Quan Zhou was all in for his last few chips, with Kristen Bicknell and Ryan Riess also active in the hand. On an board, Riess bet Bicknell out of the hand and revealed for the nut flush to send Zhou to the rail. It was Zhou's second bullet and he is eliminated.
At the end of the previous level, Koray Aldemir raised to 1,800 in early position, Michal Ozimek three-bet to 5,700 behind him, Ludovic Geilich cold-called from the big blind and Aldemir called as well.
Although three very aggressive players were in the hand, nobody put any money in on the flop. On the turn, Ozimek bet 8,000 and both Geilich and Aldemir quickly folded.
At the end of the previous level, Thomas Muehloecker faced a raise to 1,800 by Xixiang Luo and three-bet to 6,000, then called the four-bet to 15,200 by Luo. The latter bet the flop for 11,600 and was called before check-shoving the turn to a bet of 18,500 by Muehloecker. The Austrian quickly called and Luo was drawing dead once both players revealed their cards.
Xixiang Luo:
Thomas Muehloecker:
The on the river was a mere formality and the stacks were briefly counted, but Muehloecker had Luo covered and sent the Chinese to the rail for the second time in this event.
Romain Lewis raised to 1,700 and Eric Sfez three-bet to 5,200 on the button. Antoine Saout four-bet to 13,300 from the small blind and Lewis quickly folded, while Sfez called. On the flop, Saout was about to bet 7,600 but the chips were not pushed forward yet, while Sfez had already announced his all in.
"I call, I was gonna make a small bet but I call his all in," Saout clearly said to the dealer and Sfez's shove for 38,000 stood, as did the call.
Eric Sfez:
Antoine Saout:
The turn and river were both blanks and Sfez headed to the rail. He was joined there by Jonas Lauck, who got it in with against the of Helio Neves on the turn. The river was a blank and Lauck was gone on bullet number one.
With some 20,000 in the middle and the turn showing , Ali Reza Fatehi check-raised to 25,000 and called the shove of table neighbor Kacper Pyzara for 63,600.
Kacper Pyzara:
Ali Reza Fatehi:
The river brought no help to Fatehi and he had to forfeit a decent chunk of his big stack once again.
David Peters, Kristen Bicknell, Matthew Moss, Niall Farrell and Bartlomiej Machon all busted their first bullet. Bicknell has been spotted in the tournament area with a fresh new stack of 50,000.