Rob van de Riet was the initial raiser and Alexis Longhe moved all in from two seats over before Niko Koop also got his stack of 22,000 chips in as well, holding . Van de Riet snap-called with pocket kings while Longhe had pocket jacks. The flop immediately came with an ace and Koop tripled up, Longhe busted.
On the river of a board, Sebastian Mortelmans bet 8,000 and Niels van de Wijs raised to 26,000. Mortelmans asked his opponent whether or not he would show and was promised just that while de Wijs this time admitted he didn't have the nuts, but a "really good hand."
So far, de Wijs had been honest at the table and always showed. Mortelmans indeed folded the and was shown , which prompted table neighbor Wim Neys to crack a big smile. One hand later, de Wijs sent Per Sjobrand to the rail and is nearing six digits in total.
Rob van de Riet increased his stack by three-bet shoving into a raise of Niko Koop and a call to claim the pot uncontested. Shortly after, he moved all in from the button and Manolie Ryssens called for slightly less from one seat over.
van de Riet:
Ryssens:
The flop changed nothing whatsoever, but the turn gave Ryssens an open-ended straight draw. It was the blank on the river that sent Ryssens to the rail and van de Riet back above starting stack.
Bastian Hagenbeuk raised to 3,500 from the hijack and Nikita Malinovskiy three-bet to 8,600 from the button. Hagenbeuk moved all in for 44,200 and Malinovskiy asked the dealer for an exact count before moving forward his bigger chip denominations.
Hagenbeuk:
Malinovskiy:
The flop fell and Hagenbeuk sighed, ready to leave. The Dutchman left his chair when the came on the turn and a blank river made his elimination official.
Skip van Schaik gave up in a "bizarre hand" according to Niko Koop when the Russian faced a check-raise from 12,000 to 27,000 and then moved all in. Van Schaik folded with less than 10 big blinds behind and moved all in soon after with for 12,800 chips. The player in the small blind called with and neither player hit to ensure a win for ace-high.
Raffaello di Benedetto was a big stack in the previous break but now among the early exits of level nine. According to players on the table, he bluffed away most of his stack in many smaller hands and then jammed a few times to remain around 24,000 chips. Those moved over one spot to Tomasz Kozub with pocket tens versus when the Pole spiked an ace on the flop.
Kozub himself played a small pot against Matthias de Clercq, calling a raise of the Belgian to see a flop of . The continuation bet of de Clercq was called before both checked the on the turn. De Clercq took another stab at the pot without showdown by firing 7,900 on the river and Kozub gave up.
While de Clercq is one of the big stacks, he is not the current chip leader. That honor belongs to Stefan Mattsson one table over.
The action folded around to Niko Koop in the small blind and he raised to 3,600. Kanstantsin Kamenka called from one seat over and they saw a heads-up flop of . Koop fired a continuation bet and before the amount could even be determined, Kamenka had already mucked his cards and the pot was shipped to Koop.
On the feature table, Imro Sendar moved all in for a few big blinds from the button and Wim Neys made the call with from the big blind. Sendar had two over cards in and got there on a board of .