Georgios Vrakas was all in for 184,000 with and Anton Bertilsson made the call in the big blind with . Vrakas was in dire need of an ace, flipping over , but the double up wasn't granted with the board running out .
Brian Altman raised to 26,000 and was called by Stephen Graner on the button to see the flop of . Altman check-called a bet of 33,000 and did so again for 62,000 on the turn. Altman also checked the river and then quickly called when Graner had bet 178,000. "You are good," Graner said and mucked, Altman showed for the straight.
After a raise to 28,000 from a player in middle position, Igor Dubinskyy called on the cutoff and Miltiadis Kyriakides did so as well on the button with one further player calling in the blinds. The flop was checked to Dubinskyy and he bet 100,000, Kyriakides raised to 200,000 and then called the all in of Dubinskyy for 320,000 in total.
Dubinskyy:
Kyriakides:
This time the Greek got it in ahead with the better flush draw and immediately sealed the win thanks to the on the turn. The river was meaningless already and Dubinskyy headed to the payout desk.
Miltiadis Kyriakides had raised to 25,000 from under the gun and Alfie Adam moved all in for 157,000. "What do you want me to do?" the Greek asked and some further small talk followed. Ultimately, Kyriakides folded and then said to his opponent "only show me if you have ". Adam mucked.
Andras Nemeth raised to 27,000 and Stephen Graner three-bet to 65,000, which was called by Fabio Sperling and initial raiser Nemeth. On the flop, Graner led for 86,000 and only Sperling called whereas Nemeth folded. The on the turn saw Graner fire 145,000 and Sperling mucked.
Sam Grafton got moved away from the feature table and was immediately involved in a hand with Nandor Solyom after having raised on the cutoff. Solyom was on the button and the flop saw the check-raise of Grafton from 48,000 to 115,000. Solyom now clicked it back to 218,000 and Grafton called.
Both players checked the turn and Grafton then bet the river for 290,000. Solyom tanked for minutes and time was called on him. The one minute ran down without any further action and his hand was declared dead.
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