A Bluff; A Double Up and a Bustout
Vitalii Pankov raised to 700,000 from early position and called a three-bet to 2.4 million by Philipp Gruissem in the big blind. On a flop of 
, Gruissem continued for 1.6 million and was called while the duo checked the 
turn. Gruissem bet the 
river for 6.0 million and Pankov called with 
, Gruissem was caught bluffing with the 
.
Balazs Botond scored a big double with 
against the of Morten Mortensen in a battle small blind versus cutoff. Both had flopped top pair on a ten-high flop, Botond had squeezed against the open raise of Anson Tsang and the call of Mortensen before they got it in after the flop.
Last but not least, Andrejs Perederejevs was eliminated by Ramin Hajiyev. The Latvian shoved for 5.8 million and Hajiyev reshoved out of the small blind to isolate successfully.
Andrejs Perederejevs: 
Ramin Hajiyev: 
The board of 
ran out in favor of Hajiyev to reduce the field by one.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
34,000,000 | 14,000,000 |
|
28,000,000 | 22,130,000 |
|
24,000,000 | -16,000,000 |
|
19,000,000 | -7,000,000 |
|
17,500,000 | 2,500,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |