Adrian "Amadi_017" Mateos defended the big blind against a min-raise by Fabiano "Kovalski1" Kovalski and check-called a bet worth 52,500 on the 
flop. They checked the 
turn and Mateos then checked the 
on the river.
Kovalski bet 77,000 for Mateos to move all in with the superior stack, and Kovalski called with the 
for a flush. Mateos only had 
and suffered a major setback.
A raise to 28,000 by "Sintoras" was called by "SmilleThHero" in the small blind and Sergi "srxakgirona" Reixach in the big blind.
On a flop of 
, "SmilleThHero" check-raised to 217,000 and Reixach then called all-in for 204,570. "Sintoras" had bet 34,650 and folded against the action.
Sergi "srxakgirona" Reixach: 
"SmilleThHero": 
The 
turn instantly locked up the double for Reixach and the 
river was a formality.
Left with a miracle, "SmilleThHero" then ended up all-in the next hand with 
and "MaxHendrix" tabled . On a board of 
, the Austrian hit two pair and can still hope of a finish in the money.
Tomi "elmerixx" Brouk added some further chips to cement the status as the chip leader and the remaining 15 players then headed into the next scheduled five-minute break.
In a battle of Finns, Samuel "€urop€an" Vousden opened to 30,800 and Tomi "elmerixx" Brouk three-bet to 140,000, Vousden then four-bet jammed for nearly 840,000 and Brouk called with the inferior stack.
Tomi "elmerixx" Brouk: 
Samuel "€urop€an" Vousden:
The 
flop turned the tides as Brouk pulled ahead with a set, and he remained in the lead on the 
turn and river to score a huge double.
Sam "Str8$$$Homey" Greenwood made it 28,000 to go from early position and Vyacheslav "VbV1990" Buldygin then three-bet jammed for 220,765 from one seat over. All other players got out of the way and Greenwood instantly called.
Vyacheslav "VbV1990" Buldygin: 
Sam "Str8$$$Homey" Greenwood: 
Buldygin had one live suit but the 
flop crushed that hope and he had one out left after the turn. There was no miracle on the 
river and Buldygin headed to the rail.
Filipe "Zagazaur" Oliveira opened the action with a raise to 29,400 from under the gun and picked up calls from Jargo "bungakat" Alavali on the button and "gcardenas10" in the big blind. On a flop of 
, the action checked to Alavali and he bet 34,881 for both opponents to call.
On the 
turn, the action was once again checked to Alavali and he moved all in for the last 183,738. "gcardenas10" called and Oliveira then moved all in over the top to force a reluctant fold.
Jargo "bungakat" Alavali: 
Filipe "Zagazaur" Oliveira:
Only the two remaining aces in the deck could help the Estonian but he bricked the river to bow out in 17th place.
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Level: 19
Blinds: 7,000/14,000
Ante: 1,750
An open shove by "gcardenas10" for the last 284,873 was isolated by Sergi "srxakgirona" Reixach in the small blind with more than two times as many chips.
"gcardenas10":
Sergi "srxakgirona" Reixach:
The 
flop improved "gcardenas10" to tens and fives, and they remained in the lead on the turn and river.
Tomi "elmerixx" Brouk made it 26,400 to go and was called only by "Apo5555" in the small blind, who then check-called the flop for 22,140.
The 
turn brought a bet of 60,000 by "Apo5555" and Brouk came along to the river. Another bet of 36,000 by "Apo5555" followed and they were called to reveal for trips aces as the winning hand.
Despite winning this pot, "Apo5555" is down in chips while Brouk remains ahead of them.
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