Pedro Gusmao opened from the cutoff to 450,000 and called when Yuliyan Kolev shoved his larger stack in big blind. The cards were turned up with Gusmao at risk.
Pedro Gusmao:
Yuliyan Kolev:
Gusmao was looking for help but found none on the runout, hitting the rail in 10th place.
Michael Uguccioni moved all in from the cutoff for 480,000, only to see Rui Bouquet reshove on the button to his left. That was followed by David Peters also moving all in from the small blind, with Bouquet covering both opponents.
Michael Uguccioni:
David Peters:
Rui Bouquet:
Bouquet was in command before the board was dealt, but the flop gave Uguccioni a full house. The turn made a straight for Peters, while the river changed nothing.
Uguccioni tripled his stack, with Peters surviving by claiming the side pot.
Maximillian Silz was down to just a few big blinds and shoved all in for 325,000 from early position. Samuel Cobian made the call from the big blind and the cards were on their backs.
Maximilian Silz:
Samuel Cobian:
The flop fell and Cobian flopped two pair to take a big lead in the hand. The on the turn gave Silz a combo draw but the on the river bricked out and he was eliminated.
Kayhan Mokri moved all in from the small blind, covering Pedro Gusmao to his left. Gusmao made the call and was at risk.
Pedro Gusmao:
Kayhan Mokri:
Gusmao was in a dominant position to begin the hand, with his advantage increasing after the flop. "Good start" said Mokri, as the turn and river completed the board to earn Gusmao a double.
Samuel Cobian raised to 200,000 on the button and Yuliyan Kolev three-bet shoved all in for 1,740,000 in the small blind. Maximilian Silz asked for a count from the big blind before shoving all in for around 2,100,000. Cobian pondered it for a moment but decided to get out of the way.
Yuliyan Kolev:
Maximilian Silz:
Kolev had his opponent pipped and the flop of left it that way. The on the turn ensured Kolev of at least half of the pot and the on the river gave him the full double up.
Rui Bouquet raised from under the gun to 160,000, finding a call from Mauricio Sanchez in the big blind.
Sanchez checked the flop to see Bouquet continue for 85,000. Sanchez took some time before announcing all-in and Bouquet did not take long to make the call.
Mauricio Sanchez:
Rui Bouquet:
Sanchez was behind Bouquet's pair of nines and the turn locked up the hand. The river completed the board, as Sanchez's run came to an end in 12th place.
Sebastien Aube opened to 160,000 from under the gun and Samuel Cobian three-bet to 580,000 in the big blind. Aube four-bet shoved all in for 1,180,000 and Cobian instantly called.
Sebastien Aube:
Samuel Cobian:
It was a massive cooler deep in the tournament and Aube was down to just two outs after the flop. The on the turn gave Cobian a set and Aube was drawing dead to the on the river.