Soon after suffering the huge blow to his stack, Benjamin Richardson was all in and at risk for his last 10 big blinds out of the small blind. Sebastian Sorensson on the button looked him up and Richardson was in need of help with the inferior hand.
Benjamin Richardson:
Sebastian Sorensson:
The flop took away one out from Richardson, and the turn changed nothing whatsoever. For good measure, Sorensson improved to a flush with the river and Richardson was eliminated in 23rd place for €45,000.
Rens Feenstra raised to 90,000 from under the gun and Tsugunari Toma called from one seat over. Both checked the flop and Feenstra bet the turn for 185,000, which Toma called.
Feenstra bet the river for 400,000 with just 300,000 behind and Toma announced all in. Feenstra gave it some thought and called to see Toma table , and was relieved as he had an equally strong hand in .
Fenstra three-bet shoved the next hand out of the big blind to scoop the pot uncontested.
Albert Daher opened for 80,000 under the gun plus one and big blind Lachezar Plamenov Petkov called. Petkov check-called 50,000 on and both checked on the turn. The river saw Petkov lead for 235,000 and Daher called. Petkov showed for the backdoor flush and Daher mucked.
Donald Duarte Sierra raised from under the gun to 95,000 and Tsugunari Toma called from the big blind. The flop fell and Toma checked. Duarte continued for 95,000 and Toma check-raised to 280,000.
Duarte let go and Toma announced a set, then flashed .
Raffaele Sorrentino moved in once and then raised to 100,000 the next hand to steal the blinds and antes twice. Kent Roed raised to 100,000 twice in a row to pick up the blinds once and then see Sorrentino call in the big blind the second hand.
On the flop both players checked and the fell on the turn. Sorrentino bet 110,000 and was called before checking the river. Roed moved all in and Sorrentino was the player at risk for 695,000. He tanked for quite some time and Roed tapped the table, then said "I ask for time."
The clock ran down to five seconds when Sorrentino called and Roed tabled for king-high while Sorrentino doubled with for two pair.
The next hand, Roed was forced all in for 35,000 in the big blind and Brian Kaufman Esposito raised to 80,000. Nick Petrangelo three-bet to 240,000 and Kaufman moved all in to force a fold from Petrangelo.
Kent Roed:
Brian Kaufman Esposito:
The board ran out and Roed was eliminated in 22nd place for €45,000.
With only 2 seconds left in the level, the dealer started a shuffle and so one last hand was played while players from other tables were already enjoying their break.
Niek Minten opened under the gun plus one on the 7-handed table. Usman Siddique in the cutoff 3-bet to 275,000 and action folded back around to Minten. He 4-bet shoved for what looked like 1.3 million and Siddique called.
Niek Minten:
Usman Siddique:
The flop wasn't helping Minten much but the on the turn gave him some outs. The on the river, however, wasn't one of them and Minten exited in 21st place for €45,000.
The remaining 20 players went on break and will return to 25,000/50,000 with 5,000 ante. They are all guaranteed €53,200 now.
The last 20 players have been sent into a break of as many minutes and will play one more level or until the last two tables are set, whichever of the two comes first.
On the outer table, Yaron Zeev Malki raised to 140,000 and Heorhii Doroshev moved all in from the small blind to force a fold.
The feature table provided a battle of the blinds between Donald Duarte Sierra and Mauricio Salazar Sanchez. On the flop, Duarte bet 130,000 and Salazar called before doing so again for 225,000 on the turn. Duarte then shoved the river for 1,575,000, which had Salazar covered by far.
The Day 1a chip leader gave it plenty of time and folded.