Kalidou Sow raised from early position to 6,000 and the player on the button called. The flop was dealt and Sow bet another 6,000 that was called by his opponent.
They checked on the turn, but Sow bet 11,000 on the river and that was enough to make his opponent fold.
Clement Genon-Catalot opened to 7,000 in the hijack and was called by Erdal Gulseven on the button and Fulvio Sansanelli in the big blind. The flop came both Sansanelli and Genon-Catalot checked over to Gulseven, who bet 9,000. Sansanelli folded and Genon-Catalot called.
Action was then heads up for the turn and both players checked, bringing the river . Genon-Catalot bet 7,000 and Gulseven found a call.
Genon-Catalot showed for queens up with a king kicker, prompting Gulseven to muck his cards forcefully to the center of the table.
Fabian Gumz was all in for 80,000 out of the blinds with and his table neighbor looked him up with the . The board came and both players hit a full house, keeping Gumz in the running as the field slowly but surely heads towards the money bubble.
Action folded around to PokerStars qualifier Anton Vasilyev in the small blind and he announced he was all in for what was around 30,000. Another PokerStars qualifier was in the big blind in Gereon Sowa, and he looked down at his cards before announcing a call to send the two off to the races.
Anton Vasilyev:
Gereon Sowa:
Vasilyev was behind and found himself unable to catch up as hte board ran out , giving him a flush draw on the turn that did not fill up, spelling his elimination at the hands of Sowa as a result.
Ori Caballo had defended his big blind against a raise by Francesco Candelari and check-raised the flop. Candelari clicked it back to 43,000 and Caballo moved all in for 152,500 in total. That sent Candelari deep into the think tank as he talked through possible options of what his opponent could have.
Eventually, Candelari made the call and the cards were turned over.
Ori Caballo:
Francesco Candelari:
"That's what I thought! No spade please," Candelari exclaimed and vaulted out of his chair. The board completed with the turn and river to eliminate Caballo. Candelari left his chair for a quick celebration before returning and stacking the chips.
Pierre Calamusa had somewhat plummeted the last few hours but the start-of-the-day chip leader is back up and over half a million in chips. He put those to use to three-bet Michiel Brosky on the feature table, who had opened to 7,000 in the hijack with the .
Calamusa made it 28,000 to go from the button with the and won the pot.
Antonio Smeraglia opened to 7,500 under the gun and action foled around to Andreas Boelling, who was on the button and called. Action went heads up to a flop of and Smeraglia made a continuation-bet of 7,500. Boelling "clicked it back," raising the minimum to 15,000. Smeraglia thought for about 15 seconds and then found a call.
Action then checked through both the turn and river to take the hand to showdown.
Smeraglia showed and Boelling tabled , with his pair of kings earning him the pot at showdown.
Mateusz Szymanski sat on the button when he saw Bhavin Khatri raise to 6,000 from the cutoff. Szymanski three-bet to 18,000 and the player in the blinds got out of the way. Khatri four-bet all in for about 80,000 and Szymanski called very quickly.
Bhavin Khatri:
Mateusz Szymanski:
The board ran out and Khatri was eliminated from the tournament while the other players are getting closer and closer to the money.