Action folded around to Marc-Oliver Carpentier-Perrault in the hijack and he opened with a raise to 15.2 million. Anatoly Filatov called from the small blind and Manig Loeser called from the big blind.
The flop came and Filatov checked. Loeser checked and Carpentier-Perrault bet one million. Filatov check-raised to 3.5 million, Loeser called, and Carpentier-Perrault folded.
The turn brought the and Filatov bet 5.5 million. Carpentier-Perrault folded and Filatov took the pot.
There was a massive pile of chips that looked like about 15 million already in the middle and the completed board read . Pavel Plesuv was under the gun and checked to his lone opponent, Adrian Mateos, who was next to act. Mateos shoved, putting Plesuv to a decision for the remainder of his stack. He had about 18 million behind and went into the tank for several minutes. Eventually, the clock was called, and after tournament staff began the countdown, Plesuv called and tabled . His pair of aces was no good, however, since Mateos held for a turned flush, so Mateos took the pot to end Plesuv's run in this event.
James Walker got his short stack in the middle before the flop against Adrian Mateos, who had him covered by a wide margin.
Walker:
Mateos:
Mateos had the preflop advantage with the better ace and Walker needed to improve in order to survive. The board ran out , which was no help to Walker, so Mateos took the pot to end Walker's run in this tournament.
Kenny Hallaert raised to 1,700,000 from under the gun and Bartlomiej Machon called from the big blind.
The flop came with two spades and Machon checked. Hallaert bet 2,800,000 and Macheon check-raised all-in. Hallaert called to put Machon at risk and the two players tabled their hands.
Machon:
Hallaert:
Hallaert had a commanding lead with his aces and Machon needed a lot of help from the deck to survive. The turn and river changed nothing and Hallaert took the pot to end Machon's run in this event.
With a huge pile of chips already in the middle that looked like about 18,000,000 and the completed board reading , Marc-Oliver Carpentier-Perrault shoved from the big blind to put Kenny Hallaert, who was on the button, to a decision for his stack, and he called instantly. Hallaert tabled for the nut flush and Carpentier-Perrault showed for a baby flush, so Hallaert took the pot to double up and take a big chunk of Carpentier-Perrault's stack.
Adrian Mateos opened with a raise from the hijack, Marc-Oliver Carpentier-Perrault three-bet shoved from the button for about 12 million, and Tom Waters four-bet all-in out of the small blind. Mateos folded and the two live players tabled their hands.
Carpentier-Perrault:
Waters:
Carpentier-Perrault found himself trailing Waters and needed help from the deck in order to preserve his tournament life. The board ran out which changed nothing, so Waters took the pot to end Carpentier-Perrault's run in this tournament.