In a preflop raising war Aurelien Guiglini ended up all in and at risk for around 6.9 million and had a flip against Martin Kus.
Aurelien Guiglini:
Martin Kus:
The board ran out and Kus held up with his pocket pair. It didn't take long for him to send the next player packing, as 2018 MILLIONS Germany 9th place finisher Yiannis Liperis also fell victim to his hot streak.
Liperis was all in before the flop with pocket aces and Kus turned over . The board came and Kus rivered the two outer to crack the aces.
Pierre Calamusa raised from the button and called a three-bet to 1.9 million by Julian Stuer out of the small blind to see a flop of . Stuer bet 1.3 million and Calamusa raised to 4.0 million, which Stuer called.
After the turn both players checked and Stuer also checked the river. Calamusa's bet of 5.0 million saw Stuer use one time bank extension and he then called to get shown for a bluff, which he had beat with .
Preben Stokkan lost quite a few chips to Jan-Eric Schwippert before bowing out to Narcis Gabriel Nedelcu in a coin flip with pocket fives versus ace-king.
Robert Heidorn and Tapio Vihakas followed before Patrick Bruel scored a double for 9.3 million against Teun Meulder. Both clashed preflop with the former tabling , and Mulder was in trouble with the . After a board of , Bruel's aces were not cracked but he even hit a set to take a big chunk out of Meulder's stack.
Stephane Albertini moved all in for 1.6 million with pocket sixes and Patrick Bruel just called, Evangelos Bechrakis then moved all in over the fop for 6.5 million with the and Bruel quickly called with .
The board came and Bruel hit a second set within fewer than 15 minutes to now score a double knockout and jump up to two times the average.
The cards of Jan-Eric Schwippert were already in the muck and Oliver Price had doubled up in style for his last 5.5 million with after improving to a straight flush on the board .
Pascal Lefrancois started the day as one of the shortest stacks with a mere 1.2 million, but a lot has changed since. After defending his big blind against fellow Canadian Michael Bailey, he check-called a bet on the fllop and another for 2.0 million on the turn. The river was checked and Lefrancois showed to win the pot.
The last few levels had been rather quiet for Viktor Blom and he just helped himself to some profit in a battle of the blinds against David Laka in a battle of former partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Main Event champion and runner up.
On a flop of , Blom bet 750,000 and Laka raised to 1.85 million, which Blom called. The turn and Jd] river brought no action and Blom won the pot with .
Joris Ruijs and Georgios Vrakas were eliminated, the only players to run out of chips for some time since the most recent double knockout.
Vrakas was all in with his short stack and pocket tens, Michael Bailey looked him up with the and the board came . "It was an easy day, I was short most of the time and didn't have to think about much."
Andrejs Perederejevs scored a double up from behind when his ended up defeating Stephen Chidwick's on a board of .