Ben Heath picked up A♠A♥, and opened from under the gun. Unfortunately for the Englishman, he received no action.
Juan Pardo raised to 90,000 from the button and Ben Heath defended his big blind. Heath check-called for 100,000 on the 5♦3♠2♣ flop before the Q♠ turn checked through to the 9♦ river. Heath checked for a third time, and Pardo fired out 325,000. Heath folded A♥10♥, while Pardo had been bluffing with J♦10♣.
Tomasz Brzezinski opened from the button, and Adrian Mateos in the small blind responded with a three-bet to 260,000. Back on Brzezinski, he shoved all-in, and Mateos quickly called, sending the cards face up.
Tomasz Brzezinski: Q♣10♣
Adrian Mateos: A♠Q♥
Mateos stayed ahead on the Q♦8♣3♣ flop with a pair of queens and the better kicker, but Brzezinski picked up a flush draw. The 8♥ turn changed nothing, but the A♣ river completed Brzezinski’s flush, giving him a decent double-up.
Tomasz Brzezinski opened to 80,000 under the gun. Tom-Aksel Bedell flatted on the button, and Aliaksei Boika defended his big blind.
The trio checked through the 6♥2♦A♦ flop. Boika continued checking on the 10♠ turn, but Brzezinski fired a bet of 155,000. Bedell called before Boika folded.
Brzezinski quickly moved all in on the Q♥ river, pushing in his stack of 420,000. Bedell wasted little time in folding, surrendering the pot.
Joao Tomas 10♣4♠ limped in from the small blind and Luis Faria J♦8♠ checked his option in the big blind.
Tomas check-called with his pair of fours for 60,000 on the 4♥3♦2♠ flop. Faria then made a pair of eights on the 8♣ turn. Tomas check-called for 180,000.
The 5♥ river put four to a straight on the board, and the action checked through to showdown, where Faria had the winner.
Adria Calonge K♦10♥ raised to 80,000 from under the gun, but folded when Luis Faria Q♦9♦ made it 300,000 from the small blind.
Faria K♥Xx opened to 80,000 from the button, and saw Juan Pardo Q♦9♦ call from the small blind. Pardo picked up a straight-flush draw on the A♠J♦8♦ flop, which checked through to the 7♣ turn. Pardo led out for 245,000 and folded out Faria.
Faria A♥Q♠ played a third consecutive hand, raising to 80,000 from the cutoff. Ben Heath defended with 10♣Xx. Faria had a straight and flush draw after the K♥J♥4♥, and his bet of 50,000 forced Heath out of the pot.
Aliaksei Boika opened from under the gun and found a caller in Tom-Aksel Bedell in the small blind.
The flop came 7♣4♣10♦, and Bedell check-called Boika’s 100,000 continuation bet.
The turn brought the 10♣, and Bedell checked again. Boika fired 150,000, and Bedell called once more.
On the 10♥ river, Bedell checked for the final time, but Boika stayed aggressive with a 350,000 bet, prompting a quick fold from Bedell.
Level: 25
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 40,000
The remaining 11 players were sent on their first 20-minute break.
Aliaksei Boika raised to 60,000 from the cutoff before Maxime Chilaud jammed for 370,000 from the small blind. Adrian Mateos reshoved from the big blind and Boika quickly folded.
Maxime Chilaud: 9♠9♦
Adrian Mateos: A♠K♦
Mateos paired up on the A♣4♦3♥ flop, and thinned the field by one more player as Chilaud could not find his sole out after the 6♣ turn and A♦ river.
Action folded to Longmao Fan in the cutoff, who shoved his last 190,000 chips. Adria Calonge called from the big blind.
Longmao Fan: A♣K♦
Adria Calonge: A♠5♦
Even though Fan was the preflop favorite, the board ran out 6♥Q♣9♦5♠8♠, giving Calonge a pair of fives and sending Fan to the rail.
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