Simon Brandstrom completed his small blind and Rui Sousa opted to check.
They both checked through the flop to the on the turn. Brandstrom bet 150,000 and Sousa quickly called.
The river completed the board with the , Brandstrom bet 350,000 and Sousa tanked, using a time bank card, and then called. Brandstrom tabled for the flopped pair of queens and that was more than enough for Sousa to muck his hand.
Marton Czuczor raised to 250,000 first to act with the . Johan Storakers picked up a smaller pair with on the button and popped it to 675,000, which Czuczor called. The flop brought checks from both players.
The turn was the and both players tapped the table again. The on the river changed nothing and Czuczor went for a tiny bet of 225,000, which Storakers paid off.
Simon Brandstrom opened to 250,000 in the hijack and Rui Sousa called in the cutoff. On the flop, Brandstrom bet 250,000 and Sousa called. The followed on the turn and Brandstrom check-folded to a bet of 550,000.
Pasquale Braco then scooped the blinds and big blind ante with a raise to 255,000 from the button and raised to 250,000 in the next hand. Balakrishna Patur called in the big blind and check-folded the flop to a continuation bet of 200,000.
Sousa opened to 260,000 from under the gun and Diego Falcone called in the cutoff, as did Brandstrom in the big blind. The flop brought and the action checked to Falcone, who bet 260,000. Brandstrom raised to 850,000 and that forced folds from Sousa and Falcone.
Giovani Torre and Yunye Lu duked it out again in an under-the-gun versus big blind situation, with for Lu and for Torre. Torre outflopped Lu on and continued for 260,000, which Lu called.
Another landed on the turn and Torre now bet 600,000. Lu gave it up.
While Cyril Monbrun-Massot was all in and at risk at the other table, Leandro Bustillo raised it up to 240,000 from early position and Marton Czuczor defended the big blind. The flop was and both players checked.
On the turn, Czuczor bet 450,000 with his two pair, Bustillo shoved for 1,920,000 after using two time banks and Czuczor quickly called him off.
Leandro Bustillo
Marton Czuczor:
Bustillo needed to hit a king or eight to keep his EPT dream alive but the river was the instead, ending his bid in 12th place.
Diego Falcone raised to 250,000 from the middle position and Cyril Monbrun-Massot defended his big blind.
They both checked through the flop to the on the turn. Monbrun-Massot shoved for 980,000 and Falcone snap-called.
Cyril Monbrun-Massot:
Diego Falcone:
Monbrun-Massot had shove with a gutshot to a straight and a flush draw but Falcone had already flopped the flush so Monbrun-Massot was drawing dead.
The river completed the board with the for Monbrun-Massot to hit a straight indeed but it didn't matter as he was eliminated in 13th place for €90,860.
Marton Czuczor raised to 250,000 from the cutoff with , Alexander Ivarsson three-bet to 750,000 on the button with and Czuczor folded. The next hand, Ivarsson raised to 240,000 from the cutoff and Yunye Lu defended .
The flop was and Ivarsson took it with a bet of 275,000.
In a battle of the blinds, Balakrishna Patur raised to 350,000 and Simon Brandstrom announced a three-bet to 850,000. The chips were barely placed in the middle when Patur had already moved all in and Brandstrom called in his allocated 30 seconds shot clock.
Simon Brandstrom:
Balakrishna Patur:
The flop vaulted Patur into the lead but Brandstrom turned the superior set thanks to the . A blank came on the river and Brandstrom doubled for 3,535,000.