Towards the end of level eight, €10,200 Mystery Bounty High Roller winner Andre Marques and Rui Neves Ferreira appeared with a ticket in their hand. They had already been registered for a while but only now took their seats.
According to the screens, there are 23 players out of 38 entries remaining.
Mike Watson raised to 5,500 on the button and Adrian Mateos just called from the small blind. They went heads-up to a flop of and Mateos check-called a bet of 9,500 from Watson.
The turn brought the and Mateos checked again. Watson fired a second barrel of 18,000 and Mateos still called. The hit the river and both players went to showdown. Mateos flipped over for two pair and Watson mucked his cards.
The action folded all the way to Pedro Garagnani in the small blind and he pushed all-in for the 55,000 he had behind. Niklas Astedt in the big blind mulled it over and called within the allocated 30-second shot clock.
Pedro Garagnani:
Niklas Astedt:
"Oh no," the Brazilian joked and feared the worst as Astedt is known to win flips. The flop and turn brought no help to Astedt yet but he made broadway with the river.
In what seemed to be the very first hand after re-entering, Steve O'Dwyer raised and called a three-bet to 22,000 by Niklas Astedt which led them to a flop. Both players checked and O'Dwyer bet the turn for 21,000, picking up a call by Astedt.
The river completed the board and O'Dwyer now checked to Astedt, who bet 100,000. This covered the 62,000 O'Dwyer had behind, who then invested three time bank extensions before calling all-in.
Astedt revealed for aces up and O'Dwyer showed his before heading out of the tournament area.
Gregoire Auzoux opened to 6,000 from under the gun and Seth Davies just ripped all in from the small blind. Auzoux instantly called off his stack of around 100,000 and the cards were on their backs.
Gregoire Auzoux:
Seth Davies:
Auzoux was in a prime position to double up and there was no immediate danger on the flop. However, the on the turn gave Davies a set of nines to take the lead. The bricked the river and Auzoux was sent to the rail.
It only took a couple of preflop raises for Joao Vieira and Felipe Ketzer to get all of the money in preflop. Vieira was the player at risk for 95,000 and was facing a tall task.
Joao Vieira:
Felipe Ketzer:
The flop came and Vieira took the lead with a pair of jacks. The on the turn and the on the river changed nothing, giving Vieira a double-up.
Ren Lin raised from under the gun and then called the shove by Simon Mattsson for the last 22,000 in the small blind.
Simon Mattsson:
Ren Lin:
The board locked up the double for Mattsson on the turn.
Shortly after one table over, the turn showed and Chris Brewer bet 27,000 out of the big blind. Sam Greenwood called from under the gun and then also reluctantly called on the river when Brewer bet 51,000 with a single T-500 chip behind.
Brewer tabled for two pair and that secured the pot.
Greenwood dropped to one third of a starting stack but doubled right away in the next hand when his held up versus Tauan Naves. The Brazilian raised the button and called the short stack shove with . There was no surprise on the runout and Greenwood remained in the mix.
Tom Orpaz opened the action with a raise to 7,000 in the cutoff and Kayhan Mokri was the only caller on the button. That led the duo to the flop on which Orpaz continued for 10,000 and Mokri called.
Following the turn, Orpaz upped his sizing to 50,000 and that got rid of Mokri.