Albert Grane and Jareth East in the blinds moved all-in with East at risk for 84,000.
Jareth East: A♣Q♣
Albert Grane: 8♣8♥
East hit trips on a board of Q♥K♥9♣Q♠5♠ and doubled up.
Albert Grane and Jareth East in the blinds moved all-in with East at risk for 84,000.
Jareth East: A♣Q♣
Albert Grane: 8♣8♥
East hit trips on a board of Q♥K♥9♣Q♠5♠ and doubled up.
In a heads-up pot on a flop of J♦10♣4♠, Andres Gomez checked from the big blind and Michael Uguccioni bet 11,000 out of hte hijack. Gomez continued in the form of a call.
Both players checked the 7♦ turn to see the 10♠ appear on the river. Gomez led out for 16,000, which was enough to force Uguccioni to fold.
After winning several small pots in a row, Omar Lakhdari on the button called when Timothy Miles, in early, position opened to 8,000. Evgenii Sboev defended from the big blind.
Miles continued for 13,000 on a flop of 3♠8♠9♠. Lahkdari snap-called, while Sboev check-folded.
On the J♥ turn, Miles checked, so Lakhdari led out for 15,000. Miles made the call and checked the 9♦ river.
Lakhdari quickly pushed forward the pile of blue chips he had in the hand and made Miles fold to win another pot.
Kalidou Sow raised to 8,000 in middle position and Houssem Meftahi three-bet to 45,000 in the big blind, leaving one 5,000 chip behind. Sow then moved all in and Damestra took a few minutes to look at the tournament clock. The rest of the table alerted him that there was a bustout at another table, and only then did Meftahi toss in his last chip.
Houssem Meftahi: A♠J♠
Kalidou Sow: A♣3♦
Meftahi had Sow dominated, but the 5♦8♦4♠ flop gave Sow outs to a straight. The turn was the 5♥, while Meftahi held on through the K♠ river to double up.
The reason for Meftahi finally acting happened at the next table over, when Arthur Navellou and Sil Damestra went to a flop of A♠9♦10♣. Damestra then bet 45,000 from early position, also leaving one chip behind, and Navellou moved all in from middle position. Damestra didn't take as long to committ the rest of his stack.
Sil Damestra: 9♣9♠
Arthur Navellou: 10♥10♦
Damestra turned over a set of nines, but Navellou had flopped a set of tens. The board ran out Q♦4♠ and Damestra fell victim to the brutal cooler.
Marco Bich open-jammed in the cutoff and Mikhail Korotkikh re-shoved a slightly smaller stack of 63,000 in the small blind.
Mikhail Korotkikh: A♣5♣
Marco Bich: A♦K♥
Korotkikh had plenty of outs after the 2♣6♥J♣ flop and 3♥ turn, but the 8♥ river bricked off to mark his elimination.
"Too many outs," someone at the table commented.
Ivan Banic opened to 8,000 in the hijack and Nolan King three-bet to 28,000 in the small blind.
Banic went deep in the tank and King called for a clock, leading Banic to four-bet shove a stack of around 84,000.
"Nice hand," King said in defeat as he folded.
Damien Gayer raised to 9,000 from middle position and Robert Bull jammed from the next seat. When it got back to Gayer he called to put Bull at risk.
Robert Bull: A♦8♠
Damien Gayer: A♠K♣
Bull needed to find a nine to beat the big slick of Gayer. The flop of 10♠K♠6♥ was great for Gayer as he took a commanding lead with top pair.
Bull picked up a few outs on the 9♠ turn, but the 7♠ river gave Gayer a flush and Bull headed to payout desk.
Lucas Diedrichs survived the bubble with just 25,000 and got the rest of his chips in the middle shortly after from the big blind as Aleksejs Ponakovs put him at risk in early position.
Lucas Diedrichs: A♦10♦
Aleksejs Ponakovs: J♦J♥
The flop came J♣8♠3♣ to give Ponakovs top set, and Diedrichs was left drawing dead after the 10♠ fell on the turn. The river was the 8♥ and Diedrichs was sent to the payout desk.
Robert Kaggerud three-bet to 36,000 in the big blind before Tero Laurila moved all in from under the gun. Kaggerud leaned back and let out a deep sigh before calling for 193,000. "Good hand to crack aces," Laurila said as the two players waited a few minutes to turn over their cards.
Robert Kaggerud: K♠K♣
Tero Laurila: 10♠9♠
"Straight flush," Laurila said upon revealing his cards.
"Ten-nine of spades. He's expecting a straight flush," tournament director Toby Stone repeated after arriving at the table to call the action. The flop came 8♠6♠3♣ to leave Laurila a card away from fulfilling his prediction, while the K♠ turn gave Kaggerud a set but also improved Laurila to a flush.
Kaggerud needed the board to pair on the river to survive, but he missed the Q♥ and was eliminated.
Two other players were eliminated on the bubble, and the three players will split a min-cash.