Vladimir Dobrovolskiy raised to 45,000 and Mikalai Vaskaboinikau three-bet to 125,000 from the cutoff to enforce a fold from the Russian, who flashed the .
Soon after, Ihar Soika opened to 40,000 and Patrick Uzan three-bet to 105,000 from the button. Dobrovolskiy four-bet to 220,000 and that took the pot without further resistance.
Soon after the restart, Patrick Uzan raised to 70,000 from the small blind and Dominik Nitsche three-bet big to 280,000 in the big blind. Uzan shoved with and Nitsche snap-called with the .
The flop gave Nitsche some back door outs, but the split pot was guaranteed after the on the turn. A meaningless river completed the board and they chopped it up.
Ihar Soika then raised to 50,000 from under the gun and Nitsche's three-bet to 125,000 from the button took down the pot.
Kevin MacPhee received a walk at the very start of the level and showed the , now he revealed the when once again all opponents had folded to his big blind.
In between, Mukul Pahuja raised to 55,000 and then folded to a three-bet by Byron Kaverman. Pahuja was at it one hand later again from the cutoff for the same amount and this time Kaverman called on the button. Martin Finger then three-bet to 210,000 and that shut down all further action.
Dominik Nitsche led out for 50,000, Vladimir Dobrovolskiy raised it up to 150,000 and Ihar Soika four-bet shoved for 520,000 total.
Nitsche pushed in as well and Dobrovolskiy dumped his hand, setting up a classic race.
Nitsche:
Soika:
Things got bad for Nitsche on the flop and never improved through the turn and river. Soika is now up over the one-million mark and Nitsche is left to rebuild.
In a battle of the blinds, Patrick Uzan moved all in from the small blind with the and Dominik Nitsche called for his last 296,000 out of the big blind with . The board ran out and the Frenchman was sent to the bottom of the counts.
After yet another walk in the big blind, Kevin MacPhee flashed the and was working on a royal flush with just one of his hole cards on all walks combined.
Then, Martin Finger raised to 55,000 from the cutoff and MacPhee shoved out of the small blind for 139,000. Finger called with the and MacPhee flopped the nuts with on the board .