Action folded to Kyle Bowker in the cutoff and he pushed for his last 188,000. The button, Jakub Senk, repushed for 294,000 total and both blinds got out of the way.
Kyle Bowker:
Jakub Senk:
Bowker flopped a flush draw on but would not improve beyond that. The on the turn paired Senk and the on the river did nothing.
Markus Grabher moved all in for 196,000 from the small blind and Nick Petrangelo called in the big blind. The camera crews rushed to the table to film the following showdown:
Markus Grabher:
Nick Petrangelo:
After the board of the kicker played and Grabher was eliminated.
Only one moment later over on table three, a short-stacked Ricardo Graells pushed from under the gun and Valentin Anghel called on the button.
Ricardo Graells:
Valentin Anghel:
The board came and Graells was also eliminated. "What can you do, I had no chips," the Swiss said in French on his way out.
Matas Cimbolas (small blind) got it in with up against the of Igor Dubinskyy (button). Cimbolas repeatedly said that he was ahead, playing with the cameras that swarmed around. Cimbolas asked for a and a sweat for Dubinskyy.
Unfortunately for Cimbolas, no would come and Dubinskyy did hit. With the board reading , Cimbolas said his goodbyes with a smile.
From middle position, Niek Minten opened for 35,000. His neighbor Alex Difelice called and the player next to him, Giuliano Bendinelli, shoved for 279,000. Action folded around to Minten who instantly folded as well. Difelice tanked for a bit and called.
Giuliano Bendinelli:
Alex Difelice:
When asked by Difelice, Minten admitted having folded an ace. Another player claimed to have folded an ace as well, but still, an ace appeared on the flop: . Bendinelli couldn;t believe it, said "Wow!" a couple of times and fist bumped Difelice to congratulate him winning.
Patrick Leonard raised to 40,000 from the button and Alexis Fleur three-bet to 121,000 from the small blind. Leonard moved all in and Fleur called for his last 446,000.
Alexis Fleur:
Patrick Leonard:
The board came and Fleur doubled.
A short-stacked Sebastian Ruiz Figueroa was all in for just 62,000 with the and Diogo Veiga looked him up with . The board ran out and Figueroa got there eventually.
Alex Difelice defended his small blind against a raise by Jonathan Proudfoot and checked the flop of . Proudfoot continued for 27,000 and Difelice called before checking again the on the turn. Proudfoot's second bet was worth 86,000 and Difelice check-raised to 290,000, which Proudfoot called.
After the river, Difelice jammed for the size of the pot and Proudfoot called to see his end up second best to Difelice's for the better full house.
Jan-Eric Schwippert two hands in a row. In the first one he claimed the big blind and the second time Patrick Leonard called out of the big blind after getting a count on the German, who was at risk for 285,000.
Jan-Eric Schwippert:
Patrick Leonard:
The board came and Schwippert doubled.
Short-stack Jonathan Proudfoot doubled for six and a half big blinds with against the of Benjamin Richardson in the big blind. The board came and Proudfoot remained in contention.
but would not improve beyond that. The 
on the turn paired Senk and the 
on the river did nothing.
the kicker played and Grabher was eliminated.
and Graells was also eliminated. "What can you do, I had no chips," the Swiss said in French on his way out.
up against the 
of Igor Dubinskyy (button). Cimbolas repeatedly said that he was ahead, playing with the cameras that swarmed around. Cimbolas asked for a 
and a sweat for Dubinskyy. 
. Bendinelli couldn;t believe it, said "Wow!" a couple of times and fist bumped Difelice to congratulate him winning.
and Fleur doubled.
. Proudfoot continued for 27,000 and Difelice called before checking again the 
for the better full house.
and Schwippert doubled.
