Daniele Colautti opened to 25,000 from early position. Dmitry Yurasov three-bet to 75,000 from late position and Colautti called. The flop brought and Colautti check-called a 82,000 bet from Yurasov. Both players checked the on the turn.
Colautti led out 130,000 on the river, which Yurasov called after two minutes.
Colautti showed for kings and fives, enough to take down the pot.
As the short stack, Dominik Panka already shoved earlier and picked up the blinds and antes. Up to 118,000, Panka shoved again, this time from under the gun. Guillaume Diaz looked him up from the cutoff to put the PCA 2014 champion at risk.
Dominik Panka:
Guillaume Diaz:
Panka was dominated, but flopped some extra outs on the flop. Sure enough, the landed on the turn, improving Panka to a straight. The river was the and Panka doubled up.
Xixiang Luo open-shoved 104,000 from the cutoff. The last remaining PokerStars Spin & Go-qualifier left in the field, Bastian Dohler, looked Luo up from the small blind.
Xixiang Luo:
Bastian Dohler:
Luo took a commanding lead on the , reducing Dohler to just one out. The turn and river weren't the case queen, giving Luo the full double-up.
From the cutoff, Marco Bartolini made a raise to 26,000. Peter Ockenden folded his button and it was over to Dmitry Yurasov in the small blind. He made a three-bet to 76,000 and Aliaksei Boika got out of the way.
It was back to Bartolini who gave it a minute before moving all in. "How much", asked Yurasov immediately. The all in was for 321,000 and he made the call.
Bartolini had and it was a race against Yurasov's .
Yurasov hit an ace on the but it gave Bartolini a set. The double up was secured after the hit the turn. The was inconsequential.
The last Maltese hope in this tournament has just been eliminated. Konrad Abela was down to his last 77,000 chips and on the button he moved all in.
Big blind Mats Karlsson called after a short moment of thought.
Konrad Abela:
Mats Karlsson:
Karlsson dominated Abela and was in good shape to bust his opponent.
The gave both a pair but didn't really help Abela. The turn provided some split possibilities, but the river wasn't any good for Abela and he hit the rail in 24th place. With his cash, Abela is now 3rd on Malta's all-time money list.
It was folded around to Brian Altman on the button and he made it 26,000 to go. From the big blind, he got called by Elie Saad.
The flop came down and Saad check-called a bet of 28,000. The turn was the and Saad checked again. Altman lined up another bet and pushed out 87,000 chips. Saad called once more.
The hit the river and Saad checked a third time. Altman pushed all in for 229,000 effectively, as he covered Saad. The Lebanese gave it some thought and called.
Altman tabled for a complete bluff and Saad slammed his on the table for top pair and the pot.
Armin Mette opened to 26,000 from middle position and Benjamin Pollak defended his big blind. Both players checked the flop. Pollak led out 37,000 on the turn and Mette called.
The river was the . Pollak checked and Mette moved all in for 132,000. The Frenchman leaned back in his chair and appeared to have a tough decision. Pollak eventually decided against it and folded his hand.
Chi Zhang raised to 27,000 from the cutoff and Sergey Sergeev called on the button. Ole Schemion three-bet to 100,000 out of the small blind. Zhang took some time, then simply moved all in, covering both players.
Sergeev spent four minutes in the tank, agonizing over his decision, before eventually letting it go. Even though Schemion already had time to think during Sergeev's decision, the German needed minutes more himself to figure out the situation.
The poker prodigy sat with his head buried his hands, thinking it over. He then rose up from it and committed his total stack of 591,000 to the pot.
Chi Zhang:
Ole Schemion:
Schemion had figured it out correctly and his hand held up on , catapulting him up the leaderboard. Zhang was left with just ten big blinds.
After losing most of his stack to Ole Schemion two hands earlier, Chi Zhang got it in for 122,000 total. Bastian Dohler called to try and score the knock-out.
Chi Zhang:
Bastian Dohler:
The flop was devastating for Zhang, leaving him drawing to the remaining tens to survive. The on the turn added some straight outs, but the on the river wasn't one of his escapes.
Just like that, Zhang was out of the tournament. The Brit collected €19,640 for his 23rd place finish.
and Colautti check-called a 82,000 bet from Yurasov. Both players checked the 
on the turn.
river, which Yurasov called after two minutes.
for kings and fives, enough to take down the pot.
flop. Sure enough, the 
landed on the turn, improving Panka to a straight. The river was the 
and Panka doubled up.
weren't the case queen, giving Luo the full double-up.
and it was a race against Yurasov's 
hit the turn. The 
for a complete bluff and Saad slammed his 
on the table for top pair and the pot.
flop was devastating for Zhang, leaving him drawing to the remaining tens to survive. The