Giuseppe Calio limped from the small blind and Dylan Linde raised to 20,000 in the big blind. Calio called, and the pair saw the 8♦4♠Q♣ flop.
Calio check-called a 12,000 bet by Linde to see the 10♥ turn. Calio checked again and Linde was slow to check behind.
The J♣ river saw Calio check, Linde bet 64,000 and Calio call. Linde tabled his 9♣7♦ which prompted Calio to muck, after seeing Linde had rivered the straight.
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Samuel Mullur opened to 10,000 on the button and Julien Sitbon defended the big blind.
The pair were taken to a A♦K♠K♣ flop and Sitbon bet 15,000. Mullar made it 40,000 and Sitbon mucked.
In the next hand Johan Schultz-Pedersen opened to 10,000 from under the gun and Nazar Buhaiov defended their big blind.
A K♥4♦Q♥ flop prompted Buhaiov to check-call a 7,000 bet by Schultz-Pedersen, sending them to a 2♣ turn.
Both checked to see the 3♥ complete the board and Buhaiov bet 35,000. Schultz-Pedersen gave up the pot after throwing his hand into the muck.
Chris Brewer raised to 11,000 from the button and was looked up by David Coleman in the small blind and Eric Tsai in the big blind.
On the Q♠J♣4♥ flop, Coleman led out for 5,000 which found a call from Tsai and a fold from Brewer.
The action went check, check on the 7♥ turn for the dealer to peel off the 2♣ as the river.
Coleman checked to Tsai who fired off a river bet of 35,000. Coleman thought for a while before he mucked his hand to send the pot to Tsai with no showdown.
Samuel Laskowitz raised in the cutoff to 11,000. Then, Alex Foxen made it 35,000 from the big blind and Laskowitz called.
The flop came Q♠10♠4♦. Foxen checked to Laskowitz who bet 18,000 and Foxen decided to check-raise to 50,000. Laskowitz thought about his decision for a few moments before moving all in, and Foxen snap-folded.
Ihar Soika opened to 10,000 from the hijack and Giuseppe Calio called on the button. Ryan Richardson moved all in for his remaining chips, approximately 47,000 and only Calio called.
Ryan Richardson: A♣8♦
Giuseppe Calio: K♦J♦
Richardson was ahead and improved further on the 3♣8♥10♣5♣8♠ runout to keep his seat in this high roller event.
The action was joined with 38,000 already in the pot, and a A♠5♥J♣ flop face up on the felt.
Alex Foxen bet 11,000 from middle position, which Adrian Delmas called on the button.
There was no slowing down on the 3♠ turn, as Foxen continued for 36,000. Undeterred, Delmas called.
The 7♥ river completed the board, and Foxen went for it all, moving all in with the covering stack. Delmas beat him into the pot, flipping over his A♥A♣ at the same time. Foxen tabled A♦J♠, showing that he had been coolered.
Brandon Wilson opened to 8,000 on the button and Aleksejs Ponakovs called from the small blind. Fahredin Mustafov three-bet to 37,000 in the big blind. Wilson threw in a time bank card before calling and Ponakovs moved all in. All players mucked and Wilson remarked, "glad I didn't do that."
On the same table a few hands later, Marius Gierse limped from the small blind and Boris Angelov checked the big blind.
A J♣10♣K♦ flop was bet by Gierse for 4,000 and Angelov called to see the 5♥ turn.
Gierse check-called a 10,000 bet by Angelov and the pair were given the 5♦ river. Gierse checked, Angelov bet 30,000, and Gierse checked his hand before calling and tabling his J♣4♠ for two pair. Angelov also showed his missed straight draw with 9♥8♠.
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