Andrea Benelli opened for 32,000 and Federico Cipollini moved all in for 98,000. VIcky Coren then re-raised to isolate which worked and she got Cipollini heads up.
Jordan Westmorland raised under the gun and got both blinds to come along.
Both blinds checked to Westmorland on and he made a continuation-bet. Just Jeffrey Hakim in the small blind made the call, Andreas Goeller folded his big blind.
Hakim check-called another bet on the -turn and checked again once the hit the river. Westmorland bet out 255,000 and Hakim went into the tank. He thought about it for a long time but eventually made the call.
"Full house" said Westmorland while he showed his . Hakim mucked.
VIcky Coren opened from under the gun for 45,000 and was called by Alex Kravchenko defending his big blind. Kravchenko then check called a bet of 45,000 from Coren on a flop of .
The turn card saw Kravchenko again check, and a bet of 100,000 from Coren met no further resistance as Kravchenko folded.
Jorma Nuutinen opened the small blind for 40,000 and Stephen Chidwick shoved allin for 408,000 total. Nuutinen wasn't too happy about it, but he did call reluctantly.
Nuutinen had the best hand with as neighbor Chidwick showed .
The ace-high flop was good for Chidwick and the rest of the board blanked out: .
Andrea Benelli opened for 32,000 and VIcky Coren three-bet from the button to 60,000.
Raul Mestre then four-bet to 145,000 from the big blind. Benelli thought about it but made the fold and it was Coren’s turn to have a smile and a chat to her opponent. She chuckled as she riffled her chips.
Coren had position and they both had comparable stacks. It wasn’t too long though before her cards were passed to the dealer.
In a cutoff versus small blind situation, Shyam Srinivasan just lost all of his chips. He had about 450,000 left before the hand started, and Andreas Goeller was the one he ended up tangling with. Goeller, who had battled with Srinivasan before on several occasions, was seated in the small blind.
The two of them got their stacks in before the flop. Srinivasan had while Goeller had to work with. The board wouldn't improve anyone: . Srinivasan has been eliminated, Goeller is back in the highest regions of the leader board.
Action folded to short stack Denis Pisarev who shoved from the small blind. Lukas Berglund in the big blind din't have too hard a decision as he had . Pisarev had to go to the unfair battle with .
The gave Berglund top set, but it meant a gutshot for Pisarev. The queen wouldn;t come though, instead the and turned up.