Giovani Torre raised to 350,000 from under the gun with and Yunye Lu defended . Torre bet 225,000 on the and Lu called. On the turn, Torre bet 600,000 and Lu folded.
Alexander Ivarsson was first to act with and raised to 320,000. Giovani Torre found in the small blind and just elected to call and Marton Czuczor jumped in wth from the big blind as well.
The flop was and Ivarsson bet 400,000 after two checks. Torre called and Czuczor folded. The on the turn left Torre drawing officially dead and he check-folded to a second barrel worth 1,000,000.
Ivarsson received another pair of in the next hand while in the big blind. Yunye Lu raised to 320,000 from the cutoff with and Ivarsson three-bet to a million straight. Lu quickly gave it up.
Kully Sidhu completed his small blind and Simon Brandstrom opted to check. They both checked through the flop to the on the turn. Sidhu bet 200,000 and Brandstrom called. The river completed the board with the , Sidhu now bet 525,000 and that was enough for Brandstrom to put his hand away.
Brandstrom raised to 325,000 from the cutoff and Rui Souse three-bet to 1,100,000 on the button. Action folded back to Brandstrom who folded.
Brandstrom raised to 325,000 from under the gun and got no action.
Giovani Torre completed in the small blind, Marton Czuczor raised with to 550,000 in the big blind and Torre called. The flop was , giving both players a pair. Torre checked, Czuczor bet 450,000 and Torre called.
Czuczor improved to two pair on the turn. Torre checked, Czuczor bet 1,600,000 and the Portuguese surrendered the weaker hand.
Diego Falcone limped the small blind and Kully Sidhu raised the big blind, Falcone folded.
Sidhu then raised to 450,000 in the small blind to force a fold from Simon Brandstrom in the big blind.
One hand later, Brandstrom raised to 525,000 in the small blind and Rui Sousa defended the big blind. The flop came and Brandstrom continued for 700,000. Sousa folded and Brandstrom double-checked his cards before sliding them into the muck with a smile on the face.
Both Falcone and Pasquale Braco lost a decent portion of their stack since coming back from the break and will need to pick up pots very soon.
Earlier, Johan Storakers three-bet shoved pocket sevens over a raise from Alexander Ivarsson. Now, it was Yunye Lu who raised to 320,000 from under the gun with and Marton Czuczor who three-bet to 1,000,000 on the button with .
Johan Storakers four-bet shoved in the big blind for 5,070,000 total and both opponents quickly got out of the way.
Pasquale Braco stole the blinds twice to boost his stack and Kully Sidhu then raised to 350,000 in the cutoff. Simon Brandstrom on the button three-bet to 800,000 and Sidhu called. On a flop, Sidhu checked and sent his cards into the muck when he faced a bet of 450,000.
The next hand, Sidhu opened to 350,000 and Diego Falcone jammed for 1.6 million in the big blind. Sidhu gave it some consideration and folded.
Alexander Ivarsson raised to 320,000 on the button with and Yunye Lu peeled a flop with . Lu flopped the joint on and checked to Ivarsson, who bet another 320,000. Lu just called with the nuts.
The on the turn brought another check from Lu. Ivarsson fired a second shell worth 900,000 and Lu wasn't springing the trap yet, electing to just call once again after using a time bank.
The on the river completed the flush draw and paired the board. Lu checked a third time and Ivarsson shoved all in after using a time bank card. Lu, despite visibly not happy with the river, called it off after five seconds to leave the Swede on fumes.
Yunye Lu raised to 320,000 on the button with and Marton Czuczor defended . The flop was and Czuczor check-called 325,000. The turn got checked by both players.
The river gave Lu the checkmark and after Czuczor checked, he bet 500,000. The Hungarian folded after a time bank to pass the chip leader baton at the table to Lu.