Shaun Deeb opened to 12,000 in the cutoff and James Bullimore three-bet to 42,000 out of the small blind. Deeb called and the flop came . Bullimore led out for 39,000 but Deeb still called.
The turn brought the and Bullimore checked this time. Deeb put together a bet of 111,000 and that was enough to get Bullimore to lay his hand down.
In a button against big blind confrontation, the board read and Bullimore had 18,000 in front of him. Deeb had raised to 82,000, Bullimore shoved for 220,000 and Deeb snap-called.
Bullimore tabled for the nut flush, Deeb showed for the second nuts and had to part with a decent chunk of his stack.
Asi Moshe raised it up from the cutoff and Chin Wei Lim stuck in his last 20,000 chips from the big blind. Moshe made an easy call and held the advantage heading to the flop.
Asi Moshe:
Chin Wei Lim:
The flop of changed nothing and Moshe was still out front with ace-high. The on the turn gave Lim an open-ended straight draw, but the on the river bricked off as he was eliminated in 16th place.
Viktor Katzenberger opened to 14,000 from under the gun and the action folded to Chris Ferguson in the big blind. Ferguson three-bet to 38,000 and Katzenberger thought for a minute before shoving all in. Ferguson quickly called off his last 170,000 chips and the cards were tabled.
Viktor Katzenberger:
Chris Ferguson:
The flop came to give Ferguson the lead as Katzenberger started counting out the chips for Ferguson. The on the turn gave Katzenberger a flush draw and the on the river completed his flush. Ferguson was eliminated and headed to the payout desk in 17th place.
It didn't take long for the bustouts to start happening once the final three tables were formed. Catching the tail end of a hand between Jaroslav Peter and Giuliano Bendinelli, the two players were all in preflop. The board ran out and Bendinellli's winning hand one was the only one left on the table.
Bendinelli held for just ace-high but that was good enough to rake in the pot and send Jaroslav Peter packing in 18th place.