Antonio Buonanno, who won the title here in Monte Carlo back in 2014, opened to 500 and Dejan Pustoslemsek called from one seat over. Romain Nardin three-bet to 1,800 in the small blind and both opponents called. On a flop of , the small continuation bet of Nardin was called by Buonanno only, and that brought the on the turn.
Nardin bet 4,100 and Buonanno called before the on the river brought a four card flush and a check of Nardin. Buonanno moved all in for the last 7,800, and Nardin eventually called. Buonanno rolled over the for aces and eights, and Nardin had that beat with for a flush.
One hand later, Marc MacDonnell raised to 450 and quickly called the shove of short stack Jose Vendrell Schwaiger.
Jose Vendrell Schwaiger:
Marc MacDonnell:
The board came and the German doubled, while MacDonnell dropped below starting stack again.
Martin Finger bet what looked like 6,000 into a pot of 4,600 on a completed board of . An opponent in early position mucked after some thought, and the small blind instantly did the same when action was back on him. The German pro raked in the pot with a smile.
Action folded to Ali Reza Fatehi in the small blind and he raised to 600. Big blind Farid Yachou called and both checked the flop of . The hit the turn and Fatehi checked again. Yachou bet 700 and called as Fatehi check-raised to 1,700.
The river saw Fatehi bet 1,600 and Yachou called rapidly. Fatehi showed , Yachou mucked.
PokerStars Team Pro Fatima Moreira de Melo faced a bet of 3,000 on a board that read . After staring her opponent down for thirty seconds, the former Olympian flicked in a call.
"Good call" sighed her opponent, who couldn't muster up more than the . Moreira de Melo, rocking an AC/DC shirt today, showed and got herself back up over the starting stack.
Farid Yachou bet 3,700 in the cutoff on a flop after two players checked, and the big blind tanked a little over a minute before shoving all in for roughly 15,000. The third player folded, and Yachou snap-called.
Yachou:
Opponent:
Yachou was way ahead, and the board ran out to keep it that way.
With a decent-sized pot already brewing between Roman Emelyanov and Luca Falco, it was the latter who bet 4,000 on a board. Emelyanov snap-shoved all in for 11,100 and Falco called it off.
Roman Emelyanov:
Luca Falco:
The river was the and Emelyanov's run ended after just three levels.