Sadri Saleh led out after defending his big blind for 100,000, which looked to be the size of the pot on . Dimitar Danchev called from under the gun and left himself about 195,000 back. That went in immediately when Saleh shoved the turn.
Danchev's was best but he had a few cards to fade as Saleh had a flush draw: . The river brought a , and a disappointed Danchev silently exited the tournament area.
Stefan Huber raised to 45,000 from under the gun with and Josip Simunic defended his big blind with . The connected with both players and Simunic checked. Huber bet 50,000, Simunic check-raised to 175,000 and Huber called.
The turn brought the and Simunic shoved his remaining stack of 295,000. Huber didn't like it, leaned back in his chair, then stared at the board to figure it out. After using one time bank chip, Huber called and saw he was a 2:1 favorite against Simunic his hand.
Simunic needed an nine or spade if he was to survive and he and Huber, on friendly terms with each other, also discussed chop outs.
"I would really like to continue," Simunic smiled. His request got granted, as the hit the felt on the river to give him the full double up.
On a heads-up turn of , Dan Abouaf check-shoved into a bet of 95,000 by Federico Petruzzelli and the Italian folded to drop down further in the counts.
Petruzzelli then limped in from the small blind and Tomas Jozonis checked in the big blind. On a flop of , both players checked and Petruzzelli check-called a bet of 30,000 on the turn to leave himself with 205,000 behind. The appeared on the river and Petruzzelli checked once more, Jozonis made it 35,000 to go and was called to roll over for a flush to take even more out of Petruzzelli's shrinking stack.
Tomas Jozonis opened for 45,000 in the cutoff and Mark Demirdjian shoved in the big blind. Jozonis got a count of 385,000 and quickly called.
Tomas Jozonis:
Mark Demirdjian:
Demirdjian was dominated and things got worse on the flop. A couple of players celebrated the impending elimination and the confirmed it would occur. The river was a .
Andre Akkari raised to 45,000 in early position holding , Ole Schemion called from the cutoff with and Josip Simunic peeled from the big blind.
Schemion and Simunic both hit a pair on but it was Akkari who bet 60,000. Schemion called and Simunic folded his middle pair. The on the turn prompted a second barrel worth 140,000 from Akkari and Schemion called again.
Akkari gave up with the on the river and checked. Schemion took the showdown and checked as well to collect the pot.
Javier Fernandez Alonso made it 45,000 to go from the cutoff and was called by Gavin O'Rourke on the button. Sadri Saleh three-bet to 130,000 in the small blind. Only Fernandez Alonso called to see the flop of and both players checked. The on the turn paired the board and Saleh checked, then folded to a bet of 110,000 by the Spaniard.
Over on the other outer table, Tomas Jozonis welcomed Adrian Mateos, who had been moved over from the feature table and right into the big blind. Jozonis' raise to 45,000 was called by Mateos. The flop brought a check, a continuation bet of 35,000 by Jozonis and a call. On the turn, Mateos bet 60,000 and Jozonis called.
The river resulted in a check from Mateos and he quickly folded to a bet of Jozonis.
Federico Petruzzelli put a little under half his stack of 170,000 in from the button and then called off the rest when Krisztian Gyorgyi shoved in the big blind.
Federico Petruzzelli:
Krisztian Gyorgyi:
The board ran out , and Petruzzelli busted when neither played improved.
Gavin O'Rourke raised on the button to 45,000. Big blind Davor Lanini jammed for 340,000 and O'Rourke opted to call with . He needed help but had solid equity against but neither player paired up on the runout.
After opening in early position the hand before, Ole Schemion kept up the aggression and raised to 45,000 under the gun with . Josip Simunic called on the button with .
Schemion hit top pair on the flop and he continued 45,000. Simunic called with the second best hand.
On the turn, Schemion loaded up another time and fired 135,000, Simunic once again came along with the call.
The on the river brought out a smaller bet from Schemion, 105,000, and Simunic paid it off with his nines.
Tomas Jozonis raised to 45,000 and was called by Adrian Mateos in the big blind. On the flop of , Mateos checked and called a bet of 40,000 to see the turn. Mateos checked once more and called a second barrel of Jozonis for 130,000. Both ended up checking the river and Mateos announced a jack before turning over his . Jozonis had that beat with and raked in yet another pot against Mateos.
Then, it was Honglin Jiang that raised on the button to 45,000 and Dan Abouaf defended his big blind. On a flop of , Abouaf checked and called a first barrel of 60,000 by Jiang. The on the turn brought a second flush draw and Abouaf checked. Jiang now made it 125,000 to go and Abouaf opted to check-raise to 280,000. Jiang called and the duo headed to the river.
Abouaf bet 325,000 with some 210,000 behind and Jiang used one time bank extension before tossing in a single chip for the call. Abouaf turned over his for second pair and a busted gutshot, which Jiang had beat with the for top pair.
The very next hand, Jiang raised to 45,000 from the cutoff and Abouaf called from the small blind, as did Jozonis out of the big blind. All three players checked the flop. Abouaf moved all in after the turn and claimed the pot after both his opponents folded.