Sam Greenwood returned to the tables after having had to reenter and is joined by Sergi Reixach and Laszlo Bujtas with fresh stacks to get the total number of entries up to 29.
Sam Grafton and Mikalai Vaskaboinikau were heads-up in a three-bet pot with the board reading . Grafton led out with a bet of 23,000 from the small blind and Vaskaboinikau called.
The river was the which put four diamonds on the board and paired the board. Grafton threw in a bet of 38,000 only to have Vaskaboinikau shove all in for 232,500. Grafton asked for a count and used a time bank but decided to throw his cards away.
Mike Watson raised to 5,500 from under the gun and Ali Imsirovic three-bet to 16,000 from the button. The blinds folded and Watson called.
The flop came , Watson checked, Imsirovic put out a 25,000-value chip and announced a bet for less than that. Watson raised it up to 31,000 for Imsirovic to make the call.
The turn was the and Watson continued with a bet of 25,000 for Imsirovic to make the call again.
The completed the board and Watson took some time. With 5 seconds left on the shot clock, he collected all his chips and put them over the line for the all-in for 48,500. Imsirovic sat up straight, stared at the board and Watson, used two time bank cards, and then flicked in two chips for the call.
Watson tabled the for the flopped two pair to double up as Imsirovic held the for just top pair.
Sam Greenwood raised to 6,000 from the hijack and was called by Marius Gierse on the button and Matthias Eibinger in the big blind. The flop came and the action checked around to the on the turn.
Eibinger checked again and Greenwood tossed in a bet of 7,000. Gierse folded but Eibinger stuck around to see the on the river. Eibinger checked and Greenwood made a bet of 18,000. Eibinger went into the tank for a minute and eventually called. Greenwood tabled for just five-high while Eibinger showed for jacks and eights.
Jake Schindler raised to 5,500 from the early position and Christoph Vogelsang made the call on the button but Mikita Badziakouski three-bet to 28,000 from the small blind. Laszlo Bujtas folded his big blind, Schindler responded with a four-bet shove for 202,500. Vogelsang folded but Badziakouski snap-called.
Jake Schindler:
Mikita Badziakouski:
The board ran out for Badziakouski to hold with the rockets to eliminate Schindler for now,
Ben Heath and Kent Staahle were heads-up in the blinds on a board reading . Heath checked to Staahle who bet 21,000 and Heath check-raised to 75,000. Staahle announced all in and Heath called off his stack of around 180,000.
Ben Heath:
Kent Staahle:
Staahle made two pair on the turn but Heath had plenty of outs with a pair, straight draw, and flush draw. However, the on the river improved Staahle to a full house and Heath was forced to re-enter.
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Matthias Eibinger raised to 7,000 on the button and Adrian Mateos three-bet to 25,000 from the small blind. Eibinger called and the dealer spread the flop of . Mateos led out with a bet of 13,500 and Eibinger called to see the on the turn.
Mateos sized up another bet of 58,000 and Eibinger still called as the completed the board. Mateos pushed all in for 146,500 and Eibinger went into the tank for over a minute before making the call. Mateos flipped over for a flush and was awarded the double-up.
Sam Grafton opened to 6,000 from under the gun and Mikalai Vaskaboinikau three-bet to 26,000 in the cutoff. Daniel Dvoress four-bet shoved all in for 188,000 in the big blind and Grafton re-shoved over the top. Vaskaboinikau sighed as he leaned back in his chair and ultimately decided to lay down face up.
Daniel Dvoress:
Sam Grafton:
Both players held the same hand but on the flop of , Grafton picked up the flush draw. The and runout bricked out and both players took their chips back.
"I call," Vaskaboinakau said in hindsight.
"If you called, I would have been very excited on the flop," Grafton emphasized. "Very excited!"