Stanislav Koleno opened to 175,000 in early position, Michael Rohde three-bet to 450,000 from the cutoff, Leonardo Romeo four-bet to 1,040,000 from the small blind, Koleno folded and Rohde called.
The flop was and Romeo wasted no time in shoving all in. It was effectively 1,755,000 to Rohde, who called with lightning-speed.
Leonardo Romeo:
Michael Rohde:
It was the dream flop for Rohde, who had Romeo completely crushed. The on the turn gave Romeo a slight chance, but the on the river secured it for Rohde.
Arünas Jocius was down to just 470,000 and shoved all in. Jan Stariat called from the big blind to put the Lithuanian in the danger zone.
Arünas Jocius:
Jan Stariat:
The doorcard was the and Jocius appeared to take a huge lead, until the and popped up as well. The turn and river didn't help Jocius, who saw his deep run come to an end in 13th place.
Holding , Arturs Scerbaks found himself at risk for his last 1,200,000. Stanislav Koleno, who won a couple of medium sized pots in the past half hour to build his stack, held and tried to score the elimination.
Scerbaks found the king he needed on and doubled up.
Although it's already 9:10 p.m. local time, the players still need to go on a dinner break and take a 45-minute pauze to get some food. All counts will follow shortly. Action will resume around 9:55 p.m.
The shortest stack coming out of the dinner break was Mindaugas Jonuskis. The Lithuanian also became the first to head to the rail after the pause. With seven blinds left, Jonuskis went for it with and got a call from Cenk Oguz with .
The flop gave Jonuskis the three he was looking for. The on the turn was safe, but the dreaded on the river ended it for the last Lithuanian. He was also the last one to receive €8,689, all the other players have secured at least a five figure finish.
With several shortish stacks in the room, the triangular all-in button is a common sight on the tables. Both Jan Stariat and Michal Lubas went for it and picked up the blinds and antes uncontested.