Oleh Okhotskyi opened to 16,000 from under the gun. George Tomescu moved all in for 55,000 from the hijack. Abdelhakim Zoufri called in the cutoff. Mikolaj Zawadzki then moved all in to isolate Tomescu's stack. Okhotskyi and Zoufri folded.
George Tomescu: A♥10♣
Mikolaj Zawadzki: 5♠5♣
Tomescu flopped top pair on 7♣10♠3♦. The 4♦ presented Zawadzki with a gutshot but he rivered a set on the 5♥ to eliminate Tomescu.
There were roughly 140,000 chips in the middle on 6♠A♣3♠9♥4♦. Ricardo Morais from early position checked to Daniel Wilson who was on button, Wilson announced "all in".
Morais with roughly 120,000 behind eventually called but got shown the bad news as Wilson tabled A♠J♦. Morais showed A♦2♦.
Wilson took his chip stack over 600,000 and collected a mystery bounty.
Vladimir Heinich opened to 16,000 from early position, and received a call from Victor-Dan Angelescu on the button, before Hoang Phan produced a three-bet to 55,000 from the big blind. Heinich pumped it up further to 110,000, Angelscu got out of the way, and Phan called.
On the Q♠3♦2♥ flop, Phan check-called a bet of 55,000 from Heinich.
The A♦ turn and 5♣ river were checked through. Phan tabled 9♦9♣ for a pair of nines, but Heinich had K♣K♦ for a pair of kings.
Action was picked up after Thierry Gogniat moved all in from the small blind over an early position open to 20,000 from Martin Finger. Gogniat was all-in for 134,000 and Finger moved all in over the top. Ivan Banic had flat the initial open on the button and pondered his decision as to whether to call. He had both players covered but eventually he folded.
Thierry Gogniat: 8♣8♦
Martin Finger: A♣9♥
Gogniat made a full house over the Q♠10♦10♥10♣5♥ runout to secure the double up.
Vladimir Heinich opened from the button before Jacques Der Megreditchian moved all in for around 120,000 from the small blind. Heinich called after the big blind folded.
Jacques Der Megreditchian: A♠10♥
Vladimir Heinich: K♥7♦
Der Megreditchian made Broadway across the 9♣Q♦5♣K♦J♦ runout to secure a crucial double up.
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