Nicolas Vayssieres opened to 200,000 from under the gun and then faced an all-in from big stack David Rubin. Vayssieres, conscious of pay jumps, waited two minutes to make the call.
Pedro Marques raised to 800,000, more than 70% of his stack from the button. Jakub Oliva called in the big blind.
The flop came . Oliva instantly jammed all in. Marques openly said he was going to tank on the pay jump and waited for about a minute before the clock was called. As time expired he called his small amount remaining.
Marques had the but was behind the of Oliva. The turn was just what Marques wanted as the came off to zoom him into the lead. The river was the and Marques gathered in a double up, to make him much safer on the desired pay jump.
The flop read . From the button, Diego Montone bet 160,000 and Romain Lewis called under the gun.
The turn was the . Montone bet again, this time for 400,000 and again Lewis check-called.
The river came the . Lewis checked a third time. Montone moved all in to put Lewis's remaining 1,215,000 at risk. Lewis thought for about two minutes before the folded to give Montone even more to his stack.
Aleksandras Rusinovas opened for 800,000 out of his 990,000 chip stack in early position. Ermanno Di Nicola made the call in the cutoff and action folded through the blinds.
At this point, Di Nicola exposed his hand, mistakenly thinking that Rusinovas was all in. With an over €2,000 pay jump coming up at 17th place, Rusinovas made no secret of tanking and checking the other tables before making an action. A player at the table then approached the floor staff and called the clock on Rusinovas. He ultimately tossed in the remaining 199,000 before the countdown hit 30 seconds.
Aleksandras Rusinovas:
Ermanno Di Nicola:
The dealer spread to give Rusinovas a winning pair of kings.
On top of losing a significant portion of his stack, Di Nicola was given a two-hand penalty for prematurely exposing his hand.
From the small blind Jonathan Therme jammed and was called by Benjamin Beekhuis in the big blind.
It was Beekhuis who was at risk as he had the advantage with the against the of Therme.
The flop came with a four and a three . The turn was the and the river came the to secure the double up for Beekhuis as Therme was left with a few big blinds.
The next hand Therme doubled through Aleksandras Rusinovas when his held vs the to get a little bit of breathing space.