Paul Jux Holderness called a raise to 85,000 by Robbie McCormack and Henri Koivisto from one seat over in the small blind three-bet to 260,000. McCormack folded and Jux Holderness did so after plenty of consideration.
Moments after the elimination of Patrick Clarke on the feature table, Henri Koivisto raised to 80,000 in the cutoff and Keith Brennan jammed the button for 365,000, Koivisto called.
Keith Brennan:
Henri Koivisto:
Koivisto took the lead on the flop, but Brennan spiked the turn to secure the double, making the river a formality.
Over on the feature table, Patrick Clarke moved all in for 80,000, 20 big blinds in total, and was snap-called by Mick McCloskey in the big blind.
Patrick Clarke:
Mick McCloskey:
On a board of , Clarke was left drawing dead on the turn and had to settle for 11th place and a payday of €6,250, while McCloskey took over the overall lead.
Over on the outer table, Keith Brennan had Robbie McCormack on the ropes when both short stacks were all in with McCormack at risk.
Robbie McCormack:
Keith Brennan:
The board came and McCormack turned a straight to double for 560,000.
Down to 45,000 and having invested 5,000 for the ante, Brennan was all in the next hand on the button as Henri Koivisto raised to 80,000, which McCormack in the small blind called.
McCormack bet the flop for 100,000 and Koivisto called. The turn and river were checked and McCormack showed , Koivisto had the and Brennan tripled up with .
Right after, Koivisto raised and called the shove of Brennan with the , Brennan turned over . The board came and Brennan doubled to crawl back into contention with now 10 big blinds.
In the last hand of the previous level, David Schable raised with the to 65,000 and Jakub Groblewski defended the . The flop brought and Groblewski picked up a gutshot. However, he reluctantly check-folded to a bet of 70,000 by Schable before then winning the next hand with his signature move of raising and leaving one big blind behind.
Over on the outer table, a battle of the blinds saw Robbie McCormack bet the turn for 140,000 and was called by Michael Brock. On the river, McCormack checked and called a bet of 235,000, then mucked when he was shown the for a straight.
Robbie McCormack defended his big blind against a min-raise by Henri Koivisto and another 60,000 each followed on the flop. On the turn, McCormack checked and Koivisto got through with a bet of 125,000 to force a fold.
Paul Jux Holderness then won a pot against Koivisto after betting the turn for 80,000 and the river for 155,000. Koivisto called the first bet, then folded to the second bet.
Mick McCloskey has taken over control on the feature table and boosted his stack to 1.5 million. Jakub Groblewski had stuck around, grinding a short stack, and raised with the in the hijack. McCloskey called on the button with and the flop brought . Groblewski bet 75,000 and McCloskey folded.
Soon after, McCloskey raised to 65,000 with and Patrick Clarke shoved for 665,000 with . McCloskey tank-folded and Clarke claimed the pot.
A button raise by Michael Brock was called by Henri Koivisto in the big blind and the duo checked the [4s34h2s] flop. On the turn, Koivisto bet 90,000 and Brock called before doing so again for 200,000 on the river.
Koivisto showed for the nut flush and Brock shook his head.