Derek Normand raised to 24,000 from middle position. When the action reached Joe Kuether on the button, he shoved all in.
Normand made the call.
Joe Kuether: K♥K♣
Derek Normand: 7♣7♠
The runout 5♥10♠8♠J♠8♣ did provide a bit of a scare for Kuether, as Normand picked up flush and straight draws, but the kings held.
"You waited for kings and it paid off," Normand told Kuether. "Patience is a virtue."
Liran Betito raised to 24,000 under the gun. Thomas Phillips moved all in from the cutoff with 399,000 chips.
Betito made the call.
Thomas Phillips: 10♣10♦
Liran Betito: A♦K♠
Phillips wont the race, but the runout 8♠9♠10♠J♦K♥ was a bit of a scary one, with Betito flopping a flush draw and turning a straight draw. Phillips' set of tens were good.
The action was picked up on the river with the board showing 7♦4♥A♦A♥2♠ and around 230,000 already in the middle from previous action. Thomas Phillips, in the big blind, was first to act and took some time before checking. Merijn van Rooij checked back behind.
Phillips tabled 10♦9♦ for a missed flush draw, but Van Rooij double-checked his cards before turning over K♥5♠ for king-high, which was enough to take down the pot.
Merijn van Rooij open-shoved for 260,000 under the gun and Caleb Harris called on the button. Big blind went over and shoved too for around 500,000 pushing Harris out of the pot and taking Van Rooij to showdown.
Merijn van Rooij: A♣J♠
Koki Koyanagi: Q♥Q♣
Koyanagi's queens held up on the 4♦2♣2♦ flop and continued to hold on the 6♣ turn. But the A♥ fell on the river giving Van Rooij what he was waiting for to continue in the tournament.
Chips went in and hands were tabled with three-players all-in.
Nicolas Tytgat: A♦Q♠
Mathieu His: K♥K♣
Ohad Geiger: K♦K♠
His and Geiger had exactly the same hand, making Tygat hope for a double up with his ace. But the board ran 5♥J♥J♦5♠9♣ With no ace in sigh, Tytgat was eliminated while the remaining two players chopped the pot.
Omar Del Pino raised all-in from the button. Samuel Ju, the big blind, called with less.
Samuel Ju: A♥6♠
Omar Del Pino: 10♠9♠
Ju was in good shape, until the board ran 9♥J♦9♦10♣J♥ to give Del Pino a full house.
Action folded to Felix Rabas on the button, who raised to 24,000 and picked up calls from both blinds.
On the 5♥Q♠J♥ flop, John Ciccarelli in the small blind led out for 28,000. Aaron Kupin in the big blind quickly folded, but Rabas made the call to see the A♣ turn.
Ciccarelli checked, and Rabas took some time before checking back.
The 9♣ completed the board, and both players checked once more. Ciccarelli then tabled K♠10♣ for a turned straight, which was enough to take down the pot.
Lucas Cortijo moved all in from the small blind and was called by Cameron Widergren.
Lucas Cortijo: K♦K♠
Cameron Widergren: 7♥7♦
Cortijo's kings were safe in a runout of 5♠J♦6♦Q♣9♠ for the double-up.
The pot had already grown to around 400,000 by the time the board was fully spread 3♥6♥9♣K♦8♠. The action was on Martin Kabrhel, who was the first to act. After exchanging a few words with Matan Mesika, Kabrhel checked, and Mesika quickly checked behind.
“What do you have?” Kabrhel asked after the action was complete. “I have a pair.”
“Which one?” Mesika asked back.
“The best one, eights,” Kabrhel answered.
As Kabrhel was first to show, he tabled 8♦7♠ for a pair of eights, which was enough to drag the healthy pot.
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