After his previous double up, Marian Virlanuta moved all in once more, for 560,000 in the cutoff this time. Tuomo Niskanen on the button gave it some thought and called, the blinds got out of the way.
Marian Virlanuta:
Tuomo Niskanen:
Niskanen picked up a flush draw on the flop and paired up on the turn. The on the river was a blank and Virlanuta was eliminated in 15th place for €23,900.
Carlo Savinelli pushed all in for 745,000 from the cutoff and Milad Oghabian asked for a count in the small blind, then called. Francisco Benitez in the big blind was also interested and gave it some thought, then called.
The remaining two active players checked the flop and Oghabian checked the on the turn, which prompted a bet of 500,000 by Benitez. Oghabian called and the appeared on the river. Oghabian moved all in for 2.17 million and that sent Benitez deep into the think tank. After more than three minutes the clock was called and he folded.
Savinelli flipped over and Oghabian claimed the pot with for a straight.
"Would you have folded on the flop?" Benitez asked and Oghabian shook his head.
The action folded to Sergey Aristov in the small blind, and he moved all in. Fellow short stack Jans Arends called and saw he was dominated.
Sergey Aristov:
Jans Arends:
Board:
Arends paired his deuce on the flop to take the lead and by the river held two pair to win the pot. Arends and Aristov were very close in chips and when the amounts were confirmed Aristov was left with just one 5,000 chip.
In the next hand, he was all in on the button after Brian Kaufman had raised from early position and Jack Salter had called in the big blind.
The completed board came down and when Kaufman called an 800,000 river bet from Salter and won the pot with . Arends was eliminated with king-jack in 12th place for €27,100.
Francisco Benitez made it 260,000 to go on the button and was called by Marton Czuczor in the small blind. Leonardo Patacconi three-bet to 1.0 million in the big blind and Benitez asked for the stack size of his opponent before moving all in for just over 2.0 million. Czuczor folded and Patacconi called.
Francisco Benitez:
Leonardo Patacconi:
The flop gave Patacconi a gutshot, and while the turn was a blank, the Italian got there thanks to the on the river. Benitez was eliminated in 11th place for €31,200.
After splitting with ace-five versus ace-eight, Jans Arends pushed all in once more for 1.71 million and Jack Salter called from one seat over.
Jans Arends:
Jack Salter:
"Slow please," both demanded and the board came to eliminate Arends in 10th place for €31,200. The remaining nine players will now combine to the unofficial nine-handed final table.
One hand after his double up, Milad Oghabian raised to 375,000 and Jack Salter announced all in or 3.63 million. Brian Kaufman moved all in over the top from late position and Oghabian folded instantly.
Jack Salter:
Brian Kaufman:
The board came and Salter was eliminated in 9th place for €36,840.