Anton Yakuba was all in when we got to his table, occupying the big blind and facing only Benjamin Pollak, his small blind neighbor. Pollak had put in what appeared to be a three-bet to 19,500 and was considering if he should call off his last 55,000 or so. He dropped it in after some thought.
Pollak:
Yakuba:
The door card was the that Pollak dreaded and it was followed by . The turn helped Pollak a bit but the river neither filled his straight nor brought a third jack.
We missed how it exactly all went in, but what we do know is that Yan Shing Tsang wagered his 120,000 with from the hijack while Sam Greenwood in the small blind had to show for.
The board ran out and Shing Tsang exited.
"Merry Christmas!" Christopher Kruk said to Greenwood when Yan Shing Tsang had already left the tournament room.
Yan Tsang bet 18,000 from the big blind on a board of and Christopher Kruk called from under the gun. Tsang bet 37,000 on the river and Kruk went into the tank, using a time extension. Eventually, he shoved all in. It was about 130,000 more and put Tsang at risk, but he decided to fold.
Artan Dedusha opened under the gun to 6,000 and got action from Fahredin Mustafov. We didn't see how exactly the action went down, but they got stacks in on the flop with Dedusha at risk for 87,700.
Dedusha:
Mustafov:
The turn was a and Dedusha all but locked it in with a boat. The river was the and he collected the hefty pot.
From early position, Kfir Ivgi opened for 6,000. Kenny Hallaert three-bet to what appeared to be 20,000 from the hijack. Ping Lin in the cutoff used a time bank card to make up his mind but eventually folded.
When the action got back to Ivgi, he casually made it 46,000 to go. Hallaert asked for a count and eventually moved in for about 250,000. Ivgi snap-called.
Kfir Ivgi:
Kenny Hallaert:
The board ran out which made Hallaert drawing dead on the turn.
Oliver Weis moved all in from middle position for 66,700 on a completed board of . Pascal Hartmann asked for the count on the button, and the bet looked to be over the size of the pot. Hartmann used two time extensions and then mucked.
"I wanted to call so bad, you can't imagine," he said with a sigh.
Koray Aldemir checked from the big blind and then called when Anthony Zinno bet 15,000 into a pot of around 20,000 on an flop. Both checked the , bringing a . Aldemir bet 50,000 and Zinno called in short order with for a straight, while Aldemir had to show a worthless missed flush: .
After an early double, Goran Mandic dragged another hefty pot just now when he three-bet to 20,000 out of the big blind after a raise and a call. Only caller Artan Dedusha stuck around and they saw a flop. Both checked to bring a . Mandic bet 22,000 and Dedusha peeled, but the British played mucked in short order to a bet of 18,000 on the river.
that Pollak dreaded and it was followed by 
. The 
turn helped Pollak a bit but the 
river neither filled his straight nor brought a third jack.
from the hijack while Sam Greenwood in the small blind had 
to show for.
and Shing Tsang exited.
river and Kruk went into the tank, using a time extension. Eventually, he shoved all in. It was about 130,000 more and put Tsang at risk, but he decided to fold.
flop with Dedusha at risk for 87,700.
which made Hallaert drawing dead on the turn.
. Pascal Hartmann asked for the count on the button, and the bet looked to be over the size of the pot. Hartmann used two time extensions and then mucked. 
for a straight, while Aldemir had to show a worthless missed flush: 
. Mandic bet 22,000 and Dedusha peeled, but the British played mucked in short order to a bet of 18,000 on the 
