Mateus Endo raised to 30,000 before Carlos Ribeiro reraised to 75,000 on the button. Endo called and they saw a flop of .
Both players checked as the fell on the turn. Endo led out for 125,000 and Ribeiro called.
The river came the and Endo slid forward a massive tower of blue 5,000 chips, announcing a bet of 280,000. Ribeiro used a time bank before rechecking his cards and sliding them back to the dealer.
Peter Jaksland opened from middle position, Ramiro Petrone three-bet in the hijack, and Jaksland called.
The duo saw the flop and Jaksland check-called for 40,000. The turn brought a fourth spade on board and Jaksland check-called for 58,000.
The completed the board and Jaksland check-folded against a bet of 275,000, conceding the pot to the Argentinian, who now holds one of the larger stacks in the room.
Mateusz Moolhuizen moved all in from early position and it folded around to Wojciech Szczytkowski in the big blind who looked down at one card and quickly made the call.
Mateusz Moolhuizen:
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"Next one will be expensive guys," said Moolhuizen as he foreshadowed a double up. Unfortunately for him his wish didn't come true when the board ran out , and he exited in 108th place.
Peterson Machado raised to 25,000 in early position and was called by Ramiro Petrone on the button. In the small blind, Claudio Di Giacomo three-bet to 140,000 and Machado called, while Petrone got out of the way.
The flop came and Di Giacomo continued for 55,000. Machado put in a raise to 140,000 and Di Giacomo called as the turn came the .
Di Giacomo shoved all in for 760,000 and Machado snap-called with for the straight. Di Giacomo could only show for a smaller straight and was drawing to a chop but couldn't connect with the river and headed to the rail.
Machado raked in the biggest pot of the tournament and is now sitting on more than 3,000,000.
"He wants the tournament to end today. He has a plane to catch," a tablemate joked.
Xuan Liu is one of the last women standing in the €5,300 EPT Main Event, so PokerNews spent an orbit with the accomplished pro, who made history a decade ago by becoming the first woman to make the final table of a PCA Main Event.
Hand #1 (UTG+1): Liu was second to act and opened to 25,000 before Alexandre Vuilleumier three-bet jammed a stack of around 400,000 from the big blind. Liu laid it down.
Hand #2 (Under the Gun): Liu was first to act and folded.
Hand #3 (Big Blind): Sergi Panella Navarro raised to 25,000 in early position and Liu defended to see a flop heads-up. Liu checked on the flop of and Navarro continued for 18,000. Liu folded.
Hand #4 (Small Blind): Day 2 chip leader Kayhan Mokri opened to 25,000 from the hijack and everyone folded, including Liu.
Hand #5 (Button): Navarro opened to 24,000 from under the gun and Vuilleumier three-bet jammed before Liu folded.
Hand #6 (Cutoff): Da Silva raised to 24,000 from under the gun. Mokri three-bet to 60,000 and Liu folded. Da Silva ended up four-bet jamming with and getting called by the of Mokri before the two chopped the pot.
Hand #7 (Hijack): The action folded to Liu and she followed suit.
Hand #8 (Lojack): Vuilleumier opened to 24,000 from under the gun and Liu flat-called, while Mokri also called from the big blind. The flop landed and Mokri and Vuilleumier both checked. Liu took a stab with a bet of 20,000 and both opponents folded.
Antonio Buonanno opened the action from middle position to 30,000 and only Ryhor Karapanau and Wojciech Szczytkowski made the call from the blinds.
The flop came and Karapanau and Szczytkowski both checked to Buonanno who continued for 30,000, which only Karapanau called.
On the turn Karapanau checked and Buonanno kept up the aggression with a bet of 65,000. After little thought, Karapanau folded and the pot was shipped to the Italian.
Maria Lampropulos opened to 24,000 from the hijack and Ameer Wakil defended the big blind.
The dealer fanned out the flop and Wakil check-called for 25,000, while both players checked the turn.
The completed the board and Wakil led for a bet of 16,000. Lampropulos briefly deliberated and softly uttered a verbal raise. Wakil thought about it but folded to concede the pot to the Argentinian.