The board read 6♦J♦7♠2♠ when Carlos Fernandes was seen piling in his final 1,000,000 or so chips into a pot worth well over 2,000,000 against Daniel Trunk. Trunk had Fernandes covered as the players showed down.
Carlos Fernandes: 5x5x
Daniel Trunk: A♠A♣
Fernandes was drawing to just a five, which did not arrive on the 6♥ river, resulting in his exit.
Catalin Diac got his stack of 1,200,000 in from the cutoff against Viorel Gavrila in the hijack.
Catalin Diac: A♦Q♣
Viorel Gavrila: 3♦3♣
Gavrilla flopped a set on 2♠Q♦3♥ and upgraded to a full house on the 2♣ turn. The 6♣ river helped neither player, resulting in Diac's exit from the tournament.
Stepan Budac raised to 260,000 under the gun before Yunus Ekinci committed his final 705,000 in the cutoff. The action folded back to Budac , who quickly called.
Yunus Ekinci: A♦3♥
Stepan Budac : J♠J♦
No ace appeared on the 2♣6♦Q♥Q♦K♥ runout, sending Ekinci home while the other 23 players redrew across three tables.
Dmitrij Fadeev started the action from the cutoff with a raise to 275,000, and Lishai Heshbon in the big blind made the call.
When the flop came down 4♣6♠6♦, Heshbon checked to Fadeev, who responded with a bet of 250,000. After some deliberation, Heshbon went all in for 1,155,000. Fadeev took his time but ultimately decided to call. Heshbon’s expression soured upon revealing his hand, showing J♥3♥ as a bluff, while Fadeev turned over K♠Q♠ for king high.
The turn brought the 2♣, and the river followed with the Q♥, neither improving Heshbon's hand. As a result, he was eliminated from the tournament.
Richard Balogh had raised from the small blind and was put all-in by Maximilian Huber in the big blind. Balogh called off his stack of roughly 900,000 as the players showed down.
Richard Balogh: K♥Q♣
Maximilian Huber: A♠A♦
Balogh could not crack the aces of Huber as the 9♥7♦5♦3♠9♠ board had him drawing dead on the turn. He frustratedly took his exit and headed to the payout desk.
Klaus Buelow moved all in for around 700,000 from middle position and Daniel Kschammer called in the cutoff.
Klaus Buelow: A♦3♦
Daniel Kschammer: A♣K♥
Both players hit top pair on the A♥7♠4♥ flop, but Kschammer's king-kicker remained in the lead through the 8♦ turn and Q♦ river to send Buelow to the rail.
The action heated up when Przemyslaw Szymanski raised to 225,000 from middle position. Catalin Diac, seated in the cutoff, responded with a three-bet to 550,000. Without hesitation, Andreas Brunner went all in, prompting Szymanski to follow suit with his all-in move. This put Diac in a position to ask for a chip count before ultimately making the call, leading them to a dramatic showdown.
Andreas Brunner: A♥K♠
Przemyslaw Szymanski: K♣K♦
Catalin Diac: J♠J♥
The flop of K♥5♥6♥ was favorable for Szymanski, who flopped a set of kings, while Brunner found himself with a nut flush draw.
The turn brought the A♦, giving Brunner an additional draw for a full house with aces over kings.
However, the river revealed the J♣, crushing Brunner's hopes and sending him to the rail.
Szymanski, meanwhile, added a significant portion of Diac's stack to his own, making him one of the chip leaders in the tournament.