Aku Joentausta opened to 3,600, Sebastian Von Toperczer reraised to 9,000, and then [Removed:2] four-bet to 20,000. Everyone folded, and Maksoud won the pot.
From under the gun, Adrianus Thomas Weel raised to 4,000. Joao Vieira called from the cutoff seat, and then Paul Klann reraised all in from the button for 24,100. After some tanking, Weel made the call, then Vieira folded.
Klann tabled the for suited connectors under the that Weel held. The flop, turn, and river came {6}, and Klann was eliminated.
Anatoly Filatov opened under the gun with a raise to 3,300, and Mike McDonald three bet from the small blind to 7,200. Filatov made the call, and they were heads up to the flop.
McDonald checked, and called after Filatov bet 5,800.
The turn brought the to the table and McDonald checked again. Filatov shoved for 17,100, and McDonald thought about it for some time. He had just 55,300 behind at this point, but eventually did risk 17,100 of it with .
McDonald was drawing dead with his ace eight, Filatov had for the set, and made a full house with the on the river.
"Auf Wiedersehen!" laughed Martin Finger as he walked by us on his way to the exit. No further details than the fact we're pretty sure he wasn't just going out to get some fresh air. Finger eliminated, and by the looks of it he had already re entered today, so he won't be back.
On the board, Ole Schemion bet 10,500 into Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier. Mercier made the call, and the two witnessed the dealer land the on the river. Schemion checked, and Mercier opted to check behind.
Schemion tabled the for top pair with a queen kicker. Mercier showed the for top pair with a king kicker, and he was awarded the pot.
Action folded to former European Poker Tour champion Salvatore Bonavena, and he raised to 3,500 from the cutoff seat. Marc Etienne McLaughlin reraised from the button to 8,600, and the two blinds got out of the way. Bonavena took a few moments, then reraised to 18,600. McLaughlin folded, and Bonavena showed him the .