Up at the feature table, Max Silver, who has been nursing a short stack for quite some time, open-shoved under the gun for 57,000 and Nabil Mohamed Abdien Cardoso called from the button. The blinds both folded and Silver discovered the bad news.
Silver:
Cardoso:
Silver had major kicker issues, and suddenly found himself drawing to either running sevens or wheel cards to stay alive after the flop paired Cardoso. The turn took away any chance of that happening, and Silver began to collect his things as the was put out on the river.
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Mike McDonald raised to 18,000 from the cutoff and Natasha Barbour called. Niall Farrell in the small blind then fired it up to 70,000 and McDonald clicked it to 155,000. Barbour folded and Farrell shoved to enforce a fold. Upon being asked whether or not he hac a pocket pair, Farrell replied "It was only a pair, a pretty good one. Nines." McDonald laughed and said "I know you are crazy but not that crazy."
Bjorn Geissert and Erik Scheidt previously clashed and the former doubled. Now they got into a raising war again from the cutoff (Geissert) and button (Scheidt) with Geissert at risk for 254,000.
Hani Bahna moved all in from the button for 49,000 and Jens Lakemeier as well as Alen Bilic in the blinds called. They checked down the flop flop and then Bilic bet the turn for 55,000. Lakemeier folded and Bilic turned over for top pair. Bahna needed a six or nine to stay in, flipping over the . Sure enough the river completed the straight for the Canadian and he tripled up.
Shortly after, he got it in again for 154,000 from the cutoff and Jens Lakemeier put him at risk with the . Bahna had the and made the nut flush on the board .
Rainer Kempe raised to 16,000 and Gianluca Escobar moved all in for 201,000 from two seats over. The action folded around to Antonio Mitrotta in the big blind and he gave it some thought, then said "Ah well, you or me one will go get it. I am all in," and pushed his stack of around 300,000 forward. Kempe folded and it was a classic race:
Escobar:
Mitrotta:
The board ran out and Escobar won the battle of Italians.
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flop paired Cardoso. The 
turn took away any chance of that happening, and Silver began to collect his things as the 
was put out on the river.
versus Jean's 
all-in preflop and took the lead on the 
flop, only to see Jean find a set on the 
turn. 
river filled up Jean and he now appears to have a bigger stack than Lakemeier with the end of the day in sight.
and Geissert doubled up again.
flop and then Bilic bet the 
turn for 55,000. Lakemeier folded and Bilic turned over 
for top pair. Bahna needed a six or nine to stay in, flipping over the 
. Sure enough the 
river completed the straight for the Canadian and he tripled up.
. Bahna had the 
.
