Sergi Reixach raised from the button and Koray Aldemir stuck his last few chips in out of the big blind with half of the stack already invested as the big blind ante.
Koray Aldemir:
Sergi Reixach:
The flop was a tease for Aldemir but he bricked the turn and river to hit the rail.
The tides over on table one had changed recently with Motoyoshi Okamura and Hiroshi Nishiyama both surging to the top of the counts. It was then Nishiyama who three-bet out of the blinds and then called the all-in by Johan Guilbert for 111,000.
Johan Guilbert:
Hiroshi Nishiyama:
The board kept the superior hand ahead all the way for Guilbert to double.
A larger three-way pot had already emerged as Pedro Garagnani was all-in out of the big blind and awaiting his fate. The river was checked by Sergi Reixach from under the gun and Steve O'Dwyer then pushed all-in.
Reixach folded and O'Dwyer revealed the for a flush. Without showing any emotions at all, Garagnani exposed his for a flopped straight and headed out of the tournament area.
Koray Aldemir raised it up in the cutoff and then called the three-bet shove by Imad Derwiche in the big blind for the last 137,000.
Imad Derwiche:
Koray Aldemir:
Derwiche immediately sighed and did so again several times on the flop and turn. However, he got there with the river and instantly said "sorry man" to which Aldemir replied "it's okay".
In a battle of the blinds, Sam Greenwood bet the river for 40,000. Boris Kolev mulled over it for a short while and opted to call as he was shown the by Greenwood. The of Kolev had missed the board as well but were good enough to win the pot.
Conor Beresford was in the middle position and at risk with all his chips over the line and up against Jean-Noel Thorel from the late position with the bigger stack.
Conor Beresford:
Jean-Noel Thorel:
The board ran out for Beresford to pick up the straight draw on the flop while staying ahead but for Thorel to hit the turn for top pair to bust Beresford.
Tamon Nakamura had raised from under the gun and Rodrigo Selouan then squeezed to 90,000 out of the small blind. Nakamura moved all-in and any potential other players involved were already gone when Selouan called the shove with the covering stack.
Tamon Nakamura:
Rodrigo Selouan:
The pocket pair remained ahead throughout the board as Selouan had to fork over 145,000 to Nakamura.
Pedro Garagnani shoved for 51,000 from the early position and Steve O'Dwyer three-bet jammed for more from the hijack for the rest of the table to fold.
Pedro Garagnani:
Steve O'Dwyer:
The board ran out for Garagnani to flop top two pair immediately and hold to double up.
Jean-Noel Thorel checked his option from under the gun on the turn and Steve O'Dwyer then bet 20,000. The check-raise to 60,000 by Thorel followed and O'Dwyer quickly folded.
At the same time, Belarmino De Souza had checked out of the blinds on a completed board of . Sam Greenwood bet 135,000 and De Souza used two time bank extensions before making the call.
Greenwood rolled over the for a bluff and De Souza raked in the pot with the .
In the meanwhile, Ognyan Dimov was spotted on his way out as the field was reduced to the final 29 players.