Jean-René Fontaine opened to 1,300 and was called by Peter Klose from one seat over. Vahe Martirosyan moved all in for 6,500 and was called by both players to see a flop of , which went check, check. After the turn no betting action took place and the river brought a check-fold of Fontaine when he faced a bet of 8,000.
Martirosyan tabled and Klose had that beat with for a flush.
The board read with just over 9,000 in the middle.
The player in the small blind checked and Mihai Manole took some time to consider his options from the hijack but opted to check too. The small blind tabled but Manole held for the pair of queens to pick up the pot.
Facing a raise to 1,200, Kevin Macdonald three-bet to 3,000 and Rafael Ben Ami then moved all in for 15,400. The initial raiser folded and Macdonald asked for a count before making the call.
Rafael Ben Ami:
Kevin Macdonald:
The board came and the jack on the river gave Macdonald a straight.
On the turn, Giorgiy Skhulukhiya bet big for 16,000 against Jacek Skiscim and the latter would have had to invest half of his remaining stack. No call followed as Skhulukhiya dragged in the pot.
Henning Wendlandt has even more chips after taking on James O'Brien. Kalidou Sow had cold-called a raise to 1,200 and Wendlandt in the cutoff three-bet to 4,500, O'Brien called on the button and everyone else folded.
Wendlandt check-called bets of 6,000 on the flop and 11,000 on the turn. They checked the river and Wendlandt tabled , O'Brien flashed the .
Yan Li raised to 1,200 and Vladimir Troyanovskiy three-bet to 3,600 from one seat over, which Li called. On the flop, Li checked and called a bet of 2,500 before checking again the turn. Troyanovskiy's second barrel was worth 7,500 and that did the trick to force a fold from Li.
Christopher Konstantinidis opened to 1,200 and Liu Yucheng moved all in for 1,500. The cutoff called and Samy Dubonnet then three-bet to 4,500 in order to isolate successfully.
Liu Yucheng:
Samy Dubonnet:
The board delivered the flush on the river to eliminate Yuncheng.