Paul Teoh raised to 75,000 from under the gun and was called by "karilleMeni" on the button. "sws79" three-bet to 330,000 and Teoh was the only caller.
On the flop, "sws79" bet-called all-in for fewer than 765,000.
"sws79":
Paul Teoh:
Teoh missed out on the full house as the turn and the river instead improved "sws79" further to the nutflush.
"Mangudai" of Austria became the next player to fork over his chips to Paul Teoh when they held the and Teoh flipped over .
"Mangudai" hit a teasing flop of but the turn and river were not what they were looking for.
Tomas Ribeiro then clashed with "sws79" and was at risk preflop for fewer than 20 blinds.
Tomas Ribeiro:
"sws79":
As the board came , Ribeiro was drawing dead on the turn.
"sws79" held onto the chips for just a brief moment before forfeiting a portion to Joao Vieira. It went in after the flop was dealt with Vieira at risk holding the for a pair and a straight draw. "sws79" tabled for the overpair but the turn and river kept Vieira in the game.
Dario Sammartino three-bet jammed his short stack into the raise of "Lampard10" who quickly called.
Dario Sammartino:
"Lampard10":
The board came and Sammartino doubled with the nutflush.
However, right after Sammartino three-bet the pot to 78,000 out of the big blind and initial raiser Craig Timmis called.
Sammartino ripped it in for 124,976 with the when the flop fell and Timmis called with for a gutshot. While the turn bricked, the river did not as Sammartino bowed out.
Ami Barer fell short right after and he was followed by "Minthon" and Maksim "IReadB00ks" Pisarenko, among others.
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Samuel "vivaegipto" Bernabeu was all-in preflop in the last hand before the break and picked up calls from Mike McDonald and Simon Lofberg. McDonald ended up calling all-in on the flop.
Samuel "vivaegipto" Bernabeu:
Mike McDonald:
Simon Lofberg:
The turn kept McDonald in the lead as he improved to a straight but Lofberg nailed the river.
Adam Owen was at risk preflop for 321,524 with the and "Lampard10" from the UK tabled the .
As the board came , Owen became the 73rd place finisher.
The next hand was dealt and several players were all-in. "ruminramen" had the fewest chips and busted while "BlueMoon", Jeff Kirsch and "kakamakadu" hit the rail for a min-cash.
"BlueMoon" pushed with the into the of Mike McDonald who held up on a board of .
"kakamakadu" got it in good with against Mike Leah with the but the board favoured Leah.
However, the most remarkable hand played out in a three-way all-in featuring Philip "Respect!" Long, Kirsch and Leon Tsoukernik.
Jeff Kirsch:
Leon Tsoukernik:
Philip "Respect!" Long:
The board came to improve Tsoukernik to quads and drag in a massive pot.
Kasper "GangstaPoker" Mellanen three-bet the pot to 35,000 and was called by "ginyo" as they then got it in after the flop on which Mellane check-shovd for 131,995 when facing a bet of 75,000.
Kasper "GangstaPoker" Mellanen:
"ginyo":
The turn and the river kept Mellanen in contention as he made a flush.
"bapu" was not as fortunate. They got it in preflop with from the button as "SkullIsland" quickly called with in the cutoff, holding the slightly superior stack.
The board came and that spelled the end for "bapu" a few spots away from the money.
Carter Swidler was already at risk preflop and Luke "lb6121" Schwartz got the remaining 20,000 and change in after a flop of out of the big blind. Lautaro "Gueca" Guerra made the call from the button to put two players at risk in a total pot of 180,313.
Carter Swidler:
Luke "lb6121" Schwartz:
Lautaro "Gueca" Guerra:
The aces were dead and Guerra had little to fear on the turn and river runout.
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