The 2014 Eureka Prague Main Event champion Balazs Botond three-bet out of the big blind against the raise of Jakub Slemr from under the gun and then called all in for 1.2 million in chips after Slemr had moved all in via four-bet shove.
Slemr:
Botond:
The flop was good for the Hungarian and the turn now gave Slemr some further outs for a straight. The dealer then burned and turned the and that gave Slemr a full house, sending Botond to the rail in 19th place for €37,650.
In the first significant pot between Vanessa Selbst and Davidi Kitai it was Selbst who opened on the button for 65,000 and Kitai called from the small blind.
The flop was and when Kitai checked Selbst bet 67,000 to see Kitai make the call.
The turn card was the which was checked around and the river card came the . Kitai led out for 48,000.
Selbst took some time to come to a decision and raised to 240,000. It was Kitai’s turn to take his time as he tried to work out what was going on. Several minutes passed before Kitai again checked his hole cards.
"There’s no way you’re bluffing. I should raise but it’s too late now. Will you show if I fold?” Kitai said eventually before another player called the clock. Kitai folded with ten seconds left on the clock.
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Francesco Grieco three-bet to 180,000 and then moved all in for 220,000 on a flop of . Sam grafton, who had raised and called the three-bet folded with the words "nice hand buddy". On table three, Miltiadis Kyriakides raised to 60,000, Jakub Slemr three-bet to 175,000 and then five-bet all in after a four-bet of Anton Bertilsson to 375,000. Both opponents mucked their cards.
Thomas Butzhammer defended his big blind against a raise from Stephen Graner and then saw the flop of . The flop action is unknown but Butzhammer and Graner both committed 75,000 chips on the turn. On the river, Butzhammer check-raised from 195,000 to 600,000 with pocket tens (no spade) and Graner called with .
Graner then three-bet to 205,000 out of the big blind against a raise from Andras Nemeth and the Hungarian called. Another barrel of 180,000 on the flop was called by Nemeth and Graner fired 318,000 after the turn. Nemeth didn't go anywhere and the river was checked. Graner announced queen high and was forced to show , Nemeth scooped the pot with .
Artem Metalidi four-bet shoved from the cutoff seat for 850,000. Anton Bertilsson, who had three-bet from the button, made the call and they flipped over their cards.
Metalidi:
Bertilsson:
The board ran out and that was it for Metalidi, who receives €37,650 for his efforts.
Simon Mattsson made it 80,000 from the small blind and Sergey Lebedev defended.
The flop was and a check from Mattsson saw Lebedev bet 85,000. Mattsson made the call to see the turn card come the .
Mattsson checked again and this time the bet from Lebedev was 205,000. Mattsson moved all in and Lebedev made the quick call.
Mattsson:
Lebedev:
They had both made the flush on the turn but Lebedev was at risk and had the lower flush. A river card saw them shaking hands and Lebedev was out just before the final two table.
In a battle of the blinds, Andras Nemeth bet 230,000 on the turn and was check-called by Remi Castaignon in the small blind. The Frenchman also check-called another 425,000 after some consideration once the river had completed the board and then mucked when Nemeth showed the .
Soon after, Castaignon raised to 75,000 and Nemeth clicked it to 140,000. Thomas Butzhammer moved all in for 650,000 and Castaignon got out of the way, Nemeth called.
Butzhammer:
Nemeth:
The board ran out and Butzhammer was sent to the rail in 16th place for €43,010 in the exact moment when the clock was stopped to do the redraw of the last two tables.