Pascal Lefrancois was all in for around 80,000 and Alberto Meran was the one to put him at risk. The cards were already turned up and the dealer was ready to go.
Pascal Lefrancois:
Alberto Meran:
Lefrancois was way ahead, but the board ran out and Meran flopped the needed trey to send him to the rail.
On the feature table, Lucas Landa opened to 6,000 from the cutoff with the before Sam Grafton three-bet to 21,000. Landa then jammed as the big stack and Grafton called off his remaining 57,000.
Grafton's pocket pair stayed ahead following the flop but the turn gave Landa a gutshot to Broadway as well as a flush draw. The river was a safe card for Grafton and he doubled up.
Action was heads up with nearly 40,000 in the pot and on the board when Alex Kulev checked. Martin Zamani bet 29,000 before Kulev check-raised to 200,000, and it was too much for Zamani so he tossed it in the muck.
Meanwhile, there was over 40,000 in a pot between Stefan Lehner and David Peters with a board showing . Lehner was deep in the tank after Peters shoved with more. After the clock was called, Lehner gave up the pot at the buzzer.
Maria Konnikova checked a full board of with 140,000 in the pot before Joseph Drory bet 60,000. Konnikova called and turned over for kings and tens, but Drory showed to take the pot with a straight.
It was a blind vs blind confrontation between Vladas Tamasauskas in the small blind and Ignacio Moron in the big blind.
There was around 24,000 in the pot as the board read . Tamasauskas check-called the 18,000 bet from Moron.
The river came the and Tamasauskas checked again. Moron moved all in for around 43,000 effective. Tamasauskas called for his tournament life. Moron showed for trips to eliminate Tamasauskas who turned over for two pair.
Chris Brewer opened to 6,000 from early position and Ehsan Amiri three-bet to 20,000 on his direct left. Action folded back to Brewer and he decided to fold.
The very next hand, the same action took place, however, this time Rodrigo Selouan cold-called the three-bet from the cutoff before Brewer opted to fold again.
Selouan called bets of 12,000 and 27,000 for the final board to show the . Amiri slowed down and opted to check. Selouan then fired for 95,000 and Amiri visibly became uncomfortable. He ended up deciding on a fold and the pot went to the Brazillian.
There was 36,000 in the pot as the board was complete.
Eliot Hudon was under the gun and bet 3,500 into the pot with the board reading . His opponent was Giovani Gouveia in the cutoff, and he raised to 36,000. Hudon went into the tank before giving up, conceding the pot to Gouveia in the process.
Action was heads up with over 15,000 in the pot and on the board when Mike Watson checked to Laszlo Bujtas. Bujtas bet 8,500 and then called when Watson raised to 38,500. The river was .
Watson fired 80,000 on the river and Bujtas shoved for 187,000. After a few moments of frustrated thought, Watson tossed his cards in the muck and Bujtas took the pot without a showdown.
Adrian Mateos was in early position with against Allan Ribeiro in the big blind with .
There was 45,500 in the pot as the board read and action checked through.
The river came the and Riberio moved all in for 51,000 effective. Mateos went into the tank as he was facing a decision for his tournament life with two pair and the nut flush blocker. After some deliberation Mateos called off to be eliminated from the tournament near the money bubble as he couldn't beat Robeiro's queen high flush.