Arriving at the river of a board with plenty of chips in the middle, Nir Levy checked in the big blind and Noah Vaillancourt put in a last attempt to steal the pot with a bet of 155,000. Levy called and Vaillancourt quickly mucked his cards to drop down in chips.
Mitch Johnson opened to 26,000 in the cutoff and Stefan Schillhabel three-bet to 65,000 from one seat over. Then, the Brit clicked it to 116,000 and eventually folded when Schillhabel put in another reraise.
Remigiusz Wyrzykiewicz has soared pat the million-mark since returning from break. Many of those chips came curtesy of Miltiadis Kyriakides.
Kyriakides three-bet all in for 183,000 after an early position open. Wyrzykiewicz was in the small blind and made the call which was enough to fold out the original opener.
Wyrzykiewicz:
Kyriakides:
The board ran and Kyriakides shook Kyriakides' hand before departing.
Marius Pospiech opened to 24,000 and Remigiusz Wyrzykiewicz three-bet on the button before Bart Kuiper four-bet in the big blind, also showing a t-shirt with the slogan "random button clicker". Pospiech folded and then both remaining players checked down the board of .
Javier Gomez Zapatero opened to 25,000 and called the three-bet of Manuel Zapf from one seat over for 65,000 to see a heads-up flop of . The Spaniard check-called a bet worth 65,000 and did so again for 155,000 on the turn.
Once the fell on the river, Gomez Zapatero checked and Zapf fired for what looked like 380,000. The Spaniard threw in a red T-1,000 chip for the call of more than half his remaining stack, and Zapf mucked immediately. Ship a nice pot to Zapatero.
A short-stacked Ori Miller got his last 91,000 all in preflop and found himself in dire straits against Alexander Ivarsson.
Miller:
Ivarsson:
Both players held a king, which meant it came down to the kicker. Ivarsson was best in that department, so Miller's best chance at winning was to find a five. It wasn't in the cards though as the board ran out a dry to send Miller to the rail.
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Yann Dion faced the three-bet of Robin Ylitalo to 53,000 and moved all in after having opened the betting action himself with a min-raise. The Canadian was at risk for around 200,000 in chips with and found himself dominated by the of Ylitalo.
The board ran out and Dion headed to the payout desk to collect his €14,750 for the 43rd place.
Diogo Xavier Veiga moved all in for 97,000 and Miltiadis Kyriakides called out of the small blind with . Upon spotting the of his opponent, the Greek joked "four in the window" and was almost correct with his prediction. The dealer spread the flop before the on the turn provided a gutshot.