From early position, Mate Mecs goes all-in with . Mecs takes down the hand with everyone folding due to the other players not getting any hands to call and Mecs playing tightly with his short-stack.
The action folds around to Nicolas Cardyn on the button who raises to 85,000 chips with . Mate Mecs goes all-in for 550,000 chips from the big blind with . Cardyn folds and Mecs now has his stack up to 695,000 with blinds about to go up to 25,000/50,000 with a 5,000 ante.
The action began with Akos Gergely raising to 110,000 from the hi-jack with . Mecs from the small blind with three-bet jams all-in for 690,000 chips or a little less than 12 big blinds. Gergely calls setting up a coin-flip situation.
Gergely becomes a 57 percent favorite on the flop of with top-pair while with Mecs having 11 outs that potentially could turn things back in his favor. The spikes the turn sealing the deal for Mecs with Gergely now drawing dead to the river.
The completes the board, shipping a 1,470,000 chip pot to Mecs.
Akos Gergely wanted to raise from mid-position with , but because he only tossed one chip into the pot it was a call. This may have led to an earlier end to the day of Nicolas Ludwicki. Julien Rouxel called from the small blind with while Ludwicki checked the action to the flop from the big blind with .
Flop:
Rouxel opted to check the flop with top pair. Ludwicki quickly declared himself all-in for 240,000 chips with bottom pair. After Gregely folded and Rouxel called, things looked brighter for Ludwicki as he turned two-pair when the appeared. However, Ludwicki's two-pair became counterfeited after the spiked the river giving Rouxel a better two-pair.
Ludwicki collected £8,400 for his eighth place finish and all the remaining players are now guaranteed a five-payout with the next spot paying £10,540.
Bhavin Khatri opens the action from under-the-gun with with a raise to 105,000 chips. The action folds around to David Shallow on the button who three-bet jams all-in for 850,000 chips with . Action folds back around to Khatri who quickly calls leading us to the flop.
Flop:
While Khatri is still ahead on the flop, it becomes more of a coin-flip situation at this point with any heart now also helping Shallow in addition to any of the three remaining aces. The completes Shallow's flush-draw. Khatri was drawing dead before the appeared on the river with Shallow shipping a 1,810,000 pot.