Mario Lopez opened with a raise to 120,000 from early position and action quickly folded back to Mikhail Petrov in the big blind. Petrov moved all in for 555,000 and Lopez instantly called.
On the last hand before the break the action folded to Scott Margereson in the small blind and he moved all in for about 800,000 chips. Frederik Jensen called from the big blind, and the showdown went as following.
Jensen:
Margereson:
The board ran out and Margereson found himself on the rail while Jensen is back to his peak stack at 3.4 million.
Dominykas Karmazinas just raked in another double up, making it three in a row through the player on his left, Pascal LeFrancois. In a blind battle Karmazinas ended up all in for 995,000 and the showdown went as following.
Karmazinas:
LeFrancois:
The board ran out and Karmazinas doubled up once more, yelling, "Now we can play, boys!"
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As we arrived the flop was already out: . Mario Sanchez Cano checked from the big blind and Frederik Jensen bet out 140,000 from the cutoff. Steven Warburton on the button made the call, Cano folded. Jensen bet another 270,000 on the turn and Warburton again called.
So far the hand had gone remarkably fast, but Warburton needed some more time on the river. Jensen fired a third bullet worth 575,000 and Warburton sighed a little and leaned back. He tanked for some time before tossing in a single 5,000 chip to call.
Jensen quickly showed for nothing, Warburton tabled for the winner.
From the button Oleksii Khoroshenin raised to 100,000 and Sebastian Tejada called from the small blind. The flop came down and Tejada check-called 125,000.
On the turn the hit and both players checked.
The river was the and Khoroshenin fired another 340,000 when Tejada checked to him. After a while Tejada folded and Khoroshenin raked in the pot, after having lost quite a bit in this level early on.
and Petrov doubled.
and Eichhardt check-called a bet of 300,000. On the turn the 
hit and this time Eichhardt check-folded to a bet of 580,000.
and Margereson found himself on the rail while Jensen is back to his peak stack at 3.4 million.
and Karmazinas doubled up once more, yelling, "Now we can play, boys!"
turn and Warburton again called. 
and Tejada check-called 125,000.
hit and both players checked. 
and Khoroshenin fired another 340,000 when Tejada checked to him. After a while Tejada folded and Khoroshenin raked in the pot, after having lost quite a bit in this level early on.