Lucas Landa raised to 30,000 with and Christoph Csik three-bet to 135,000 with from the cutoff. Landa called and the flop was .
Landa check-called a bet of 125,000 on the flop and the turn was .
Landa checked once again and Csik shoved with more. After a few moments of thought, Landa committed his last 585,000 and the cards were turned up. Csik was ahead with the kings, and Landa had a pair of queens. The river was and Landa was out of the tournament.
Alexandros Kolonias raised to 30,000 in the cutoff before Pedro Neves three-bet to 80,000. Action folded back to Kolonias who four-bet all in for 340,000. Neves snap-called.
Alexandros Kolonias:
Pedro Neves:
It was a flip for Kolonias's tournament life but is wasn't much of a sweat as the flop came giving Kolonias a set. The turn ensured that Neves was drawing dead when it came the securing Kolonias the double up. The river was overkill as it came the to give Kolonias quads.
A larger pot was brewing over on table one as Jonathan Little on the button and Giuseppe Iadisernia headed to the river. The camera team rushed towards the table as Iadisernia had checked and faced the all-in of Little.
One time bank was invested by Iadisernia before he tapped the table in defeat and exposed the for trips. Little returned the favour by flashing the , then mentioning in chat he had flopped a flush (without disclosing his second card).
Giuseppe Pantaleo raised to 30,000 and received a single caller in Artur Martirosian out of the big blind. On the flop, Martirosian check-called a bet of 50,000 and then opted to lead the turn for 45,000 for Pantaleo to call.
After the river, Martirosian checked and Pantaleo bet 95,000. The big stack invested one time bank before sending the cards into the muck as Pantaleo won the pot without showdown on the outer feature table.
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Giuseppe Iadisernia raised to 35,000 from the hijack before Maria Konnikova moved all in for 335,000 from the small blind. Action folded back to Iadisernia who called.
Maria Konnikova:
Giuseppe Iadisernia:
Konnikova stood up as she found out she was behind and needed help. Iadisernia also stood. The flop didn't help Konnikova as it came . The on the turn brought some chop opportunities but the river came the to eliminate Konnikova from the tournament.
Jamil Wakil raised to 35,000 and Sylvain Loosli called from the button before Allan Ribeiro came along from the small blind. Michel Dattani tossed in the chips to call from the big blind, and action was four-handed.
The flop was and Ribeiro checked. Dattani checked behind and Wakil bet 50,000. Loosli called and Ribeiro raised to 150,000, which got Dattani out of the way before Wakil shoved for 575,000. That was too much for Loosli, but Ribeiro called and the cards were turned up.
Jamil Wakil:
Allan Ribeiro:
The board finished up and Wakil dodged the heart draw to secure the double. Prior to folding, Loosli mucked and Dattani threw away .
Ramon Colillas had raised and was called by Giuseppe Iadisernia in the cutoff and Chris Brewer on the button. On a flop, it checked to Brewer and his bet of 35,000 was called only by Colillas. The fell on the turn and Colillas check-called for another 50,000 to then check the river as well.
Brewer gave it some 15 seconds of consideration before moving all-in only for Colillas to snap-call.
"You got kings?" Brewer instantly asked and was indeed shown the by Colillas. As he flung his across the table in disgust, Brewer added "I had a really weird feeling you had kings ... I just knew it".
The clash left Brewer with fewer than 20 blinds while Colillas doubled to a near-average stack.