With roughly 9,000 in the pot on a completed board, Sirzat Hissou bet enough to put Preben Stokkan all in. Stokkan thought about it and called for his remaining short stack.
Hissou flipped over to take the pot with two pair, while Stokkan was sent to the rail.
On the next hand, Hissou opened to 2,500 in the hijack, Tamas Konya jammed for 8,400 on the button, and Hissou called.
Tamas Konya:
Sirzat Hissou:
Konya started to stand up as the dealer fanned the flop, but the and ran out to give him a straight and the short-stacked double, while Hissou still holds one of the top stacks in the room.
On a heads-up flop of , after a check-raise from Andrea Ricci, Allera Florence moved all in for around 80,000 and was quickly called by Ricci, putting Florence at risk.
Allera Florence:
Andrea RIcci:
Although Florence was ahead with her set of fives, Ricci had a lot of outs with his open-ended straight and flush draw.
The turn did not do it for him, but the on the river sure did as it gave Ricci his straight to win the hand and sent Florence to the rail.
PokerNews spent an orbit with the always entertaining Will Kassouf, who played a fair share of pots and engaged in plenty of table talk (even by his standards) as the dealer button moved around the table.
Hand #1 (Small Blind): Gary Thompson raised to 2,500 from the hijack and Erik Bauer moved all in from the button. Kassouf folded in the small blind while Amancio dos Santos called all in from the big blind before showing .
"Nine-high like a boss!" Kassouf remarked in reference to his infamous line from the 2016 World Series of Poker Main Event.
Hand #2: (Button): Fellow Brit Chris Da Silva opened to 2,500 in middle position and asked Kassouf about the tournament structure as the action folded around.
"He raised me! Giving me the speech during my button!" Kassouf laughed before calling, while Chis Cosmin Ovidiu also called from the big blind.
Action checked to Kassouf on the flop of and he bet 5,800. Only Ovidiu called. The turn checked through and Ovidiu led out for 5,800 on the river, prompting a fold from Kassouf.
"Tried to nick that one, huh?! Be sure to put that in there," Da Silva instructed PokerNews as he slapped his hand to demonstrate what had transpired.
"I had a piece of it on the flop," Kassouf replied.
Hand #3 (Cutoff): Action folded to Kassouf and he opened to 3,000. Only Antonio Pavlov called from the big blind. Pavlov checked on the flop of and Kassouf bet 5,000 before goading his opponent into folding.
"Big pair. Better than a ten. Good fold," Kassouf said before Pavlov folded and showed the .
Hand #4 (Hijack): Piotr Wiecek raised in early position and Kassouf flat-called, while Da Silva also called in the big blind. Action checked to Kassouf on the flop of and he bet 7,300, which was enough to get both opponents to fold.
"Nicked that one, too, huh?" Kassouf said to Da Silva. "You shove, I call. Huge hand on that flop."
Hand #5 (Middle Position): Action folded around to Kassouf and he also folded.
Hand #6 (Early Position): Bauer opened from under the gun and Kassouf flat-called as the player next to act. Pavlov also called from the cutoff. Bauer continued with a bet of 4,000 on the flop and Kassouf folded.
Hand #7 (UTG): Kassouf was first to act and opened to 3,100 before getting called by Da Silva in the cutoff and Bauer in the big blind. Kassouf continued for 8,000 on the flop of and both opponents folded.
"Nicked another one!" Kassouf laughed.
Hand #8 (Big Blind): Da Silva raised to 2,500 and Thompson flat-called from the cutoff before Kassouf three-bet to 11,900, which got both opponents to fold.
"Hashtag: Always got it," Kassouf told PokerNews with a grin.
to pull ahead. 
changed nothing and Haugen scooped the pot for a double up.
to mark his elimination.
to take the pot with two pair, while Stokkan was sent to the rail.
and 
did not do it for him, but the 
on the river sure did as it gave Ricci his straight to win the hand and sent Florence to the rail.
to secure his double.
. 
and he bet 5,800. Only Ovidiu called. The 
turn checked through and Ovidiu led out for 5,800 on the 
river, prompting a fold from Kassouf.
