Antoine Saout opened to 215,000 from middle position with . Jordan Saccucci called in the small blind with . In the big blind, Javier Gomez Zapatero completed with the very pretty .
The flop showed up . Saccucci and Gomez Zapatero both checked, and Saout bet 225,000. Gomez Zapatero check-called.
The turn brought the , adding a flush draw to Saccucci's two overs. Gomez Zapatero checked, and Saout bet 850,000. Gomez Zapatero didn't think long before letting his pair go.
Istvan Pilhofer raised t 200,000 with the and Luigi D'Alterio three-bet jammed on the button with the .
It folded back to Pilhofer and he reluctantly folded.
One hand later, it folded to Antoine Saout in the small blind and he open-jammed into the big blind of Pilhofer while holding . The Hungarian glanced at and folded.
Javier Gomez Zapatero opened to 210,000 from middle position with . Antoine Saout made the call on the button with .
The flop showed up . Saout checked, and Gomez Zapatero continued for 325,000. Saout made the call in position.
The turn fell the . Gomez Zapatero bet again, this time for 650,000. Antoine Saout made the call again.
The river came out the . Gomez Zapatero, left with only queen high on the river, checked, and Saout checked behind with his overpair to take down the pot.
Petar Kalev raised to 200,000 on the button holding the and Jordan Saccucci three-bet to 700,000 with the in the small blind. It folded to Kalev who made the call to see a flop of for Saccucci to hit top pair and a gutshot, while Kalev had the king-high flush draw.
Saccucci continued for 550,000 and received a call by Kalev, who then spiked the on the turn. Another bet worth 750,000 by Saccucci followed and Kalev called to further improve to the second nuts on the river. The check by Saccucci led to a bet worth 2,000,000 by Kalev with 2,850,000 behind and that won the pot without resistance.
Istvan Pilhofer moved all in from the cutoff for 775,000 . Action folded to Luigi D'Alterio in the big blind.
"975,000," said Pilhofer. "9.75 big blinds. You have to call. The opportunity, the pay jump, Tonkaaaap would love it."
Pilhofer did indeed make the call.
Istvan Pilhofer:
Luigi D'Alterio:
The flop was great for Pilhofer, it came out , D'Alterio drawing nearly dead. The turn was the , though, giving Pilhofer a small sweat. The river was the , changing nothing, and Pilhofer climbed out of the shortest-stack position.
Javier Gomez Zapatero opened from middle position with to 200,000. Antoine Saout made the call on the button with . Jun Obara also called from the big blind with .
The flop was . Action checked to Saout on the button, he bet his top pair for 280,000. Both Obara and Gomez Zapatero folded, and Saout took the pot down.
Luigi D'Alterio raised to 200,000 from under the gun with the and Parker Talbot three-bet to 625,000 with the from one seat over, keeping 370,000 behind. The initial raiser eyeballed the stack of Talbot very carefully and folded.
Javier Gomez Zapatero as the second shortest stack pushed all-in for 1,535,000 in the small blind and Luigi D'Alterio in the big blind asked for a count, then made the reluctant call.
Javier Gomez Zapatero:
Luigi D'Alterio:
The flop gave Gomez Zapatero an open-ended straight draw and the turn didn't change much just yet. Gomez Zapatero had nine outs at his disposal but missed them all to the river as his run ended in eighth place for €126,700 while the Italian rail celebrated.
. Jordan Saccucci called in the small blind with 
. In the big blind, Javier Gomez Zapatero completed with the very pretty 
. 
. Saccucci and Gomez Zapatero both checked, and Saout bet 225,000. Gomez Zapatero check-called. 
, adding a flush draw to Saccucci's two overs. Gomez Zapatero checked, and Saout bet 850,000. Gomez Zapatero didn't think long before letting his pair go.![[user38873]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
and Luigi D'Alterio three-bet jammed on the button with the 
. The Hungarian glanced at 
and folded.
. 
. Saout checked, and Gomez Zapatero continued for 325,000. Saout made the call in position. 
. Gomez Zapatero bet again, this time for 650,000. Antoine Saout made the call again. 
. Gomez Zapatero, left with only queen high on the river, checked, and Saout checked behind with his overpair to take down the pot.
for Saccucci to hit top pair and a gutshot, while Kalev had the king-high flush draw.
on the turn. Another bet worth 750,000 by Saccucci followed and Kalev called to further improve to the second nuts on the 
, though, giving Pilhofer a small sweat. The river was the 
, changing nothing, and Pilhofer climbed out of the shortest-stack position.
flop gave Gomez Zapatero an open-ended straight draw and the 
turn didn't change much just yet. Gomez Zapatero had nine outs at his disposal but missed them all to the 
river as his run ended in eighth place for €126,700 while the Italian rail celebrated.