Roy van der Reijnst opened to 5,500 from the cutoff. Michal Havavka defended the big blind.
Havavka check-raised to 16,000 over a bet of 5,000 on the flop of Q♦6♥6♦. Van Der Reijnst called. The 3♠ was checked around before Havavka then check-called a bet of 16,000 on the J♦ river. Van Der Reijnst tabled A♣A♦ and took the pot.
Matthew Davenport opened from early position to 5,000. John Farrell called in the hijack before Andrew Durkan raised to 17,000 from the small blind. Davenport folded and Farrell called.
Durkan led the Q♠6♠8♣ flop for 11,000. Farrell called. On the 9♦ Durkan moved all in for 36,000. Farrell called as the covering stack.
Andrew Durkan: 10♣10♥
John Farrell: 7♣7♦
Farrell couldn't find a seven, five or nine to improve on the Q♥ river and Durkan secured a full double up.
Leo Worthington-Leese opened to 5,000 from the cutoff. Jan-Joost van den Bogert called on the button before Jari Kalenius moved all in for around 45,000 in the small blind. Andrii Nikitin took a moment before moving all in for around 250,000 in the big blind.
Leo Worthington-Leese went into the tank before also moving all in for around 65,000. Jan-Joost van den Bogert snap-called. Nikitin had the three opponents covered.
Jari Kalenius: K♠4♠
Leo Worthington-Leese: 9♠9♣
Jan-Joost van den Bogert: A♠A♦
Andrii Nikitin: A♥Q♠
The K♦K♥7♥ propelled Kalenius into the lead, but the 8♥ presented a flush draw to Nikitin. He spiked the 6♥ on the river to secure a triple elimination and a monster pot.
Jari KaleniusLeo Worthington-LeeseJan-Joost Van Den BogertCards
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Action was picked up on the flop of Q♠6♥3♦ with around 100,000 in the middle. Christos Argyriadis led out for 15,000 from the hijack. Benedikt Wenzel called on the button.
Argyriadis led again on the 2♥ turn, this time for 40,000. Wenzel then moved all in for around 150,000. Argyriadis folded.
Action was picked up on the river of 5♥5♦8♠6♣Q♠ with around 175,000 in the middle.
Vitalii Shcherba led all in for around 155,000 from the small blind. Marian Virlanuta was in the tank for a few minutes. He checked his cards and shuffled his chips around multiple times and was deep in thought.
Ultimately he folded his hand and Shcherba took a big pot to finish off his evening.
