Michel Marcone jammed for 620,000 from the cutoff and was called by Julien Sitbon in the big blind.
Michel Marcone: 5♥5♣
Julien Sitbon: K♦J♣
Despite a straight draw on the turn for Sitbon, Marcone doubled up on A♣8♥4♠Q♥7♠.
Michel Marcone jammed for 620,000 from the cutoff and was called by Julien Sitbon in the big blind.
Michel Marcone: 5♥5♣
Julien Sitbon: K♦J♣
Despite a straight draw on the turn for Sitbon, Marcone doubled up on A♣8♥4♠Q♥7♠.
Savvas Mitsikouridis opened to 160,000 from under the gun. Gianfranco Ironico on the button raised all-in for 845,000 and Mitsikouridis didn't wait to call.
Gianfranco Ironico: 7♣7♠
Savvas Mitsikouridis: A♦K♣
Mitsikouridis flopped top pair on A♠6♥J♠, but after the 5♦ turn, Ironico luckily hit the 7♦ river to double up.
Cards went on their backs at the feature table with Michel Marcone in the big blind at risk for 740,000 against Andrew King in the small blind.
Michel Marcone: A♦10♠
Andrew King: A♣10♦
Both players had the same hand so they split the pot on 4♦9♥8♠Q♠5♥.
Michel Marcone limped from under the gun and both Julien Sitbon and Andrew King in the blinds called and checked.
All three of them checked a flop of 4♠4♦6♣ leading to the 6♠ turn where the blinds checked. Marcone bet 100,000 and made Sitbon fold. King however check-raised to 240,000.
Marcone called to see the 2♦ river. King bet 600,000, but Marcone didn't believe him and called with K♣J♣. However King had 7♠6♦ for a full house and scooped the pot.
Moments after Mikhail Nikolaev's elimination, Axel Bayout opened to 160,000 from the button. Romain Mahiou in the small blind three-bet all-in for 440,000, the big blind folded and Bayout called.
Romain Mahiou: Q♣J♣
Axel Bayout: A♦10♥
Bayout kept the lead all the way through a board of 7♦3♥2♦5♦5♠ to win the pot. After he finished second of the €2,200 High Roller for €45,480, Mahiou earns €11,610 on the Main Event.
Julien Sitbon opened to 160,000 from early position and Mikhail Nikolaev in the hijack called off his last 80,000.
Mikhail Nikolaev: 10♣8♣
Julien Sitbon: 9♥9♣
Sitbon's nines held on Q♥7♠K♦8♦2♠ so Nikolaev was sent to the rail in 13th place.
Kamel Atoui raised from the hijack and faced Seymour Savelloni, who defended from the big blind.
The dealer fanned a flop of 3♠7♣2♦ and Savelloni led out for 695,000 with 60,000 behind. Atoui raised and Savelloni called.
Seymour Savelloni: 9♥9♠
Kamel Atoui: K♠7♠
Atoui hit a pair on the flop but Savelloni already had a better one. And after the 2♥ turn, Atoui hit the K♣ river to send Savelloni to the rail.
Level: 28
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 80,000
Ahrash Dianat opened to 120,000 from the hijack and Adria Diaz Dalmau defended from the big blind.
Dianat continued for 100,000 on a flop of 3♠2♠Q♣, but Diaz Dalmau check-raised to 280,000. Dianat went into the tank and eventually moved all-in for a total of 1,100,000. Diaz quickly called.
Ahrash Dianat: 10♦10♥
Adria Diaz Dalmau: A♦A♣
Diaz Dalmau trapped Dianat with aces. The J♦ turn and the 4♠ river completed the board and Dianat was eliminated in 15th place.
Mikhail Nikolaev on the button found himself at risk for 155,000 against Paul Tedeschi in the hijack.
Mikhail Nikolaev: A♥9♥
Paul Tedeschi: A♣5♣
Nikolaev had the opportunity to double up, but on 2♠8♦8♥J♥J♠, he split the pot.