Michele Tocci opened to 2,400 from early position and Dinesh Alt shoved for a bit over 20,000 from middle position. Tocci made the call to put Alt at risk.
Dinesh Alt: A♠Q♠
Michele Tocci: K♣Q♦
Alt was in great shape with a bigger queen and remained ahead on the 8♦2♠2♥J♣10♣ runout to secure a full double up through Tocci.
Sylwester Fortuna raised to 2,500 from middle position and Kevin Fluegel shoved for 19,000 from middle position. After the rest of the table folded, Fortuna called.
Kevin Fluegel: K♥Q♥
Sylwester Fortuna: K♠10♥
Fluegal was in a great spot to double back up to the starting stack. However, the runout of 5♠A♣10♦2♠9♦ gave Fortuna the best hand with a pair of tens, and Fluegal was sent to the rail.
Sergii Baranov opened to 2,500 from the cutoff and received a call from Oliver Heidel on the button before Mikkel Plum three-bet to 10,000 from the big blind. Baranov shoved for a bit under 30,000, Heidel got out of the way and Plum made the call with a covering stack to put Baranov at risk.
Sergii Baranov: 9♠9♣
Mikkel Plum: A♣K♠
Plum got the best of the preflop race when the board ran out A♦5♣J♣10♠J♥ and he took the pot while Baranov made his exit from the tournament area.
With two players seeing a board of 4♣Q♦5♠8♣ and around 80,000 in the middle, Jingwei Chen, who had started the hand with around 35,000, was all in and up against Or Nezer who held a covering stack.
Jingwei Chen: K♠K♣
Or Nezer: 4♠4♥
Nezer had flopped a set leaving Chen drawing to just two outs. He could not catch a king on the 2♥ river and was sent to the rail while Nezer dragged in a sizable pot.
Minseok Kim kicked off the action with a raise to 2,200 from the hijack, and Mariusz Golinski, sitting right next to him, shoved all in. Everyone folded back to Kim, who made the call.
Minseok Kim: A♥J♥
Mariusz Golinski: A♦2♦
Kim was comfortably ahead, and the J♦7♥K♠9♥7♣ board didn’t change that, securing Kim the win. Golinski, thinking he was out, was halfway out of his chair and ready to re-buy when Kim reminded him that he still had some chips left. Sure enough, Golinski had 600 remaining and stayed in the game.
In the very next hand, Golinski, down to his last 600, went all-in blind. Waldemar Tabert raised to 2,200 and got two callers. Natale Allegra, in the big blind, decided to shove as well, and everyone folded, giving Allegra the side pot before the showdown.
Mariusz Golinski: 8♣4♥
Natale Allegra: A♥5♣
Golinski once again needed a lot of help from the board, but luck wasn’t on his side. The board ran out K♠A♣10♦4♦K♥, and Golinski was eliminated, handing his bounty to Allegra, who was thrilled with the result.
Both players checked the K♦4♦6♣ flop to see the A♣ come on the turn. Pichierri check-called a bet of 2,000 from Gleissner.
The 7♣ river got checked through and Pichierri turned over K♠J♠ for a pair of kings on the flop, but this was second best to the A♦10♠ of Gleissner for a pair of aces.
With two players seeing a board of 8♦3♠6♥ and around 6,000 in the middle, Jessica Teusl checked from the big blind and Yehor Shumeiko bet 1,800 from under the gun. Teusl made the call.
Both players checked the 5♦ turn leading to the 8♥ river. Teusl moved all in, covering Shumeiko who had around 30,000 behind. Shumeiko opted to fold and Teusl took down a nice pot without showdown.
