Julien Martini got his last 76,200 in with and Jan-Eric Schwippert looked him up with the dominating . Martini flopped best on and locked up the double on the turn, making the river a formality.
Julien Martini raised to 30,000 and Jan-Eric Schwippert called.
The flop fell and Schwippert checked, Martini bet 43,000 and Schwippert check-raised all in to force a fold from Martini.
Soon after Schwippert limped in and Martini checked. The flop was checked through, Martini also checked the turn. Schwippert bet 10,000 and was check-raised to 41,000, which Martini called. The river completed the board and Martini bet 84,000. Schwippert gave it some thought and called to see Martini turn over for a busted gutshot. Schwippert had that beat with the and claimed another big pot to leave Martini on 9 big blinds.
Julien Martini raised 20,000 and Jan-Eric Schwippert called to see a flop of . Schwippert checked and called a bet of 8,000 by Martini, the appeared on the turn. Both players checked to the on the river and Schwippert bet 52,000. Martini called and mucked, with the cards of Schwippert rushed in and only the being visible.
After being short when the duo was sent to the main feature table, Schwippert has gained a decent lead after 32 hands.
Daniel McAulay briefly seized the chip lead against Nicolai Morris, but an all-in preflop confrontation between the two gave Morris a large lead once again.
A series of raises between the two led to Morris all in for 318,400 on the button with against McAulay with in the big blind. The board ran out , and Morris was back in a comfortable lead.
A few hands later, McAulay limped the button and Morris popped it to 60,000 from the big blind. McAulay reraised all in for about 220,000 and Morris called with , racing with McAulay's .
The flop came down , giving Morris the nut straight to take a commaning lead in the hand. The turn left McAulay drawing dead, rendering the river moot.
Morris advanced to the Round of 8 where he will play Juan Pardo Dominguez.
Martijn Gerrits raised all in with a covering stack from the button and Kane Kalas called all in for about 90,000 from the big blind with , trailing Gerrits' .
The board ran out , no help to Kalas, locking up a pot in the money and in the Round of 8 for Gerrits.
Jan-Eric Schwippert limped in and Julien Martini raised to 24,000. Schwippert limp-shoved for 217,000 for the second time in the last few minutes and Martini gave it some thought before calling.
Jan-Eric Schwippert:
Julien Martini:
On the flop, Schwippert said "no heart" but the on the turn brought the flush draw for Martini. Schwippert had hit his queen, though, and the on the river was a blank to let Schwippert double for the third time and jump into the lead.