Ben Heath saw 6♥6♣ as first to act and raised to 30,000. Aliaksei Boika called on the button with A♥Q♣, and Maxime Chilaud defended 4♣2♣ in the big blind.
Heath slid in a tiny continuation-bet of 20,000 on the Q♠A♠7♦ flop. Boika clicked it back to 40,000, Chilaud folded, and Heath quickly let his pocket pair go to forfeit the pot.
Roman Stoica opened to 30,000 from middle position. Longmao Fan in the hijack three-bet to 80,000 and Stoica called.
The dealer fanned a flop of 8♦A♦8♣ and after Stoica checked, Fan continued for 40,000. Stoica folded and Fan revealed K♣K♦.
Tom Vogelsang opened from the button, then Erik Eisen in the small blind shoved all in for around 300,000. Mykhailo Ostash in the big blind reshoved, forcing Vogelsang to fold and sending the cards face up.
Erik Eisen: 2♣2♠
Mykhailo Ostash: 9♥9♦
The flop came 6♥Q♥8♠Q♦7♣, giving Eisen no help and sending him to the rail in 28th place. Ostash raked in the pot, adding even more chips to his stack.
Ben Heath limped in from the small blind with 5♥3♦. Joao Tomas saw 3♣2♠ in the big blind and raised to 55,000. Heath quickly folded.
Adrian Mateos raised to 35,000 in the cutoff. Aliaksei Boika called on the button, and Maxime Chilaud followed suit in the big blind. Mateos continued for 45,000 on the J♠4♦Q♣ flop, seeing both opponents call to the 9♥ turn.
Mateos continued firing, sizing up to 160,000. Boika stuck around and called, and Chilaud check-called for a second time as well.
The 8♦ was dropped on the river and slowed down the action. The trio all checked to showdown, where Chilaud turned over Q♠J♣ for two pair.
Mateos' K♥K♦ and Boika's K♣Q♥ disappeared into the muck as the sizable pot was shipped to the Frenchman.
Tom Vogelsang raised to 30,000 second to act and Petre Ionescu defended his big blind.
Ionescu check-called for 25,000 on the Q♦J♦5♥ flop but folded to a bet of 135,000 on the 6♠ turn.
On the next deal, Vogelsang raised to 30,000 and called when Tom-Aksel Bedell made it 75,000 from the button. The 8♥8♦3♣ flop checked thtrough to the J♦ turn.
"Take it," chimed Vogelsang as he folded to a bet of 160,000.
Joao Tomas made it 30,000 to go in the cutoff, after which Luca Guglielmoni jammed all in for 160,000 on the button. Adrian Mateos called in the big blind, and Tomas obliged with a call as well.
Mateos checked the 3♦7♣6♠ flop to Tomas, who created a side pot by betting 100,000. Matteos spent a time bank before he folded his 8♥8♦, leaving the remaining duo to show down.
Luca Guglielmoni: A♣10♠
Joao Tomas: A♠J♠
Matteos had folded the best hand, leaving Tomas to take the pot as the 4♥Q♦ runout changed nothing. Guglielmoni headed to the payout desk while Tomas chipped up to a near six-figure stack.
Level: 21
Blinds: 10,000/15,000
Ante: 15,000
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