Mikhail Nikolaev raised and Arsenii Karmatckii, on the button, three-bet to 14,000. Nikolaev tanked for a long time and made a four-bet to 45,000. Karmatckii quickly folded.
On a flop reading , Andre Akkari checked from the big blind and Quan Zhou bet 6,000 from the cutoff. Akkari check-called. The turn brought the and was checked through to the river. This time, Akkari led out with a bet of 13,500 and Zhou called. Akkari tabled for sixes and threes and Zhou tossed his cards in the muck.
Plamen Todorov had been nursing a short stack for some time and eventually jammed first to act with the for the last eight big blinds. Isaac Haxton in the big blind gave it some thought and called with , the board came to let Todorov double.
On a first hand, Patrik Antonius raised to 3,500 under the gun and Diogo Veiga called in the big blind.
The flop went check-check and the turn fell a . Veiga bet 6,500 and it was enough to make Antonius fold his hand.
The hand after, it folded to Veiga in the small blind who completed and Antonius checked his option. The flop came and Veiga opened for 1,600, called by Antonius.
The turn was the and the same action happened, this time for 5,300. The paired the board on the river and it was checked. Veiga tabled and the pot went to Antonius who showed for two pair.
On the river of a completed board of ,Jovan Jojic made it 16,500 to go and Alex Foxen moved all in from one seat over. Jojic sent his cards into the muck and dropped below the starting stack.