Mathijs Jonkers raised to 110,000 and picked up two callers with Jack Salter in the small blind and Robert Bickley in the big blind. All three players checked the flop and Salter also checked the turn. Bickley bet 150,000 and Jonkers raised to 350,000, which saw Salter quickly fold and Bickley call.
The on the river was checked through and Bickley showed , while Jonkers had that beat with .
Over on the feature table, Kevin MacPhee raised to 115,000 first to act and Maria Ho called in the cutoff. Niall Farrell and Marti Roca De Torres called out of the blinds and they headed four way to the flop of . Farrell and Roca De Torres checked and subsequently folded to a continuation bet of MacPhee for 210,000 and a call for Ho.
After the turn, MacPhee bet 430,000 with around 950,000 behind and Ho eyed the stack of the defending champion before moving all in. MacPhee called to reveal the following showdown:
Kevin MacPhee:
Maria Ho:
It was a big draw for Ho with the open-ended straight draw and flush draw, and a cruel on the river improved Ho to a straight and sent MacPhee to the rail in 10th place for €74,737. All remaining nine players will combine to the unofficial final table shortly.
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Maria Ho opened to 110,000 from early position with and Stepan Osinovski called on the button with .
The flop came and Ho led for 90,000. Osinovski called.
The turn was the and Ho bet again, making it 285,000 to go. Osinovski called. The river was the and Ho checked. Osinovski checked behind and took down the pot.
Stepan Osinovski opened to 125,000 with . Maria Ho called from the button with and Jack Salter called from the big blind with .
The flop came and all three players checked. The turn was the and the action checked to Ho on the button. She bet 275,000 and Salter called. The river was the and Salter checked a third time. Ho bet 580,000 and Salter folded.
Stepan Osinovski raised to 115,000 on the button holding and Niall Farrell three-bet to 425,000 out of the big blind with . Osinovski eventually called on hand #11 of the unofficial final table and the flop fell .
Farrell continued for 300,000 and Osinovski folded to award the pot to the Scotsman.
Stepan Osinovski 115,000 cutoff with the and Niall Farrell three-bet out of the small blind to 390,000 with . Osinovski gave it some thought and pushed to force a fold before the players headed into a 20-minute break.