Michael Soyza opened to 2,000 from the button. James Romero raised in the small blind before Shannon Shorr four-bet all in for around 26,000 from the big blind.
Soyza folded and Romero quickly called.
James Romero:
Shannon Shorr:
The board ran out and Shorr fist-bumped his opponent and was eliminated.
Adrian Mateos on the button and Imad Derwiche in the big blind clashed when the latter bet the flop for 10,000 and the former called. On the turn, Derwiche checked and called a bet of 5,000 before checking again the on the river. Mateos moved all in and Derwiche reluctantly called to get shown for bottom set by Mateos. Derwiche only had and was left with one 100 chip before scooping the next two hands.
Michael Soyza raised on the button, James Romero three-bet to 7,000 in the small blind and Soyza four-bet all in for 41,000 to see Romero call.
Michael Soyza:
James Romero:
The board provided no help for Romero and he took a hit to his big stack.
Last but not least, Scott Margereson got his last 2,000 in with and was caught in the crossfire between Joao Vieira with and Dmitrii Vasilev with pocket queens. Vieira was the bigger stack and got there on the river of the board .
Jean Ferreira defended his big blind against the raise of Kai Lehto from under the gun and got the remainder of his stack in after a flop of . Lehto snap-called for a reason to create the following showdown.
Jean Ferreira:
Kai Lehto:
Ferreira needed running sixes to avoid the elimination on the first bullet and it was all over after the turn to make the river, which improved Lehto to the nut flush, a mere formality.
First to act, Thomas Muehloecker opened the action with a raise to 2,300 and Danny Tang three-bet to 8,000 from two seats over, Muehloecker called. On the flop, Muehloecker checked and subsequently check-raised from 6,500 to 18,000, Tang called.
After the on the turn, Muehloecker check-called a bet of 13,500 and the river completed the board. Muehloecker checked once more and Tang jammed for around 25,000, which resulted in a call by the Austrian. Tang briefly flashed his cards to reveal and Muehloecker claimed the pot with .
With 17,000 in the middle and the flop showing , Elias Talvitie check-raised to 20,000 when facing a bet of table neighbor Vincent Robert and the latter used one time bank extension before putting in calling chips.
After the turn, Talvitie moved all in and Robert was facing a tough decision. He had three time banks remaining and used all of them before tossing in a single chip for the call.
Vincent Robert:
Elias Talvitie:
Robert was narrowly ahead with his top pair and top kicker, but had to dodge a lof of outs. The on the river gave Talvitie an inferior pair and Robert doubled for 64,000.
Jans Arends thought the previous break was dinner and came back 50 minutes late for the previous level, the Dutchman has since busted. Imad Derwiche's chip and a chair story ended before dinner and Kristen Bicknell was also eliminated before re-entering right away.
Alex Foxen in the big blind check-called a bet of Thomas Muehloecker for 7,500 on the and Muehloecker reluctantly showed pocket eights, Foxen had that beat with for two pair.
Last but not least, Dietrich Fast bet the flop for 8,000 out of the big blind and Bahram Chobineh in the under-the-gun position called. Fast bet again the turn for 17,000 and that forced a fold from Chobineh.
The list of players to bust two times is growing and the latest participant to do so was PokerStars Team Pro Igor Kurganov. With a stack of 12,100, he opened to 9,000 from early position and David Peters just called. On the flop, Kurganov moved all in and Peters quickly called.
Igor Kurganov:
David Peters:
The turn gave Kurganov an open-ended straight draw, but he bricked off after the blank fell on the river.
"Enjoy, thanks for trying," Kurganov said before grabbing his belongings.