Vladimir Burstein defended his small blind against a button raise by Mohammed Ladak and the duo checked through the flop. On the turn, both players invested 2.9 million and the river completed the board. Burstein moved all in and Ladak asked for a count.
The shove was for 13.8 million, which Ladak had covered. However, the Brit elected to fold.
Vlado Banicevic raised to 1.5 million and was called by Yoann Vu-Van in the big blind. On the flop, Vu-Van check-called a bet of 1.6 million and the appeared on the turn. Vu-Van checked once more and folded when Banicevic made it 4.3 million to go.
Both would meet again soon after. Vu-Van raised to 1.525 and Banicevic called on the button. Both players invested 1.4 million on the flop and Yiann checked the turn. Banicevic made it 2.4 million to go and that shut down all further interest of Vu-Van.
Lander Lijo raised to 1.6 million in the hijack and Radoslaw Wesierski called out of the small blind. On a flop of , Wesierski checked and called a continuation bet for 1.4 million while the turn went check, check. On the river, Wesierski bet 1.8 million and Lijo called after brief consideration.
Wesierski turned over the for queens and eights, which ended up as the winner.
Ludovic Geilich three-bet to 4,900,000 from mid-position after a raise by Joao Simao from the under-the-gun position. Action folded back to Simao who called.
The flop came , Simao check-called the 3,000,000 bet of Geilich.
The turn brought them the , Simao now bet 4,200,000 which Geilich called after a while.
The river completed the board with the , Simao now shoved for 16,825,000. Geilich tried to figure out what to do and in the end, he decided to fold.
Pavel Plesuv shoved all in from the button and Felipe Ramos was up for a decision from the big blind. He was going back and forth, trying to decide what to do. He even asked if he could get help from Adrian Mateos who was standing at his own table right next to Ramos' table. The table all laughed.
Ramos needed some time to consider all his options as he would be putting his tournament life at risk if he called. He even apologized to the table for taking more time to think. In the end, he called.
Felipe Ramos:
Pavel Plesuv:
The board ran out - Plesuv hit a queen on the turn and Ramos didn't get any help from the river. The Brazilian was sent to the payout desk to collect his €20,000.
Imad Fakhro raised to 1.625 million on the button and Robert Kokoska defended his big blind. The flop fell and Kokoska checked, Fakhro continued for 2.35 million and was called. The action repeated itself on the turn, on which Kokoska check-called a second barrel for 3.7 million. After the river, Kokoska checked once more and eventually folded to the shove of Fakhro.
One table over, Stanislav Koleno raised to 1.5 million on the button and Jan Mach in the small blind three-bet to 5.35 million. Koleno clicked it up to 10.05 million and Mach moved all in for around 36 million. Koleno double-checked his cards and tossed in a single chip for the call right after.
Jan Mach:
Stanislav Koleno:
The board came and Koleno at first thought he had lost, then saw the six and was suddenly happy about the split pot.
Adrian Mateos raised to 1.5 million and short stack Werner Oberbauer called from one seat over. On a flop of , Mateos continued for 1 million and Oberbauer moved all in, Mateos snap-called.
Werner Oberbauer:
Adrian Mateos:
The turn and river were of no help for Oberbauer and he departed in 33rd place for €20,000.