Tomas Paiva opened to 55,000 and Aleksandr Sheshukov mistakenly limped in the small blind. He was forced to either forfeit the 25,000-value chip or call. He elected to fold and Wing Sang Lee called in the big blind.
The flop came and Lee checked to Paiva who continued for 105,000. Lee check-raised to 255,000 and Paiva folded.
Mikalai Pobal raised the button to 50,000 and Fidan Zahiti called out of the big blind.
Zahiti opted to bet the flop for 65,000 and Pobal just called, which then led to the on the turn. Zahiti now checked and called a bet of 110,000 by Pobal.
The on the turn slowed down the action and both checked. Zahiti revealed and Pobal had the best of it with for a pair of queens.
Gab Yong Kim raised to 50,000 from the button with and Pierre Calamusa three-bet to 175,000 in the big blind with which Kim called.
The flop came for Kim to hit a pair of eights but keep Calamusa ahead. Calamusa bet 150,000 and Kim called after looking at his cards once more.
The turn was the to keep things the same. Calamusa barreled a bet of 400,000 into the pot. Kim took some time and then called after using a time bank card.
The river completed the board with the to give Kim trips. Calamusa shoved and Kim snap-called for the 610,000 he had behind to double up.
Gab Yong Kim raised to 50,000 from the hijack with and Luigi Shehadeh found in the small blind who three-bet to 200,000. Luke Marsh picked up in the big blind and four-bet to 450,000. Kim counted out chips but then opted to fold. Shehadeh contemplated for a while, used a time bank card, and then folded.
Mikalai Pobal won a big pot off Akin Tuna when the flop brought a chck-raise of Tuna from 125,000 to 250,000 and he called the reraise to 475,000 by Pobal. They checked the turn and Tuna bet the river. Tuna tabled ace-four for trips and no diamond while Pobal had for the second nut flush to drag in a very healthy pot.
Norbert Szecsi then raised and picked up a caller in Fidan Zahiti in the cutoff. Szecsi checked the flop and Zahiti bet 55,000. When Szecsi eyeballed his stack, Zahiti immediately said "four hundred and fifty" referring to his own stack size at the start of the hand. Szecsi called and they checked the turn.
Szecsi bet the river for 375,000, which covered the remaining stack of Zahiti, and the Swede used two time banks before folding and exposing to table neighbor Stefan Egermann.
Luigi Shehadeh raised to 55,000 from the cutoff with and was called by Luke Marsh on the button who held .
The flop came , they both checked to the on the turn. Shehadeh check-called the 60,000 bet of Marsh.
The river completed the board with the to bring the full house to Marsh. Shehadeh checked for the last time. Marsh led out for 550,000 and Shehadeh stared at the board for a while before using a time bank card. Shehadeh looked at his cards once more before opting to make the call after using another time bank card.
Luke Marsh raised to 55,000 from the early position with and was called by Gab Yong Kim on the button with .
The flop came , Marsh check-called the 55,000 bet of Kim.
They both checked through the on the turn to the on the river. Marsh checked and Kim bet 175,000 which Marsh quickly called to see the pot awarded to him.
Vlastimil Pustina raised to 50,000 from under the gun and was called by Akin Tuna in the hijack, Norbert Szecsi on the button and Stefan Egermann in the big blind. On the flop, action checked to Tuna and he bet 80,000. Szecsi folded while Egermann called, Pustina used one time bank and called as well.
They checked the turn and the river and Egermann rolled over the . Pustina mucked and Tuna double-checked his cards twice, then exposed the and was about to muck his cards. Morten Hvam pointed out that he had the better pair and Tuna then flipped over both cards, it were the , to claim the pot.