Paul Newey moved all in for 196,000 in the cutoff as action folded to Fabio Peluso in the big blind, who asked for a count before calling.
Paul Newey: J♠J♦
Fabio Peluso: A♠Q♦
Newey was racing for his tournament life as the flop came 2♦2♣2♠. The turn brought the 2♥ and Peluso counterfeited Newey's jacks with the four deuces on the board.
Newey shot out of his seat and slammed the side table beside him as he was one card away from elimination. "I have to take a photo of this board," he said, taking out his phone as the A♣ fell on the river.
The ace gave both players the same hand and chopped the pot as Newey stayed alive.
Yannick Schumacher was in the big blind in a heads-up pot against middle position opponent Yauheni Tsiareshchanka on the flop of K♦6♠4♣.
Schumacher checked on the flop and Tsiareshchanka bet 13,000. Schumacher check-raised to 40,000 before Tsiareshchanka three-bet to 82,000. Schumacher called.
Tsiareshchanka moved all in for around 120,000 on the J♦ turn and Schumacher called with a bigger stack.
With around 120,000 already in the pot on a board of Q♦2♠10♠Q♠, Julien Montois bet 60,000 from the big blind and Fabio Peluso called on the button.
The river came the 6♠ and Montois burned through two time banks before betting another 45,000. Peluso then moved all in for 145,000 and Montois called.
Montois showed K♠9♣ for a flush, but Peluso had Q♥10♣ for the turned full house as he won the pot and doubled up.
PokerStars team pro Parker Talbot was recently eliminated from the tournament.
According to his former tablemates, Talbot moved all in from middle position for 55,000. Jose Gonzalez Sanchez raised to 120,000 from the small blind, folding out all other players and leaving Talbot all in and at risk.
Talbot was ahead with ace-four suited versus Sanchez who had ace-two suited, but a deuce on the river spelled the end for Talbot's run while Sanchez continued to accumulate chips.
Suat Uyanik flicked in a single 25,000 green chip from under the gun and explained that he meant to raise. Unfortunately, he did not announce it and the single chip rule made it such that the action was considered a limp. Andreas Tomazou limped in middle position and then Alessandro Minasi limped from the small blind and Aleksandr Faterin checked his action in the big blind.
The players had a chuckle and exchanged some banter about the four-way limped pot as they went to a flop of 7♦A♦8♦.
The action checked to Faterin in the big blind who put out a bet of 25,000. Only Uyanik called.
The 3♦ landed on the turn and Faterin took a moment before slowing down with a check. Uyanik took that opportunity to take the betting lead and put out a wager of 30,000. Faterin couldn't hold on and released his hand.
Metin Yalciner had committed most of his chips in a heads-up pot against Kubanychbek Abakirov as the flop landed 6♣4♦3♠. Abakirov bet and Yalciner tried to stall before calling after being told he had to act.
Metin Yalciner: Q♥J♠
Kubanychbek Abakirov: J♣J♦
Yalciner couldn't pull ahead as the board finished out 5♦9♥ to mark his elimination.
Hand #1: Daniel Koloszar opened to 20,000 from under the gun and Viliyan Petleshkov three-bet to 47,000 from the hijack. Koloszar moved all in for 185,000 and was called by Petleshkov who covered.
Daniel Koloszar: A♥K♦
Viliyan Petleshkov: A♠Q♦
The board ran out A♣4♠6♠5♥K♠ giving Koloszar a full double up.
Hand #2: Liviu Bartha moved all in for 122,000 from the button and was called by Shuang Luo in the small blind who covered.
Liviu Bartha: J♥9♥
Shuang Luo: A♥5♥
The board ran out J♦J♠10♣10♥8♠ giving Bartha a full house and subsequently a full double up.
Shuang Luo
Hand #3: Bartha opened to 20,000 from the cutoff and Luo three-bet to 60,000 on the button. Jose Gonzalez Sanchez called in the big blind and Bartha called as well.
Action checked around to Luo, who bet 82,000 on the A♦K♦Q♥ flop. Sanchez called while Bartha got out of the way.
On the 4♣ turn Luo moved all in for 190,000 forcing a fold from Sanchez.
Hand #4: Parker Talbot opened to 20,000 from middle position and was called by Sanchez in the small blind and Petleshkov in the big blind.
The flop came A♠A♣Q♦ and action checked around to Talbot who bet 10,000. Sanchez folded while Petleshkov made the call.
Both remaining players checked the 2♥ turn and 2♠ river. Petleshkov tabled Q♣10♣ and Talbot mucked.
Parker Talbot
Hand #5: Petleshkov limped in from the small blind and Markus Schottes checked in the big blind.
Petleshkov bet 10,000 on the A♦8♠3♠ flop and Schottes made the call.
On the 4♥ turn Petleshkov check-called a 15,000 bet from Schottes. He then check-folded to a 45,000 bet from Schottes on the 6♠ river.
Hand #6: Sanchez opened to 25,000 from the cutoff and Petleshkov moved all in for 255,000. Sanchez called with a covering stack.
Viliyan Petleshkov: A♥J♥
Jose Gonzalez Sanchez: 5♥5♠
The board ran out 7♠10♥Q♣6♣8♠. Sanchez held with pocket fives and scooped another big pot while Petleshkov hit the rail.
Hand #7: Schottes opened to 25,000 from the button forcing a fold from Talbot in the big blind.
Hand #8: Luo opened to 20,000 from under the gun and Koloszar three-bet to 50,000 from middle position. Luo called.
Luo check-called a 32,000 continuation bet on the 6♠6♥4♦ flop and then check-folded to a 55,000 bet on the K♠ turn.
Action folded to Omar Lakhdari on the button who only had 85,000 remaining and put it all in the middle. Mekan Yusupov peeked down at his cards in the big blind before he called, barely having Lakhdari covered.
Omar Lakhdari: Q♣10♦
Mekan Yusupov: A♠10♣
Yusupov had Lakhdari dominated heading to the 3♣2♦J♠ flop. The 10♠ turn gave both players a pair, but Yusupov remained ahead with his ace-kicker as the K♣ completed the board and sealed Lakhdari's elimination,
The action checked to Gary Miller in late position who opened to 120,000 with only 15,000 left back. It then folded to Fiodor Martino in the small blind who flat called and the big blind folded.
Miller, who was on the exact opposite end of the table, thought that Martino said all in and he tabled his hand which was A♥K♣.
Martino explained that all he had done was flat call and the dealer confirmed this action to be correct. The floor was called over and a ruling was made that 15,000 chips were still in play from Miller and his hand would be face-up as they went to a flop.
The players agreed and the dealer put out 2♠Q♥K♦. Martino was first to act and put on a smile as he could already see that Miller had hit his king and he was clearly in a bit of a pickle. None the less he tossed in the extra 15,000 and his cards were tabled.
Gary Miller: A♥K♣
Fiodor Martin: A♣Q♣
Martino had also hit a queen but would need some help to overcome the top pair of Miller. The J♣ turn and A♠ river gave both players two pair but it would be Miller who scooped after a preflop snafu almost cost him that extra 15,000.
Anton Wigg and Toby Joyce got into a pre-flop raising war that ended with Joyce all in from the button as Wigg had him at risk in the hijack.
Toby Joyce: 10♠10♣
Anton Wigg: A♣6♣
Joyce was ahead with his tens heading to the 4♣3♣2♦ flop, which gave Wigg straight and flush draws. The 7♦ turn was no help, but the 5♥ river completed Wigg's straight.
The stacks were counted down and Wigg had 385,000 remaining. Joyce's stack came out to around 300,000 and he sent it over to Wigg before wishing the table luck and making his exit.
