Alexandre Peich found himself all in and at risk preflop against Eric Hess, who was holding a dominating hand.
Alexandre Peich: A♠7♥ 
Eric Hess: 7♦7♣
Peich found an ace on the flop, as the 4♣8♠A♥Q♠2♥ runout kept him alive.
Level: 4
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
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In a previous hand, David Schwartz and Rubens Michael went toe to toe, with Michael winning a significant pot with a full house.
They found themselves heads up once again a few hands after where Schwartz opened to 600 in hijack. He got three callers in Christopher Wolfe on the button, Alexander Brenneke in small and Michael in the big blind.
The flop came 10♣Q♣Q♥. Michael fattened the pot with a 600 bet. Schwartz called, but the rest left the two to go heads-up.
Both players checked the 3♦ turn. On the river 9♣, Michael led out with a 1,300 bet. A few seconds of thought, and Schwartz pushed back with a 4,000 raise, sending Michael to the tank. Michael ultimately folded, conceding the pot to Schwartz.
Players were heads-up on the 9♠K♠2♥ flop when Michael Willey bet to 2,100 on the button.
Jared Vanhorn was in the small blind and called.
The A♠ was turned and Vanhorn checked. Wiley bey 3,000 and Vanhorn raised to 14,000. Wiley moved all in for around 27,000 and Vanhorn snap called.
Michael Willey: Q♠6♠
Jared Vanhorn: 8♠5♠
Both had hit the flush on the turn but Wiley was head.
Wiley secured the double after the 2♣ river was placed, leaving Vanhorn short stacked just before the break.
Bryan Obregon raised to 800 from under the gun, Pablo Sciortino on his direct left three-bet to 1,400, Daniel Song called in the hijack, Carol Harmon called in the small blind Pietro Lo Giudice four-bet to 5,500 from the big blind and Song was the only caller.
The flop came K♣9♦9♠, and Giudice fired out a bet of 11,000, Song quickly folded.
Luis Jaikel limped under the gun, and Mandeep Chahal three-bet to 1,000. Andres Matos in the big blind called, and so did Jaikel. The dealer flopped 9♠10♣Q♠.
All players checked. The turn K♣ fell, and Matos led with a 1,100 bet, which was enough to push Jaikel out of the pot. Chahal stayed on to see the last card.
Both players checked the river 3♥. Matos showed A♦7♦ while Chahal tabled Q♦3♦ for two pair on the river.
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Romain Beilleul and Alexander Neumann were heads up on a board of 3♠Q♦J♥. Neumann bet out for 1,200, before Beilleul jammed for 9,100. Neumann made the call quickly.
Romain Beilleul: A♥10♠
Alexander Neumann: K♠J♣
Beilleul needed some help that didn't arrive on the 3♥ turn. The K♣ river, however, improved both players. Neumann made two pair, but it was Beilleul's ace-high straight that gave him the win, just as he was ready to leave.
Maria Savulescu opened from middle position to 700 and Javier Zaldo called the hijack. Meraf Tedla also called from the big blind.
The K♥10♣A♠ flop was checked to the Q♣ turn.
Tedla checked, Savulescu bet 1,300 and Zaldo raised to 4,500. Tedla folded and Savulescu reraised to 11,300.
Zaldo moved all in and covered after Savulescu snap-called.
Maria Savulescu: Q♦J♦
Javier Zaldo: J♥J♣
Zaldo and Savulescu were looking at a chop, as both were sitting with the straight.
The 9♥ was placed and the players both pulled back their stacks.
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