Andrew Barber raised to 1,800 on the button and was called by Andrey Pateychuk in the big blind. They checked the 9♣8♣3♦ flop and Pateychuk led the 8♥ turn for 2,000, Barber called. Both checked the A♥ river and Pateychuk briefly flashed the Q♦3♠, which Barber had beat holding the 7♦7♥.
Action was joined at the river with the board reading 7♣8♣A♠8♠10♣. Simon Higgins bet 16,700 into a pot of close to 30,000 from under the gun.
Jerome Zerbib had the decision on him from early position. He asked the dealer to spread the pot as he thought it out and assessed the situation. Eventually he spiked in the call.
Higgins tabled the K♠9♠ for nothing and Zerbib flipped over his winning A♥K♦ with some force as he was pumped up to have made the right call.
Matt Affleck and Carlos Gomez were heads-up on a flop of A♠10♥6♥ with several thousand already in the middle.
Affleck was in the small blind and check-called a 4,000 bet from Gomez, who was in the cutoff.
Both players then checked down on the Q♥ turn and 2♣ river and Gomez tabled A♣3♦ for a pair of aces.
Affleck couldn't beat it and mucked — awarding the pot to Gomez.
Action was picked up with Khari Hutchings in the small blind all in for 30,900 and David Bowen from under the gun position debating his decision. Bowen eventually flicked in a chip to call, putting Bowen at risk.
Khari Hutchings: Q♠Q♦ 
David Bowen: A♦9♦
Hutchings was in a great position with his pocket queens, until the board ran out A♣A♥3♠4♣6♣ to improve Bowen to trip aces and eliminate Hutchings from the tournament.
Picking up the action on the turn, Joshua Eisenberg in the cutoff was involved in a hand with Yanfeng Wang in the big blind as well as Aurelijus Sipavicius in early position.
With the board reading A♥6♣9♥2♠ Wang bet 7,500. Sipavicius called but Eisenberg responded by moving all in for 55,500. Wang thought long and hard before re-jamming, forcing Sipavicius out of the hand.
Joshua Eisenberg: 6♥6♠
Yanfeng Wang: A♠9♠
Eisenberg was in a commanding position with his set and managed to hold on the 8♠ river to secure more than a double up at the expense of Wang.
On a board of 7♦A♥8♦9♣, Aleksei Donets bet 8,700 from the small blind into a pot of around 19,000. Sergio De Lisboa called from middle position.
The river paired the board with the 9♥. Both players checked it. Donets had the KxJx which De Lisboa had beat with the A♠3♠ top pair.
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