Maksim Semisoshenko in the small blind got his 327,000 chips in before the flop holding the mother of all starting hands; . Denis Timofeev on the button was his opponent and he had to settle for .
The board came and Semisoshenko doubled, leaving Timofeev short.
Mateusz Zbikowski got his chips in the middle from the button to put the pressure on both blinds. One of them, EPT champion Michael Eiler, made the call for 143,000, the other folded.
Aleksei Ponomarev shoved for 148,000 from middle position and action quickly folded to Joep van den Bijgaart in the small blind. HE asked fior a count but eventually folded, his neighbor Mario Sanchez Cano in the big blind did make the call.
Frederik Jensen raised it up to 22,000 under the gun and Jason Mo made it 56,000 from the hijack. Action folded back to Jensen and he four bet to 126,000. Mo pushed for about 310,000 total and Jensen made the call.
Frederik Jensen:
Jason Mo:
The board ran out and Mo hit the rail in the first level of play.
Jaime Rueda Sampedro raised to 22,000 under the gun and Jonas Palsgaard three-bet from his immediate left to 55,000. The action folded back around to Sampedro who moved all in for 200,000 and Palsgaard made the call.
Palsgaard:
Sampedro:
The board ran out and Palsgaard spiked the river to send Sampedro to the rail.
Roman Voronin just expanded his big stack by eliminating Noah Novick in the first level of play. Novice was all in for 99,000 and Voronin made the call from the big blind.
Voronin:
Novick:
The board ran out and Voronin raked in the pot, sending Novick to the rail.
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. Denis Timofeev on the button was his opponent and he had to settle for 
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and Semisoshenko doubled, leaving Timofeev short.
on a board of 
. Novak out, Srinivasan at 1.12 million.
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and Mo hit the rail in the first level of play.
