The hand was picked up on the river with Eric Vogler moving all in for 925,000 chips on a board that couldn't have been much wetter were it dealt in the rain.
With a runout of 2♣Q♣10♦8♠8♣, everything got there.
And yet, Mauro Ferreira made the call.
Eric Vogler: K♣Q♥
Mauro Ferreira: A♠Q♦
Both players hit the queen on the flop, but Ferreira took down the pot with an ace kicker, sending Vogler to the rail.
The pot had grown to around 380,000 by the river, with the board showing 9♠5♥A♣A♦2♥. Martin Kabrhel, in the big blind, checked to Blaz Zerjav in the hijack, who fired 330,000, leaving himself just 30,000 behind.
Kabrhel checked his cards and took his time, filling the moment with small talk with the rail and the table until one player eventually called the clock. The floor gave him 30 seconds to make his decision.
“Hippo smells bluff, but I can’t always trust him. He wanted to kick me out of this tournament,” Kabrhel said, referring to his card protector.
When the clock ran out, the pot was pushed to Zerjav.
“Show your hand,” Kabrhel demanded.
“Show yours first,” Zerjav replied.
Kabrhel tabled Q♥10♣.
“Why are you wasting everybody’s time?” Zerjav asked before tabling Q♠10♥.
“I had a queen,” Zerjav said, revealing the exact same hand and drawing laughter from the table.
Renat Bohdanov opened to 60,000 from the button. Small blind Gianluca Cedolia three-bet to 180,000. Big blind Blaz Zerjav had other things in mind and shoved all-in for 1,200,000.
Action came back to Bohdanov who had the clock called on him for taking too long to decide what his action would be. At the last 4 seconds, he folded his hand.
Then, it was Cedolia's turn to tank. After two minutes, the clock was called on him as well. But even before 10 seconds passed, he made the call. The remaining players headed to a showdown.
Gianluca Cedolia: A♣Q♥
Blaz Zerjav: A♥J♥
Cedolia had Zerjav dominated, but Martin Kabrhel, who was his normal self at the table, asked if he wanted to double up. After receiving an affirmative reply, he started calling for a queen to come on the flop.
The flop came 2♣K♦Q♦, cementing Cedolia's lead. The runout 7♠7♥ didn't help Zerjav at all, securing Cedolia's double up through him.
Daniel Smiljkovic raised to 60,000 from middle position. Rafay Asrar limped from the hijack.
Roman Hrabec, sitting on the button, raised to 200,000.
Smiljkovic got out of the way. Asrar called.
The monochrome flop hit 9♦6♦J♦. Asrar checked. Hrabec bet 125,000. Asrar called.
The turn brought the 7♣. After Asrar checked, Hrabec upped the price a bit with a bet of 400,000.
Facing a call for nearly half his stack, with the river card to come, Asrar threw his hand in the muck.
Zachary Gruneberg in the small blind limped and big blind Justin Zaki checked his option. Both player checked the 9♥10♥6♣ flop.
Unlike the other tables around them that seemed to be having a shove fest, they decided to keep it friendly and check it through the A♣ turn.
On the A♦ river, Gruneberg checked the action to Zaki, who bet the minimum 30,000. Gruneberg folded, leaving the pot for Zaki to take.
Corentin Soulier opened to 60,000 from early position and Seunghyun Nam in the big blind called.
The flop came 9♣Q♠8♥. Nam check-called Soulier's 75,000 bet.
Both players checked through the 5♦ turn and 7♦ river.
Nam tabled K♣9♥ for mid-pair which cannot beat Soulier's J♦J♥.
The pot had grown to around 800,000, with the board fully spread 4♠Q♦K♦7♣7♥. David Kaufmann was first to act and checked to Maher Achour, who moved all in for about 1,800,000, putting Kaufmann at risk.
Kaufmann carefully counted his stack, took some time to think it over, and eventually made the call.
Achour tabled K♥J♠ for two pair, kings and sevens, with a queen kicker. Kaufmann then revealed K♠9♠ for the same two pair with the same queen kicker, resulting in a chopped pot.
Josh Reichard raised to 50,000 from the hijack. Cody Wiegmann three-bet to 120,000.
Reichard shoved all in. Wiegmann called with less.
Cody Wiegmann: K♣K♥
Josh Reichard: K♠4♠
Wiegmann started getting a count on his stack immediately after the flop and the full runout of 7♣7♥5♠2♦7♦ didn't open a backdoor for Reichard's spades. Wiegmann ended with a full house and the win.
Level: 23
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 30,000
John Ciccarelli opened in the hijack and picked up three callers.
On the 8♥A♣6♦ flop, the blinds checked to Ciccarelli, who continued for 50,000 with only Steve Petrusevski in the small blind making the call.
Both players checked the Q♥ turn.
The river brought the 10♠, and Petrusevski led out for 100,000. Ciccarelli thought it over before moving all in, putting Petrusevski at risk. He eventually folded and conceded the pot to Ciccarelli.
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