Tibor Nagygyorgy moved all in from early position and Hugo Gomes Andrade asked for a count on the button. Nagygyorgy's shove was for 401,000 and the Portuguese called.
Tibor Nagygyorgy:
Hugo Gomes Andrade:
Andrade had previously doubled via two-outer against the Hungarian, who was seeking revenge. However, Nagygyorgy was drawing dead on the turn of a board and both players shook hands. "You are a crazy man," Nagygyorgy said to Andrade with a smile on the face before heading to the payout desk.
There were plenty of chips already in the pot when Brian Kaufman Esposito checked the turn of a board . Arezki Belaidi moved all in for 350,000 and Kaufman Esposito eventually called.
Arezki Belaidi:
Brian Kaufman Esposito:
The on the river was a blank and Belaidi was eliminated. "Sick call man," Aleksandr Gofman said while Kaufman Esposito boosted his stack from half a million to 1.5 million in a matter of half an hour by eliminating two opponents.
From first position, Alexandros Papadopoulos shoved for his last 180,000. Small blind Gustavo Mastelotto tanked for a fair bit before he reshoved. The big blind folded.
Alexandros Papadopoulos:
Gustavo Mastelotto:
The board ran out and Papadopoulos had already gotten up after the turn.
Aleksandr Gofman raised to 45,000 from under the gun and was called by Scott Wellenbach in the small blind and short stack Lachezar Plamenov Petkov in the big blind. On the flop, the action checked to Gofman, who continued for 77,000. Wellenbach called and Petkov folded.
The fell on the turn and Wellenbach checked once more, then called a bet of 166,000 by Gofman. Both players checked the river and Wellenbach showed , which ended second-best to Gofman's .
Andre Akkari was first to act and opened for 40,000. His neighbor Patrick Leonard 3-bet to 125,000 out of a total stack of 641,000. The action folded back around to Akkari and he pushed all in. Leonard called.
Andre Akkari:
Patrick Leonard:
The flop () and turn () were good for Leonard but the river did him in. The talented Leonard has been eliminated from the tournament, Akkari now an even bigger stack with over 3.1 million in chips.
In a three-bet pot between big stack Tsugunari Toma and Alan Mehamed on the button, the former checked the flop of . Mehamed bet 201,000 and Toma folded.
Mehamed has been flying under the radar and bumped his stack up to one million while Toma remains among the biggest stacks on the last five tables.
Jan-Eric Schwippert defended his small blind against a cutoff raise by Raffaele Sorrentino and checked the flop of . Sorrentino continued for 42,000 and Schwippert called before checking again the turn. Sorrentino fired a second bet worth 79,000 and Schwippert check-raised to 223,000, picking up a call by Sorrentino.
The appeared on the river and Schwippert took his time before betting 520,000 out of his stack of 650,000, and Sorrentino spent an equally long time in the think tank before making the call. Schwippert rolled over for a full house and won a big pot.
One table was still playing and that provided some action, as Quentin Lecomte defended his small blind against a raise by Andre Akkari. On the flop both players checked and Lecomte check-called a bet of 110,000 on the turn. The river completed the board and Lecomte checked.
Akkari moved all in and Lecomte tanked for some time before folding. With that hand, Akkari likely took over the lead and his table will be moved over to the TV set after the break.
and both players shook hands. "You are a crazy man," Nagygyorgy said to Andrade with a smile on the face before heading to the payout desk.
. Arezki Belaidi moved all in for 350,000 and Kaufman Esposito eventually called.
on the river was a blank and Belaidi was eliminated. "Sick call man," Aleksandr Gofman said while Kaufman Esposito boosted his stack from half a million to 1.5 million in a matter of half an hour by eliminating two opponents.
and Papadopoulos had already gotten up after the turn.
flop, the action checked to Gofman, who continued for 77,000. Wellenbach called and Petkov folded.
fell on the turn and Wellenbach checked once more, then called a bet of 166,000 by Gofman. Both players checked the 
river and Wellenbach showed 
.
) were good for Leonard but the river 
did him in. The talented Leonard has been eliminated from the tournament, Akkari now an even bigger stack with over 3.1 million in chips.
. Mehamed bet 201,000 and Toma folded.
