Antonio Pereira open-shoved for 236,000 from the small blind and Filippo Lazzaretto made the call from the big blind.
Antonio Pereira: 8♠8♦
Filippo Lazzaretto: A♥10♠
Pereira's eights held on 5♥2♥J♦7♥3♣ and he secured a double up.
Antonio Pereira open-shoved for 236,000 from the small blind and Filippo Lazzaretto made the call from the big blind.
Antonio Pereira: 8♠8♦
Filippo Lazzaretto: A♥10♠
Pereira's eights held on 5♥2♥J♦7♥3♣ and he secured a double up.
Level: 20
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 12,000
Three-way on a flop of 5♣4♦4♣, with Nikolai Mamut and Julien Sitbon in the blinds and Patrick Lik-Tung Lui on the button, the action was checked around to see the 3♣ turn.
Mamut checked again, Sitbon bet 40,000 and forced Lui to fold, but Mamut responded with a check-raise to 135,000. After some thought, Sitbon made the call.
The 8♣ river completed the board and Mamut led out for 85,000. Sitbon called, placing his chips next to Mamut’s stack as if he was conceding the pot.
However, after Mamut tabled Q♣10♦, Sitbon quickly turned over K♣2♣ for the winning flush, took his chips back and scooped the pot.
Roberto Attorni in middle position jammed for only 32,000 and was called by Fabio Costa Mendes in the big blind.
Roberto Attorni: 10♣9♠
Fabio Costa Mendes: 9♥3♦
Attorni didn't have an amazing hand, but he had the best one here and doubled up on 2♦7♠4♠2♥Q♠.
Moments after the restart, the action was picked up with Stephane Knafo in the hijack all-in and at risk for 149,000 against Richard Geyer in the small blind.
Stephane Knafo: K♥K♣
Richard Geyer: 10♣10♦
Knafo was on his way to double up with kings, but Geyer flopped a set then hit a full house on 4♣7♣10♥5♦5♥ to send Knafo to the rail.
Level: 19
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
The 93 remaining players are on a 15-minute dinner break. Two more levels will be played tonight before wrapping up.
Isabel Baltazar in the small blind saw her 134,000-chip stack being called by Giovanni Renna who opened from middle position.
Isabel Baltazar: 6♥6♦
Giovanni Renna: K♣K♠
Renna hit a full house on 9♠K♦A♦9♥2♥ to eliminate Baltazar.
From the button, Houssem Meftahi put his remaining 58,000 in the middle and the small blind got out of the way. Big blind Michael Tabone had a visible reaction to the decision he had to make, being unsure what to do.
After a brief moment, he flicked the chips in and immediately opened up his hand.
Houssem Meftahi: 8♥8♦
Michael Tabone: A♦6♦
The board ran out A♥10♠4♣7♦J♥ and the ace ended Meftahi's run in the Main Event.