Fabian Rolli opened to 160,000 from the cutoff. Nils Pudel defended the big blind.
The J♣4♠8♥ was checked around before Pudel led the 2♥ river for 500,000. Rolli called. Pudel then sized down to 250,000 on the 10♣ river. Rolli tanked for a moment before calling.
Pudel tabled K♠J♦ for top pair and Rolli mucked
Yannick Jobin opened to 160,000 from under the gun. Mark Murphy raised to 450,000 from middle position. Action folded back around to Jobin who three-bet to 1,100,000. Murphy then four-bet jammed and was snap-called.
Yannick Jobin: A♠A♣
Mark Murphy: Q♠J♠
Jobin's aces held across the 3♣8♦10♥7♣6♣ runout to secure a full double up.
Mark Murphy and Nikolaos Angelou were heads-up in a small pot of around 400,000. Having reached the river of 5♦7♠A♠A♥K♦, Murphy made a bet of 275,000 from the big blind.
Angelou then raised to 800,000, which Murphy called after some deliberation. Angelou tabled K♣Q♣ for two pair, but Murphy sat on the winning hand with A♦6♦ and was shipped the pot.
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Level: 29
Blinds: 50,000/100,000
Ante: 100,000
Action was picked up with around 650,000 in the middle on the flop of 6♦Q♣Q♦. Mark Murphy check-called a bet of 200,000 from the big blind. Stephen Freeman made the bet from middle position.
Murphy check-called again on the 2♥ turn, this time Freeman bet 375,000. Murphy then block bet 200,000 on the 2♠ river. Freeman then raised to 550,000. Murphy then three-bet all in. Freeman took around a minute before calling.
He tabled 7♣7♦ for two pair but was bested by Q♠10♠ for queens full of deuces. The players exchanged a handshake before Freeman departed the tournament area.
Mark Murphy limped in from the small blind, and Philip Joyce checked his big blind. Murphy placed the minimum bet of 100,000 on the 4♥A♣K♣ flop before sizing up to 425,000 on the 9♣ turn, both times being called.
Murhphy slowed down on the 2♠ river, checking it over to Joyce. Joyce then fired 1,200,000, which was enough to let Murphy lay his cards down.
Maksim Petrov opened to 200,000 from under the gun. Fabian Rolli announced a raise of 1,200,000. Action folded back around to Petrov who moved all in. Rolli put in the remainder of his stack, around 100,000, and the players showed their hands.
Fabian Rolli: A♣J♠
Maksim Petrov: 8♠8♥
Rolli won the flip across the A♠9♦7♣2♠6♦ runout to secure the double up
Florian Duta and Mark Murphy were heads-up on a flop of A♦6♥5♣. Duta checked from the big blind to Murphy in the hijack, who fired 150,000.
Duta made the call to the 2♠ turn, which was checked through. Duta then led out for 215,000 on the 5♠ river, only to be raised to 1,200,000 by Murphy.
Duta spent several minutes in the tank but eventually decided to muck his cards and forfeit the pot.
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