Dawid Smolka opened to 6,500 in the cutoff and ran into an immediate three-bet on the button to 18,000 from table chip leader Ka Kwan Lau. Action folded back to Smolka who moved all in for about 55,000. Lau made the call.
Dawid Smolka:
Ka Kwan Lau:
Lau was ace hunting against Smolka's queens, and the runout obliged with to send Smolka home as Lau's latest casualty.
Bleron Maliqi raised to 6,000 in early position and Nikolaos Ktenas re-raised to 20,000 a couple of seats over. Maliqi called and the dealer fanned the flop of .
Both players instantly checked and the paired the board on the turn. Maliqi led out with a bet of 15,000 and Ktenas called to see the on the river.
Maliqi checked this time and Ktenas grabbed a bet of 23,000. Maliqi quickly folded and Ktenas flashed as he raked in the pot.
Ka Kwan Lau opened to 6,500 and picked up a call from Victor Vozian on the button. Frank Stumpf then reraised all in for 57,500 from the small blind. The big blind folded and action was back on Lau who picked up a massive stack of blue 5,000 chips and put them over the line. Vozian threw his hand in the muck and the all-in players showed their hands.
Frank Stumpf:
Ka Kwan Lau:
Stumpf was at risk and behind but the board ran out and his pair of kings secured him a double up.
Nuri Hadioglu raised to 6,500 and Conor Beresford opted to just call from the next seat. Both headed to the flop on which Hadioglu bet 6,000 and received a call. After the turn, Hadioglu bet another 8,500 for Beresford to come along and the river completed the board.
Hadioglu now checked and Beresford bet 34,000 to force a tank-fold from his table neighbour.
Jerry Odeen raised to 6,000 in the cutoff and Hrayr Grigoryan shipped all in for just over 50,000 in the small blind. Sam Greenwood flat-called from the big blind and Odeen got out of the way.
Hrayr Grigoryan:
Sam Greenwood:
The flop came and Greenwood took a sizeable lead with a pair of queens. The on the turn and the on the river were no help to Grigoryan who was eliminated.
The action started with a raise to 6,000 by Nikolay Ivanov and Bleron Maliqi three-bet to 18,000. Steven Mulder four-bet to 42,000 in the small blind and Emin Mugulov in the big blind sighed after glancing at his cards. He eventually jammed for around 60,000 and Ivanov called all-in for 42,500.
"How much are you playing? Around two hundred?" Maliqi inquired with Mulder and then folded.
"I think you have aces but I call," Mulder said and the cards were flipped over.
Nikolay Ivanov:
Emin Mugulov:
Steven Mulder:
The flop gave two players a set while Mugulov was alive with a gutshot. He repeatedly asked for for a jack but the wish wasn't granted on the turn nor river.
"That was beautiful Ma'am," Ivanov concluded the clash of pocket pairs while smiling at the dealer.
Paulius Vaitiekunas opened to 6,000 in early position and Hugues Mazerolle ripped all in for just over 40,000 from the big blind. Vaitiekunas instantly called to put his opponent at risk.
Hugues Mazerolle:
Paulius Vaitiekunas:
The flop of left Vaitiekunas in the lead with his pair of jacks. The on the turn and the on the river improved the Lithuanian to a straight and Mazerolle was ousted.