Marc Foggin raised to 30,000 in the cutoff before Firoz Mangroe three-bet to 75,000 on the button. Simon Wiciak then four-bet to 180,000 in the big blind and only Mangroe called.
Wiciak continued for 75,000 on the 9♦3♦2♦ flop and Mangroe called. Both players then checked the J♥ turn.
The river was the 8♦ and Wiciak checked again. Mangroe then shoved for 600,000 and Wiciak snap-folded.
Fabiano Kovalski raised his K♠9♠ to 30,000 under the gun and was called by Matteo Orchide in the seat next to him, who had A♦Q♠.
Both players checked the 5♣8♥7♠ flop before Kovalski bet 105,000 on the 3♠ turn. Orchide called to the 6♣ river. Kovaslki sized up to 240,000 with his straight, sending Orchide in the tank.
Eventually, he decided to call with ace-high, but quickly saw the bad news and sent his cards into the muck. The pot was shipped to Kovalski while Orchide was left with around 12 big blinds.
Jose Barbosa was all-in for about 200,000 from the cutoff versus Nicolas Julien in the big blind.
Jose Barbosa: K♣10♠
Nicolas Julien: K♥Q♥
The 8♦6♠5♥ flop was clean for Julien, but the 10♦ fell on the turn to give Barbosa the lead.
The 5♦ completed the board and Barbosa doubled through Julien, leaving him short.
Julien would be eliminated just a couple of hands later by Yurii Zabrodotskyi.
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Matteo Orchide led out for 25,000 from the big blind on a flop of 5♠6♥2♣ and Stephen Song called under the gun.
The turn fell the K♥ and saw Orchide push in the rest of his 145,000 chips. Song gauged the number and quickly called.
Matteo Orchide: 5♦2♠
Stephen Song: J♥J♣
Orchide's two pair was transformed into a full house on the 2♥ river, securing him the pot and a double-up.
Haoran Cai hasn't enjoyed the last few moments over at his table as the Chinese player had just lost back-to-back pots.
First, Simon Wiciak raised to 30,000 from the cutoff and Evgenii Sboev called from the small blind. Cai then squeezed to 115,000 out of the big blind, which got Wiciak to fold. Sboev then backraised all in for around 700,000, and Cai folded.
In the next hand, Wiciak opened to 30,000 from the hijack and Cai called from the small blind.
On the 8♦J♥2♠ flop, both players checked to the 6♣ turn. Cai led out for 25,000, Wiciak raised to 75,000, and Cai called.
An 8♠ fell on the river and after Cai checked, Wiciak bet 100,000. Cai used some extra time but eventually folded.
With about 100,000 in the middle on a monotone turn board of J♣5♣2♣K♣, Jan Eric Schwippert checked in late position to Gabriel Cunha to his immediate left. Cunha bet 35,000 and Schwippert called.
The river K♠ paired the board and again Schwippert checked. This time Cunha bet 125,000. Schwippert responded with a check-raise to 400,000, leaving himself just 5,000 behind.
Cunha used some of his allotted time and then called to see Schwippert's J♥J♠ for a full house. Cunha mucked and then sent a sizeable portion of his stack to his neighbor.
Jianwei Lin raised from under the gun and was called by Gal Bar on the button and Rania Nasreddine in the big blind.
The flop came 5♠8♠2♦ and Nasreddine checked. Lin bet 30,000 and only Bar called. The turn was the 10♦ and both players checked.
The river came the 3♦ and Lin checked but Bar bet 150,000. Lin made the call and showed K♥K♦ for pocket kings. Bar flipped over A♦6♦ for a rivered flush to win the pot.
Around 400,000 was already in the pot as Lauri Varonen and Pablo Ubierna went to the river on a board of A♥9♣J♣K♦8♠. Varonen then bet 275,000 from the button.
Ubierna used several time banks until eventually calling in early position as Varonen turned over 9♦9♠ for a set to win the pot, knocking Ubierna down to an extreme short stack.
At the same time at another table, Haoran Cai had moved all in for 270,000 from the button on a board of 10♠Q♠8♣2♦3♣ and Firoz Mangroe called under the gun. Cai showed 2♠2♣ for a set of deuces and Mangroe mucked 10♣9♣ as Cai doubled up.
Nick Palma was all-in preflop from early position for around 260,000 and was called by Ivan Zhechev in the big blind, who had the bigger stack as players flipped their cards.
Nick Palma: 8♠8♣
Ivan Zhechev: 6♣6♦
The board ran out 2♠2♣2♦A♦10♦ and both players flopped a full house. Palma had the higher full house, deuces full of eights to win the pot and double his stack.
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