Ole Honkomp opened to 2,500 and watched as first Martin Svan shoved for 5,000 and Lukas Frey shoved for 14,100. Honkomp called to put both players at risk.
Martin Svan: A♠7♥
Lukas Frey: A♥J♦
Ole Honkomp: A♦10♦
The board ran out 6♠5♣2♣10♣Q♦ with Honkomp the beneficiary of a ten on the turn to send both opponents to the rail.
The action folded around to Steven Watts in the cutoff, who shoved for 15,400. Andrea Abate on the button stuck in the call, and the blinds folded.
Steven Watts: A♠4♣
Andrea Abate: A♦J♠
Watts may have momentarily thought he took the lead when he saw the 4♠ on the flop, but unfortunately for him, it was followed by J♥Q♦, which kept Abate in the lead. Nothing changed on the K♣8♦ runout, and Watts was sent to the exit.
Ben Yehoshua opened to 2,500 from under the gun and and was called by Pascal Pflock in the hijack, Jean-Serge Baril in the cutoff, and Benjamin Spragg in the big blind for a four-way pot.
Action checked to Pflock on the 3♠9♣5♠ flop and he bet 3,500. Spragg called and everyone else folded.
Spragg checked again on the 8♣ turn and Pflock sized up for a 15,000 barrel. Spragg thought it over and decided to fold — awarding Pflock the pot.
Action folded around to Fabrizio Nociolini who called in the small blind. Michele Matera raised to 4,000 before Nociolini moved all in for around 25,000. Matera called quickly and the players showed down.
Fabrizio Nociolini: A♥6♣
Michele Matera: 7♠7♣
Matera's pocket pair held across the Q♠K♣9♦5♦10♠ runout to eliminate his compatriot.
Ohad Aharon Freund raised to 2,500 and Vahe Ter-Khachatryan three-bet to 7,000. It folded back around to Freund who four-bet all in for 27,500.
Ter-Khachatryan thought over his decision for a while before eventually calling.
Ohad Aharon Freund: 10♥10♣
Vahe Ter-Khachatryan: J♠J♦
Freund made a noise as he realized the shape he was in. The flop K♥J♥2♣ didn't help him, and although he picked up a flush draw on the 3♥, the Q♣ river bricked and he was eliminated.
Meanwhile, at the same table, Felix Schneiders continues to sit on a stack of around 130,000 which is where he's been since the first few levels of the day.
Life Outside Poker is a new podcast for PokerNews hosted by Connor Richards that seeks to pull back the curtain on poker players and allow viewers and listeners to get to know them on a personal level.
In the 21st episode, Connor speaks with Survivor legend Boston Rob, aka Rob Mariano, about growing up near Fenway Park, learning poker at the age of 6, studying psychology at Boston University, applying for Survivor and winning Season 22, his recent appearance on Deal or No Deal Island and filming an upcoming season of The Traitors.
Boston Rob also revealed a story about Costa Rican authorities raiding a mansion known to host high-stakes poker games during a 2006 filming that included Daniel Negreanu, Josh Arieh, David Williams, Michael Mizrachi and actress Cheryl Hines.
"(Gambling mogul) Calvin (Ayre) had a big party at the house, and they came in guns drawn," he said. "And we were fine, but we all had to stay at the party until they checked our passports and everything. I think it was a little bit of a shakedown. But we had a good weekend."
