Eduard Bagrov was raking in a double-up, after his 305,000 stack went into the middle with 9♠9♣ and cracked Nicolas Antouard's A♦A♥ on the K♠J♣9♥7♣2♠ runout.
Eduard Bagrov was raking in a double-up, after his 305,000 stack went into the middle with 9♠9♣ and cracked Nicolas Antouard's A♦A♥ on the K♠J♣9♥7♣2♠ runout.
Sergiu Cornea made it 75,000 to go from the button and Idan Nagauker three-bet shoved the small blind for 475,000. Felix Kretschmann shoved the big blind with a monster stack of almost 2,000,000, and Cornea folded.
Idan Nagauker: A♣K♣
Felix Kretschmann: A♥Q♣
Nagauker was in the lead with big slick, and held through the 6♦3♥J♥5♦9♦ runout to earn himself a double-up.
Milan Aloric opened to 60,000 from middle position, and received a call from Manig Loeser in the hijack.
On the 6♠4♠4♣ flop, Aloric check-called versus a bet of 40,000 from Loeser.
The same pattern followed on the K♣ turn, this time in respect of a bet of 115,000 from Loeser.
The 9♥ river was knuckled by both players, and Loeser's J♣J♠ was good versus Aloric's A♠Q♠.
Pavel Sergheiciuc raised to 60,000 in middle position, Frederic Thiriet moved all in for 275,000 in the hijack, and Sergheiciuc called.
Frederic Thiriet: A♠4♠
Pavel Sergheiciuc: A♦10♠
Thiriet was dominated and at risk, but the 7♦5♠3♠ flop gave him outs with both straight and flush draws. The J♦ turn wasn't one of them, but Thiriet hit the 2♥ on the river to make a wheel and earn the double up.
Julien Ghezala jammed for 175,000 from the button and was called by Amza Cantec in the big blind.
Julien Ghezala: K♥5♠
Amza Cantec: A♣9♠
Cantec's ace-high held on J♣2♥Q♣7♠3♣ and Ghezala was eliminated.
Villiel Kordonskiy opened to 60,000 in early position and Jose Gomez Casillas three-bet to a hefty 340,000 from the next seat. When the action got back to Kordonskiy, he took a moment before he shoved for 700,000 even, and Casillas snap-called.
Villiel Kordonskiy: A♥A♦
Jose Gomez Casillas : 10♠10♦
Kordonskiy had the goods and the three-bet of Casillas must have been music to his ears. There was still a runout to sweat, but no drama was seen on the 3♣8♠4♥9♦3♥ board, and Kordonskiy doubled up.
A big pot of 800,000 had developed by the river, on a board of 10♠9♦3♦4♣3♥, in a hand between Mateusz Kaniowski in middle position, and Felix Kretschmann in the big blind.
Kretschmann jammed for a pot-sized bet of 800,000, and after a period of time in the tank, Kaniowski forfeited the pot.
Cristobal Ochoa moved all in for 270,000 on the button and Frederic Delval called in the big blind.
Cristobal Ochoa: Q♣9♠
Frederic Delval: 2♦2♥
Ochoa pulled in front on the Q♦J♣3♠ flop with top pair, while the rest of the board ran out 6♣8♦ to earn him a double up.
Andreas Loesche opened to 70,000 from the cutoff, and received calls from Bogdan Ilies and Miroslav Matula in the blinds.
Action was checked to Loesche on the 9♥9♣6♣ flop, who fired out a bet of 100,000.
Ilies responded with a check-jam to 540,000, and after a bit of thought, Loesche made the call.
Bogdan Ilies: 10♠9♠
Andreas Loesche: A♣Q♣
Ilies had two pair, nines and sixes, versus Loesche's flush draw.
The 3♣ hit on the turn to put Loesche in front, but it was followed by the 10♦ river to improve Ilies to a full house, much to his delight, who gave the table a whack in celebration and pumped his fist as he was shipped the double-up.
Around 500,000 was in the pot as Rifat Palevic and Antonello Ferraiuolo went heads-up to a flop of K♣7♠2♥. Palevic then bet 75,000 from the hijack and Ferraiuolo called on the button.
Palevic bet another 210,000 on the 6♥ turn and Ferraiuolo again called. The river was the 5♦ and Palevic moved all in for 200,000. Ferraiuolo snap-called and turned over K♦Q♣, but Palevic had K♠K♥ for top set to win the pot and double up.