Laszlo Toth was eliminated before the money bubble had burst while Roland Israelashvili doubled for 13,500 with against the of Joris Schets. The board came and Israelashvili rivered a flush.
Right after the clock was stopped to enable hand-for-hand mode on the money bubble.
Gilbert Diaz busted before the money while Frank de Busscher doubled through Veysel Kortan in a battle of the blinds. Kortan check-called the shove of de Busscher on the turn for the last 35,600 with and de Busscher turned over . The river was a blank and the Belgian doubled.
Joining the action on the three-way flop of , Oleh Haisiuk checked out of the small blind and David Urban bet 20,000. Pavel Svach called from two seats over and Haisiuk then check-raised all in for 97,100. Urban called and Svach folded.
Oleh Haisiuk:
David Urban:
Urban was in prime shape to drag in a massive pot before the money bubble, but instead the turn and river gave Haisiuk a fortunate split pot.
Diamond Grabovci was the next casualty while Elias Gourie was more fortunate. He moved all in for 40,900 on the flop and Antoine Vranken, who had bet 7,000, called with the . Gourie turned over and dodged the flush draw of Vranken by instead hitting a flush himself with the turn and river run out.
"Good hand sir," Willem De Jong said to his opponent, "I'm sorry for the river."
De Jong had just gotten all in behind with against the of his John Forsman on the flop. The turn paired the board with the and the river was the and just like that De Jong took the lead, won the hand and eliminated Forsman.
Tomas Fara and Konstiantyn Tupalo were among the first casualties of the day while Willem de Jong moved all in over the top of a bet of 7,500 by Maria Lampropulos on the flop. Lampropulos folded and de Jong flashed the .
Antonin Duda was all in and at risk for 45,000 on the flop of and called the shove by Egor Terekhin with . His opponent had for the open-ended straight draw and the turn and river were blanks.
A total of 868 entries created a prize pool of €866,655 and the top 131 spots are paid at least €1,660 with the winner taking home the coveted gold bracelet and €170,764 for the efforts.