Adriano Scagnetti raised to 28,000 and Robert Schulz three-bet the button before Dov Peterfreund four-bet all in from the small blind. Jan Timo Jobmann was somewhat tempted but folded, as did Scagnetti. Schulz called instantly and the cards were tabled.
Robert Schulz:
Dov Peterfreund:
The board ran out and Scagnetti was asked what he had folded. "I had ace-queen," the Italian added before raising to 29,000 again the next hand. Peterfreund called all in for 21,000 on the button, while Jobmann in the small blind and Olaf Kühle in the big blind.
After the flop of , action checked to Scagnetti and his bet forced two folds to see Peterfreund turn over the . Scagnetti was ahead with and stayed there as the turn and river were both blanks.
With around 90,000 in the middle, the flop fell and Hossein Ensan led out for 28,000 from the big blind. Viliyan Petleshkov began a raising war as he bumped it up to 75,000 from the cutoff.
The button folded and Ensan re-raised to 200,000. Petleshkov announced all-in for around 600,000 and Ensan was put to the test. "Do you have a flush draw?" Ensan asked. That was about the only hand Ensan could beat as he flashed before he sent his cards to the muck.
Tezer Cetindag defended his big blind and checked the flop of . Aliaksandr Shylko bet 38,000 and Cetindag check-raised to 105,000, which sent Shylko into the think tank. After two minutes, he moved all in and Cetindag asked for a count. The shove was for 297,000 and Cetindag tank-called after an equally long time of consideration.
Aliaksandr Shylko:
Tezer Cetindag:
The turn was a blank, but Shylko indeed got there on the river for the better two pair.
Stanislaw Miadzel doubled for 109,000 with against the of Karel Kovarik on the board of .
Dov Peterfreund was also fortunate to double up, though in more spectacular fashion. Down to 114,000, he shoved from the cutoff and Olaf Kühle called in the small blind with the . Peterfreund's got there thanks to a board of .
The next two casualties were Laszlo Toth and Markus Kuhnen with big stacks Viktor Kovachev and Michael Magalashvili adding some more chips to their growing towers.
Toth defended his big blind against a raise by Kovachev and check-raised the flop. On the turn, a bet of Toth was called before the Hungarian checked with around 175,000 behind on the river. Kovachev moved all in and Toth called to see Kovachev turn over the for a jack-high straight.
Toth briefly flashed his cards, which were apparently the , before heading to the rail. Roman Schäfer also departed, reducing the field to the last 46.
Micahel Magalashvili raised to 26,000 from the hijack and was called by Robert Schulz in the cutoff and Olaf Kuhle in the big blind. The flop came and the action was checked to Magalashvili who continued for 37,000. Schulz laid his hand down and Kuhle made the call.
The turn was the and Kuhle checked again. Magalashvili fired out another 70,000 and Kuhle continued to call. The river brought the and Kuhle led out for 133,000. Magalashvili ran a few scenarios through his mind, "Queen-nine? Pocket sevens?" he asked out loud. He didn't take long to throw in a chip to make the call and Kuhle turned over . Magalashvili showed and let out a sigh of relief as he raked in a pot to climb over 1,000,000 chips.