A short-stacked Govert Metaal opened the action by moving all in from early position for his last 50,000. It folded to Christoph Vogelsang two seats over who went into the tank. After well over a minute, Vogelsang moved out a reraise to 102,000. The rest of the table folded, prompting the two active players to table their hands.
Vogelsang:
Metaal:
The board came out , allowing Vogelsang's pocket aces to hold as the best hand. Metaal made his way to the rail while Vogelsang increased his chip stack to 355,000.
Onur Unsal opened the action with a raise to 18,000 from early position. It folded over to Fedor Holz who announced a three-bet to 58,000. Action folded back to Unsal and he thought for a moment before cutting out a four-bet to 155,000. Holz responded with a five-bet all in, prompting a quick folded from Unsal.
From middle position, Andrey Pateychuk raised to 12,000. The player in the hijack seat reraised to 30,000, and then Adrian Mateos reraised to 73,000 from the cutoff seat. Everyone folded, and Mateos won the pot.
Leo Fernandez and Matias Ruzzi took a flop of . Fernandez was first to act and he came out swinging for 32,500. Ruzzi came over the top with a raise to 65,000, sending Fernandez into the tank. After a moment, the Team PokerStars Pro announced a three-bet all in, putting Ruzzi to the test for his tournament life.
In the end, Ruzzi let his hand go and Fernandez took down the pot. Fernandez flashed to the table as he scooped his newly attained chips.