Renat Bohdanov raised the button to 175,000 and Samuel Mika called in the big blind. Mika checked the flop and called a continuation bet for 250,000 to check again the turn. Bohdanov made it 450,000 to go and that forced a reluctant fold from Mika.
In a battle of the blinds, Mykhailo Hryhoriev and Norbert Mosonyi invested 180,000 each to the flop and the former bet 150,000, the latter called. After the turn, Hryhoriev check-called a bet of 300,000 and check-folded to a shove on the river.
Norbert Mosonyi opened to 200,000 and faced an all-in raise from Ismael Bojang in the hijack for a stack worth 1,300,000. Mosonyi announced the call and the players revealed their cards:
Ismael Bojang:
Norbert Mosonyi:
Bojang was in very good shape for a double up but the board brought , giving a set of eights to Mosonyi on the flop to eliminate the winner of the $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha last summer in 14th place.
Renat Bohdanov opened to 125,000 from under the gun and was called by Marcel Brunner in the cutoff. On a flop, Bohdanov continued for 150,000 and Brunner raised it up to 375,000, which Bohdanov called. The fell on the turn and Bohdanov now checked, then called a bet of 420,000.
After the river, Bohdanov checked the second street in a row and Brunner moved all in.
"Count please," Bohdanov requested and the all in was foir 830,000 total. Bohdanov himself only had around 1.1 million behind and eventually called.
Brunner rolled over and Bohdanov revealed for ace-high, which triggered gasps from everyone at the table.
"What game are these guys playing, I am going back to limit games after this," Jeff Lisandro exclaimed. Brunner has been eliminated in 16th place and takes home €1,892.
Eyal Bensimhon opened and David Novotny shoved from the button for a stack worth 760,000. Ricardas Vymeris, reshoved in the big blind for 1,190,000 and Bensimhon decided to make the call to create a three-way showdown:
David Novotny:
Ricardas Vymeris:
Eyal Bensimhon:
The board brought , improving Vymeris's hand into a set of jacks and to take down the big pot and eliminate Novotny in 17th place.
It folded to Jeff Lisandro in the small blind who announced all in to put Joerg Baumgarten at risk for his last chips. The latter called with a stack worth 160,000 and they flipped their cards:
Joerg Baumgarten:
Jeff Lisandro:
Baumgarten found a board for trips and doubled up.
In a three-bet pot between Alexandre Viard in the cutoff and Norbert Mosonyi on the button, a pot of more than a million emerged to the flop and Viard ended up all in for around 850,000.
Alexandre Viard:
Norbert Mosonyi:
The turn and river brought no help for the Frenchman and he was eliminated in 18th place for €1,892.