Over on the outer table, Joao Simao raised to 2.5 million on the cutoff and Neil Ryder called in the big blind. Both players checked the flop and the turn paired the board. Ryder bet 4.2 million and Simao moved all in, Ryder called instantly for his last 15.6 million.
Neil Ryder:
Joao Simao:
Simao was caught bluffing and Ryder already had the double locked up, making the on the river a formality.
Aristeidis Moschonas raised to 2,500,000 from early position. Stephen Shayler shoved all in from the cutoff. Moschonas asked for a count and the dealer confirmed it was for 10,600,000 in total.
Stephen Shayler:
Aristeidis Moschonas:
The board ran out - a king for Shayler and he doubled up.
Ondrej Drozd raised to 2,600,000 from the hijack with . Adrian Mateos called in the small blind with .
The flop came and they both checked. The turn brought them the , Mateos now bet 1,500,000. Drozd raised to 12,000,000. Mateos looked at Drozd and then called.
The river completed the board with the and they both checked. Mateos showed his cards and the pot was sent his way.
Most of the pots on the outer table barely provided any excitement and wouldn't go past the flop or turn, but this just chaned. Joao Simao raised to 2.5 million and Radoslaw Wesierski three-bet to 6.4 million from one seat over. Simao called and the duo was separated by the dealer, so both were barely able to see each other stacks.
On the flop, Simao checked and called a bet of 5.0 million before the fell on the turn. Simao checked once more and Wesierski fired a second barrel for 10.0 million. "Can I see your stack please?" Simao asked and Wesierski leaned back to give free sight on his chips. Simao then called after some consideration and the duo headed to the river.
Simao quickly checked and Wesierski did so after some thought. The partypoker ambassador rolled over the and Wesierski had that beat with , however he was clearly unhappy with his decision on the river and started talking to himself and Rickie Silcock in the two seat.
Ondrej Drozd raised to 2,600,000 from the cutoff and Andreas Walnum three-bet to 7,900,000. Drozd shoved for 116,200,000. Walnum looked at his cards again.
"I don't think I can fold." Walnum said. After thinking about it for a while, he called.
Andreas Walnum:
Ondrej Drozd:
The flop came , the turn brought them the but the river completed the board with the to bust Walnum from the tournament in 16th place.
Joao Simao raised to 2.5 million from early position and Gianluca Speranza called out of the big blind. On a flop of , Speranza checked and called a bet worth 2.1 million before the n turn was checked. On the river, Speranza checked once more and folded when Simao made it 3.7 million to go.
Simao raised 2.5 million first to act the next hand and Neil Ryder shoved for 20.3 million in order to claim the pot uncontested.
Yoann Vu-Van raised to 2.5 million in the cutoff and Simao defended his big blind. On the flop, the partypoker ambassador checked and a bet of 1.6 million did the trick for Vu-Van.
Yiannis Liperis raised to 2,500,000 from the hijack. Niko Wieland called in the big blind.
The flop came , Wieland checked, Liperis bet 2,200,000. Wieland shoved all in. Liperis asked for a count. The dealer confirmed he had 13,200,000 behind. Liperis called.
Niko Wieland:
Yiannis Liperis:
The rest of the board was filled with the on the turn giving Liperis extra outs to eliminate Wieland from the tournament but the on the river wasn't one of them. Wieland doubled up.
Niko Wieland raised to 2,500,000 from the under-the-gun position with and was called by Yiannis Liperis ) in the cutoff and Adrian Mateos ) in the small blind.
They all checked through the on the flop to the on the turn. Mateos checked, Wieland bet 3,200,000. Liperis folded and Mateos raised to 10,400,000. After thinking it all over for a while, he folded.