Hugo Pingray elected to limp the button with the and Marcelo Simoes checked with the . The flop was check-called by Simoes for 175,000 and the turn was checked. Simoes bet the river for 720,000 into 910,000 and Pingray folded instantly.
Morten Hvam raised to 525,000 with in the small blind and Jaime Cervantes opted to defend the in the big blind. Hvam bet the flop for 425,000 and Cervantes let go in a matter of seconds.
Marcelo Simoes earned several pots and the latest one saw him open to 375,000 with the . He found no resistance to claim the blinds and antes, further increasing his now dominating lead.
Hugo Pingray made it 325,000 to go in the cutoff with the and he received a call by Morten Hvam in the big blind, who held the . The flop was checked by Hvam, Pingray bet 200,000 and that ended the hand right there.
Marcelo Simoes then raised the on the button for 325,000 to scoop the blinds and big blind ante.
Dragos Trofimov then raised for all but the last 325,000 with to keep his short stack afloat.
Up next, Simoes opened the to 325,000 for Pingray to defend . The flop fell and Pingray checked, Simoes bet 200,000 and earned the next pot without any further resistance.
Trofimov then had to forfeit his big blind and big blind ante versus Pingray's small blind push as the limited action continued.
In a limped battle button versus big blind, Hugo Pingray with the and Marcelo Simoes with the checked to the river. Pingray check-called 175,000 and was shown the bad news.
Simoes then picked up the on the button and made it 340,000 to go. Jaime Cervantes in the big blind inquired about the stack size of short stack Erkan Soenmez from one seat over and folded the in the big blind.
In the cutoff, Simoes opened to 350,000 with the . Cervantes let go of the and Erkan Soenmez had no call with the in the big blind either.
Morten Hvam made it 375,000 to go with the in the cutoff and Erkan Soenmez sigh-folded the in the small blind. Hugo Pingray had an apparent decision to make with the in the big blind and he indeed three-bet to 1,100,000.
"How much do you have?" Hvam inquired before he stuck around in the last hand of the level. The flop was checked by Pingray and Hvam checked it back to see the on the turn. Hvam also checked and the river brought no action either as Hvam dragged in the pot.
The 60-minute dinner break then kicked off and the level duration will be cut to 60 minutes for the two levels thereafter.
Dragos Trofimov had to forfeit his big blind against a small blind shove by Hugo Pingray and then jammed the last few blinds with the . Marcelo Simoes glanced down on in the big blind and the Brazilian folded.
Jaime Cervantes then let go of the and Trofimov shipped it in from the button for 1,325,000 and was called by Simoes in the small blind.
Dragos Trofimov:
Marcelo Simoes:
The flop changed nothing yet but the turn and river both improved Trofimov to score the double.
Marcelo Simoes raised to 400,000 with the and Jaime Cervantes defended the big blind with the . The flop saw Cervantes check, Simoes bet 200,000 and his opponent then folded.
Marcelo Simoes raised to 400,000 from under the gun and then called the big blind shove by Erkan Soenmez for 850,000 total.
Erkan Soenmez:
Marcelo Simoes:
The flop gave Simoes two pair while Soenmez had a gutshot. There was some sweat on the turn but the inconsequential river ended the run of Soenmez in 6th place for a payday of €167,050.