After calling a raise by Lam Van Trinh, Francesco headed to a river of and Trinh check-called a bet worth 250,000 only to get shown for a straight by the Italian.
Cortese put the profit to use right away and raised it up the next hand to 85,000. Daniel Harwood called in the big blind and check-folded a flop of .
Clement Tripodi opened to 80,000 and James Mitchell three-bet to 260,000 in the small blind. Tripodi called and then faced a continuation bet worth 280,000 on the flop. Tripodi let go and slipped down further.
Paul Skipper raised from early position to 80,000 and the action folded around to James Mitchell in the big blind, who three-bet. Skipper then four-bet all in for around 950,000 and Mitchell quickly called.
Paul Skipper:
James Mitchell:
What seemed to be destined to become a split pot saw Mitchell freeroll the flop of and Skipper faced the ultimate sweat on the turn. Sure enough, the appeared on the river and Mitchell made a four-card flush to eliminate Skipper in 15th place for £7,070.