush and send Martin to the rail in 16th place.
Simon Wiciak open-jammed a stack of 2,475,000 from the button and Tor Skardi got a count before calling.
Simon Wiciak: A♠2♠
Tor Skardi: K♣10♥
The flop landed Q♣8♠10♠ and Skardi said, "Always a sweat," as Wiciak had picked up a flush draw. The 2023 EPT Barcelona Main Event champion couldn't find a spade, however, as the board finished out 6♦Q♦ to mark his 17th-place elimination.
Simon Wiciak and Ben Zech went to the turn on a board of K♥7♠5♥9♦ when Zech bet 1,100,000 from the cutoff. Wiciak called in the big blind.
The river was the K♦ and Zech bet another 1,500,000. Wiciak snap-called with K♠6♦, but Zech had K♣9♣ for a full house to win the pot.
"You always have it," Tor Skardi said to Zech after the hand.
"I'm not greedy. I could've went all in. I saved you," Zech said to Wiciak.
Peter Schmidt open-jammed a stack of around 2,300,000 in the small blind and Adis Zukanovic called in the big blind after only looking at one card and seeing a king.
Peter Schmidt: 9♠7♠
Adis Zukanovic: A♦K♠
Zukanovic had a big hand, despite only seeing one card, but the king was all he needed as the board ran out 10♥3♥3♦Q♠K♥ to mark Schmidt's elimination in 18th place.
Thibaud Martin raised to 500,000 in the small blind and Bernardo Neves called in the big blind.
The 9♥4♣2♣ flop was checked through before Martin led out for 250,000 on the 4♦ turn. Neves called and the A♠ fell on the river.
Martin then bet 650,000, and Neves took a minute before calling. Martin showed Q♦5♦, while Neves had K♠7♦ and took the pot with king-high.
David Foldy open-jammed a stack of 1,875,000 from the cutoff, and Ben Zech called in the small blind with a bigger stack.
David Foldy: K♣5♣
Ben Zech: K♥10♥
The flop of Q♦8♥5♥ hit both players as Zech flopped a flush draw and Foldy hit his five. The board proceeded to run out 2♣3♣, and Foldy's pair of fives held up to earn him a double.