Jean Ferreira open-shoved from the cutoff for around 1.3 million and Ilkin Amirov looked him up from one seat over, while Julian Stuer in the small blind and Olov Jansson in the big blind both folded.
Ferreira:
Amirov:
The board ran out and the two remaining deuces in the deck made no appearance, eliminating Ferreira in 12th place.
On the button, Joseph Cheong raised to 125,000 and Ari Engel announced all in from the small blind. Oleksii Khoroshenin folded in the big blind and Cheong asked "can I get a count please?" Once it was determined to be 1,585,000, Cheong called.
Engel:
Cheong:
The flop of gave Cheong top pair, but Engel picked up a flush draw. After the turn, the 2016 Aussie Millions Main Event champion also had a straight draw. Instead, it was the river that kept Engel in the event and put a dent into the big stack of Cheong.
The cards were on their backs with Ari Engel holding and Mihails Morozovs .
Morozovs was the at risk player, but the flop helped his cause no end as it came . The turn was the and the river the meaning that Morozovs doubled through the newly doubled up Ari Engel.
In a hand that could have become even bigger, Olov Jansson bet the river for 275,000 and Kyle Keranen called to see Jansson turn over the . Keranen had that beat with and scooped the pot.
Then, two hands followed that involved Patrick Leonard, Julian Stuer and Keranen.
Hand 1
Stuer raised to 125,000 from under the gun and Leonard called on the button. On the flop, Stuer bet 155,000 and Leonard called. On the turn, Stuer checked, Leonard bet 200,000 and Stuer called. The river went check, check, and Stuer won the pot with the .
Hand 2
Keranen raised to 130,000 from the button and Stuer called in the big blind. On the flop, Stuer checked and Keranen bet 110,000. Stuer check-raised to 325,000 and Keranen called. The appeared on the turn and Stuer checked. Keranen bet 300,000 and Stuer folded.
Connor Drinan raised to 125,000 from the button and Pascal Hartmann called in the big blind. Both players checked the flop and the appeared on the turn. Hartmann check-called a delayed continuation bet and then checked again the river.
Drinan bet 375,000 and Hartmann called to see his opponent turn over the for two pair. Hartmann mucked and dropped below one million in chips.
Julian Stuer reached the final table of the €50,000 Super High Roller earlier in the record-breaking festival at the Casino Barcelona and narrowly missed out on doing so again in the €10,300 High Roller.
Stuer raised to 125,000 from the button and Patrick Leonard called in the big blind. The duo saw the flop of and Leonard checked. Stuer bet 210,000 and leonard called. On the turn, Leonard checked and Stuer bet 335,000 with less than one million behind. Leonard check-raised all in and Stuer tank-called.
Stuer:
Leonard:
The river failed to improve Stuer and he was sent to the rail in 11th place, worth a payday of €78,550.
In the last hand of the previous level, Oleksii Khoroshenin raised from the button and Pascal Hartmann defended the big blind. The flop of was checked through. Hartmann then bet 205,000 on the turn and was called before firing another 290,000 on the river.
Khoroshenin called after brief consideration and Hartmann showed , Khoroshenin chopped it up with the .
Then, the EPT Vienna Main Event champion raised to 160,000 and Joseph Cheong called in the big blind. There was no betting action on the flop and the turn. The river also went check, check. Cheong showed and Khoroshenin won the pot with .
After the tremendous action of the last few levels, the two five-handed tables have slowed down and a series of small pots were played without a lot of influence on the stack sizes.
Mihails Morozovs shoved once and showed the while Ilkin Amirov stole the blinds twice by raising to 175,000.
Olov Jansson limped in from under the gun, Patrick Leonard did so from the cutoff and Ari Engel filled up from the small blind, Ilkin Amirov checked the big blind.
All four players checked the flop. On the turn, Engel bet 110,000 and just Leonard called. The river was checked through and Engel showed the , which Leonard had beat with to claim the pot.