A raise to 13,000 by Sergei Petrushevskii was called by Sergio Aido and both players in the blinds, and the four-way flop fell . The blinds checked and Petrushevskii continued for 25,000, which only Aido called. On the turn, Petrushevskii moved all in and Aido quickly called for his last 185,000.
Sergio Aido:
Sergei Petrushevskii:
The on the river completed the board and Aido scored a massive double.
The next batch of casualties included Clemente Malheiro Carreira, who got it in for around 60,000 with the . Nicolas Fuentes Vidal looked him up with the and the board came and that was it for Malheiro Carreira. "I am glad I didn't go for it," Arne Coulier added after the hand was over.
Nicolas Fuentes Vidal had previously doubled through Stefan Schillhabel and both were at it again in a raising war with both players at over half a million in chips. Picking up the action on a squeeze to 113,000 by Schillhabel, Vidal reraised from one seat over for more than 250,000 and Schillhabel then shoved, Vidal called.
Stefan Schillhabel:
Nicolas Fuentes Vidal:
The was a huge sweat for Schillhabel despite getting it in with the best hand, however, the turn and river both blanked. Schillhabel's stack was counted for 585,000 and Vidal had 532,000 to join the rail with a story to tell.
Alexandru Papazian is closing in on a million in chips after forcing Chunjie Liu to the rail. It was a classic situation, where Liu had four-bet shoved with ace-king and Papazian called with pocket jacks.
The board ran out and after Liu hit the flop, Papazian spiked his jack on the turn to move himself up to 930,000 in chips.
In the last hand before the break, Bertrand "ElKY" Grospellier opened to 13,000 on the button and Marius-Catalin Pertea called from the small blind. Hossein Ensan three-bet to 31,000 from the big blind. Grospellier took his time before four-betting to 82,000 and Pertea got out of the way.
It took Ensan not even two seconds before announcing all-in. ElkY beat him to the pot and Ensan's face went aghast.
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier:
Hossein Ensan:
The EPT12 Prague winner made a big misstep and was about to pay dearly for it in an 800k pot. With just 15% equity, Ensan needed a miracle but didn't find one on a board.
The German had to fork over nearly 400,000 of his stack to the French Team PokerStars Pro, who enters the third break as one of the biggest stacks in the room.
Geoffroy Combette was the last casualty, however one table was still running and that would provide an all in showdown with Peyman Luth and Fabrice Soulier at almost even stacks.
Luth had raised to 16,000 and Soulier three-bet to 42,000 from the button. The action folded back to Luth and he moved all in, Soulier called.
Fabrice Soulier:
Peyman Luth:
On the flop, nothing much changed and Soulier even picked up an additional straight draw to his pair. The on the turn was a blank, but the on the river let Luth jump out of his chair with a loud "yesss".
Soulier was ready to leave, but the dealer said "you might have more," to which the Frenchman replied with a dry "I know he has more." The stacks were counted and Soulier had 212,000, Luth 219,000 and a mere one big blind more.
. The blinds checked and Petrushevskii continued for 25,000, which only Aido called. On the 
turn, Petrushevskii moved all in and Aido quickly called for his last 185,000.
on the river completed the board and Aido scored a massive double.
. Nicolas Fuentes Vidal looked him up with the 
and the board came 
and that was it for Malheiro Carreira. "I am glad I didn't go for it," Arne Coulier added after the hand was over.
was a huge sweat for Schillhabel despite getting it in with the best hand, however, the 
turn and 
river both blanked. Schillhabel's stack was counted for 585,000 and Vidal had 532,000 to join the rail with a story to tell.
and after Liu hit the flop, Papazian spiked his jack on the turn to move himself up to 930,000 in chips.
flop was met with a nod from Lejal. The 
turn and 
river kept him in front and he doubled up.
board.
on the turn was a blank, but the 
