Suat Uyanik moved all in from under the gun for just under 300,000 and was called by Yannick Schumacher in early position who covered.
Suat Uyanik: A♦7♦
Yannick Schumacher: K♣K♥
The board ran out 7♣J♦6♦A♣6♥ giving Uyanik two pair, aces and sevens to best the pocket kings of Schumacher and receive a full double up.
Fabrice Bigot jammed for 175,000 from the small blind and Bjorn Kozenkai called from the big blind.
Fabrice Bigot: Jx10x
Bjorn Kozenkai: K♠8♣
Bigot remained behind on the 6♠6♣4♥ flop and A♥ turn. The K♣ river gave Kozenkai a pair to lock up the hand and he ousted the Frenchman.
Kenny Hallaert opened to 45,000 from under the gun and Victor Yugay defended in the big blind.
Yugay checked on the flop of A♠3♠2♥ and Hallaert continued for 40,000. Yugay called. Yugay checked again on the 8♦ turn and Hallaert sized up to 150,000. Yugay laid it down.
Nikita Kuznetsov raised to 50,000 on the button and Harald Sammer defended his big blind.
The flop came 9♠9♦6♣ and Kuznetsov continued for 25,000. Sammer then raised to 75,000 and Kuznetsov asked how much he had behind.
Sammer moved his chips forward to give Kuznetsov a clear look. "Three eighty," tablemate Victor Yugay said. Kenny Hallaert, a tournament director and a poker pro, reminded Yugay he shouldn't answer for Sammer.
Kuznetsov called to the Q♦ turn, where Sammer checked and Kuznetsov bet 65,000. Sammer called and the A♦ fell on the river.
Sammer checked again and Kuznetsov picked up the dealer button and slammed it on the table, checking behind. Sammer flashed a queen, but Kuznetsov had A♠6♠ for a better two pair on the river to win the pot.
Bart Lybaert opened to 40,000 from the button and Fabio Peluso three-bet to 165,000 from the small blind. Lybaert made the call.
The flop came J♠5♣K♠. Peluso fired a 125,000 continuation bet which was called by Lybaert.
On the 3♦ turn Peluso moved all in for 500,000.
"I'll use some cards" Lybaert said, in reference to his time extensions. After considering his options for just over one minute, Lybaert flicked in a single calling chip to put Peluso at risk.
"Good call" Peluso told his opponent as the cards were put on their backs.
Fabio Peluso: A♦Q♦
Bart Lybaert: K♥Q♣
Peluso had been caught bluffing and could only be saved by a ten or an ace, neither of which materialized on the 9♥ river. Peluso made his exit from the tournament area while Lybaert took down a sizable pot.
Alessandro Minasi opened to 40,000 on the button and called when Raoul Refos made it 130,000 from the small blind.
Refos continued for 75,000 on the K♠9♥7♣ flop before Minasi made it 150,000. Refos paused for a few seconds before moving all in for around 400,000. Minasi made the snap-call.
Raoul Refos: K♥10♠
Alessandro Minasi: 9♦7♦
Minasi was ahead with bottom two pair and he held out to secure the elimination after the J♣ turn and 3♥ river.
Nicolas Chouity opened from under the gun and Yassin Mahmoud called in the big blind.
Mahmoud checked on the A♥9♣6♦ flop and Chouity checked back. Mahmoud then bet 55,000 on the 4♥ turn and Chouity called.
Mahmoud sized up to 200,000 on the [8h[ river and Chouity took some time before calling. Mahmoud showed a bluff with Q♦J♦ for queen-high as Chouity revealed K♦K♠ to win the pot with kings.
Heads-up on a board of K♠J♠7♠Q♥, Casimir Seire bet 120,000 from the button before Victor Yugay raised to 315,000 in the big blind. Seire gave up his hand and Yugay took the pot.
A few hands later, Yugay bet 60,000 on a flop of 4♠A♦3♦ and Yannick Schumacner called under the gun, while Harald Sammer folded in the cutoff.
Both players checked the 9♥ turn before Schumacher led out for 35,000 on the K♦ river. Yugay quickly called and won the pot with A♥J♥ for top pair.
The short-stacked Giovani Torre opened to 40,000 from middle position and was called by the shorter-stacked Priit Parmasto from the big blind.
Parmasto jammed for 165,000 on the 8♣5♠3♦ flop, and Torre folded.
The following hand, Halil Tasyurek opened to 40,000 from under the gun and was called by Alessandro Minasi and Milos Skrbic from middle position and the cutoff.
Tasyurek checked on the 5♥4♣3♠ flop, prompting Minasi to bet 75,000. Skrbic folded before Tasyurek called.
Tasyurek checked once more on the 8♦ turn, and then called a bet of 200,000 after using up a time bank.
The 7♣ river checked through to showdown. Tasyurek tabled 9♠9♥ and Minasi gave the table a quick tap before mucking his cards.
Fabrice Bigot bet 75,000 from under the gun on a board of 7♠3♣6♠10♥ before Aleksandr Faterin moved all in from the cutoff.
Bigot, with 160,000 remaining, burned through several time banks as he considered the decision. "I have a really good hand," he told Faterin, but eventually decided to fold.
Faterin showed him K♦10♣ and Bigot admitted he folded queen-ten. Bigot folded his big blind to a raise from Bart Lybaert the next hand, then got his last 120,000 in against Fabio Peluso a few hands later.
Fabrice Bigot: A♥10♥
Fabio Peluso: Q♣10♣
Bigot had Peluso dominated, but the board came all diamonds with 3♦6♦A♦K♦7♦. Peluso told Bigot about his dramatic chop against Paul Newey yesterday as they split this pot.
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