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.
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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.
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 .
In the second hand of the new level over on the feature table, Marc MacDonnell moved all in from the hijack and Kevin MacPhee on the button asked for a count. The shove of the Irishman was for 825,000 and MacPhee called all in for 750,000 while Maria Ho and Stepan Osinovski in the blinds folded.
Kevin MacPhee:
Marc MacDonnell:
"I like my chances," MacPhee said before the flop fell . Suddenly the defending champion was drawing to the case nine or running outs for a full house, as the would give MacDonnell a flush. Nothing changed with the turn, but low and behold, the magical river improved MacPhee to a set.
One hand later, MacDonnell shoved for his last 70,000 first to act and Marti Roca De Torres reraised to 135,000, forcing everyone else out.
Marc MacDonnell:
Marti Roca De Torres:
The flop was quite a sweat for MacDonnell, but the turn and river bricked to send the Irishman to the rail in 11th place for €58,455.
Gianluca Speranza checked the flop to Robert Bickley. Bickley bet 95,000 and Speranza called.
The turn was the and Speranza checked again. This time, Bickley bet 210,000 and Speranza called. The river was the and and both players checked. Speranza won the hand with beating the of Bickley.