Before the break, Istvan Birizdo had lost the majority of his stack and was down all the way to 110,000 chips that he now had put into the middle of the table preflop. Niccolo Ceccarelli from one seat over looked him up with and dominated the of Birizdo.
Despite some sweat on the flop, the board completed with the turn and river to cause yet another seat open.
Table 10 is dramatically increasing the number of eliminations once they have been moved off the feature table. Koray Aldemir opened to 13,000 and was called by Damien Lhommeau in the hijack before Antoine Vranken moved all in for 95,000 out of the small blind. Aldemir just flat-called and now Lhommeau shoved for a total stack of 180,000, Aldemir snap-called.
Vranken:
Aldemir:
Lhommeau:
The board ran out and the three-way pot saw the elimination of Lhommeau and triple up of Vranken. The Dutchman has since snagged some more chips to move up further.
Hossein Ensan opened the button for 12,000 and small blind Moritz Dietrich three-bet to 32,000. Ensan four-bet to 55,000 and Dietrich made the call.
Dietrich checked to Ensan on , and called the 29,000 bet that followed. Both players checked the on the turn and the completed the board. Dietrich bet 57,000 and after some time, Ensan called.
A short stack moved all in for 42,000 with from under the gun and Antoine Vranken flat-called before Glib Kovtunov squeezed to 115,000.
Behind the Ukrainian, Spindler moved all in for 380,000 and Kovtunov snapped him off with pocket queens after the fold of Vranken. Spindler was ahead with pocket aces but a queen popped up on the turn.
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Nandor Solyom opened the action with a raise from the cutoff and Fedor Holz defended his small blind to see a flop of . A raising war followed that saw Solyom three-bet to 86,000 with less than that behind and Holz shoved. Solyom somehow folded and was then shown the .
Giampaolo Puglia opened for 13,000 and Fedor Holz in the cutoff made the call. Bjorn Geissert in the big blind thought about it for some time, before making the call with just 76,000 behind.
The flop came and Geissert checked. Puglia bet 16,000 and Holz instantly folded. Geissert shoved all in and Puglia instantly called by tossing in an extra 1,000 chip.
Bjorn Geissert:
Giampaola Puglia:
The on the turn didn't help Geissert and neither did the on the river. Geissert hit the rail.
Francois Billard open-shoved from the button with and Marius Pospiech called out of the big blind with a slightly inferior stack of around 110,000. The German held and cruised to a double up thanks to a board of .
and dominated the 
of Birizdo.
flop, the board completed with the 
turn and 
river to cause yet another seat open.
and the three-way pot saw the elimination of Lhommeau and triple up of Vranken. The Dutchman has since snagged some more chips to move up further.
, and called the 29,000 bet that followed. Both players checked the 
on the turn and the 
. A raising war followed that saw Solyom three-bet to 86,000 with less than that behind and Holz shoved. Solyom somehow folded and was then shown the 
.
on the river. Geissert hit the rail.
and Marius Pospiech called out of the big blind with a slightly inferior stack of around 110,000. The German held 
.
