Andrew Hulme Q♠Q♥ raised to 400,000 in the hijack and Fabiano Kovalski K♠J♦ defended his big blind. Action checked through to the river for the final board to read A♠4♦3♣9♣K♥. Kovalski rivered a pair of kings and took down the pot after it was checked through to showdown.
Jianwei Lin had A♦K♠ in early position and moved all in for 2,925,000. The jam got through and he added about 20% to his stack.
The next hand saw Stephen Song open A♥8♥ in middle position to 400,000 when Fabiano Kovalski picked up A♣K♦ in the cutoff. He moved all in for 7,050,000 and that jam also got a fold.
Kuzmanovic then opened the button with 10♠8♥ to 400,000 and got a defend from Lin in the big blind with 7♥5♦.
On the Q♠6♦3♥ flop, Lin checked and Kuzmanovic bet 300,000. Lin check-raised to 850,000 with his gutshot. Kuzmanovic folded to send another pot to Lin.
David Coleman A♦4♦ raised to 400,000 from under the gun and won the pot uncontested.
Stephen Song K♦Q♣ was first to act and made it 400,000 and saw Rania Nasreddine 10♦9♦ call from middle position. It was checked to showdown, and Song's high cards were best on the A♥7♥3♠3♦3♥ board.
Marius-Catalin Pertea Q♣10♣ opened to 450,000 from under the gun. Song 9♣8♥ came along from the big blind. Song paired up on the 8♠7♣2♦ flop and check-raised to 950,000 over a bet of 375,000. Pertea released his hand.
Pertea then received a walk in the big blind and the players went on break.
The players have been sent on their final 20-minute break of the day, with play closing after the next level. Here are the highlights from Level 32.
Niveau: 33
Blinds: 125,000/250,000
Ante: 250,000
Marius-Catalin Pertea limped the small blind and was raised to 800,000 from the big blind by Fabiano Kovalski. Pertea then three-bet to 2,750,000 and Kovalski four-bet jammed for 7,700,000, slightly covering Pertea who snap called to put himself at risk.
Marius-Catalin Pertea: A♥7♥
Fabiano Kovalski: 8♠8♣
The flop came9♦9♥5♥ giving Pertea a flush draw, and the turn was the A♣ pairing his ace.
Kovalski would need an eight, but the 10♦ fell instead as Pertea doubled up to take the chip lead while Kovalski was left with fumes.
Boris Kuzmanovic Q♥Q♦ made it 500,000 from under the gun and Rania Nasreddine K♥J♥ defended her big blind. Nasreddine check-folded to a bet of 325,000 on the 9♦6♥6♣ flop.
Kuzmanovic received a walk in the big blind the following hand.
Stephen Song A♣8♥ opened to 500,000 from middle position and folded out the table.
On the next deal, Song K♦9♥ raised to 500,000 and once again, won the pot uncontested.
Fabiano Kovalski used a time bank before he raised to 800,000, leaving 450,000 behind.
Rania Nasreddine moved all in from the hijack for 4,825,000 and Kovalski called off the rest to put himself at risk.
Fabiano Kovalski: K♠5♦
Rania Nasreddine: J♦J♣
The board came 8♦4♣3♦7♥Q♥ and as Nasreddine's jacks held, Kovalski's run at a second official EPT Barcelona final table in three years came to an end one spot short.
Boris Kuzmanovic A♥Q♣ raised to 500,000 from the hijack before Alexandre Fournier K♣Q♥ three-bet to 1,300,000 from the cutoff. Kuzmanvic four-bet jammed for 5,475,000, and Fournier let go of his hand.
Marius-Catalin Pertea Q♠Q♣ opened to 550,000 from under the gun and folded out the table.
Jianwei Lin moved in for 4,130,000 from early position but smashed into Andrew Hulme's monster to his immediate left. Hulme moved in for 2,425,000 and the rest of the table folded.
Andrew Hulme: A♦A♣
Jianwei Lin: 8♥8♦
The board came Q♣10♣6♣10♥K♠ as Hulme's aces held up to double through Lin, leaving him short.
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