After the previous big pot between Antonin Duda and Javier Gomez Zapatero, the two were at it again and the Spaniard three-bet an open raise of Duda from 125,000 to 275,000 out of the cutoff. Duda called but quickly check-folded the flop to a bet of 290,000 by Gomez Zapatero.
One hand later, Duda opened to 125,000 and Gomez Zapatero three-bet to 300,000 from the hijack. The action reached Hossein Ensan and he four-bet to 565,000 out of the small blind. Duda folded and the Spaniard moved all in, enforcing a fold from Ensan.
Javier Gomez Zapatero opened to 125,000 from under the gun and was called by Hossein Ensan in the hijack before Jean Montury three-bet to 285,000 on the button. Both initial opponents called and saw a flop of . All three players checked and Gomez Zapatero then bet the turn for 500,000.
Only Ensan called and the on the river was checked through. Gomez Zapatero showed and the pocket jacks won the pot.
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With around 32 minutes left in the level, the upcoming 20-minute break has been taken in advance and the players have exited the stage. Their chip counts can be found below.
Remi Wyrzykiewicz finally found a spot to get his short stack in but the hand ended with him being the first player eliminated from the official final table.
Antonin Duda opened the pot to 125,000 from the hijack and called after Wyrzykiewicz three-bet all in from the big blind.
Wyrzykiewicz:
Duda:
The board ran to pair Duda's ace.
One more player needs to bust and play will end for the day.
Valentin Messina opened to 120,000 and Hossein Ensan moved all in for 1.945 million out of the big blind. The chip leader mucked his cards from the button in the second hand back from the break.
Then, Messina opened to 125,000 from the cutoff and Ensan as well as Dominik Panka called in the blinds. The three-way flop of flop was checked through before Ensan bet the turn for 125,000. Panka now raised to 325,000 and Messina folded, whereas the German called.
After the river, Panka checked behind and then mucked when Ensan showed the .
Javier Gomez Zapatero lost a big pot to Antonin Duda earlier on but just got some back with big slick.
The Spaniard opened to 125,000 and Duda called from the big blind. The board ran out with Duda check-calling bets of 155,000 and 325 on the flop and turn before both players checked the river.
Valentin Messina opened to 125,000 from under the gun and was called by Antonin Duda on the button as well as Stefan Schillhabel in the big blind. On a flop of [8hh], Messina continued for 155,000 and Duda called whereas Schillhabel check-folded.
Messina then check-folded the turn to a bet of 325,000 from Duda.
The Frenchman defended his big blind against the 120,000-raise of Hossein Ensan but quickly folded to a continuation bet on the flop. Messina remains in the lead, but Jean Montury is hot on his heels.