Marc MacDonnell won two hands in a row. First be shoved the river on Norbert Madaras and then called a Maria Lampropulos shove from the small blind with queens in the big.
Hand #1:
MacDonnell made it 35,000 and Madaras called from the big blind. The flop came and both players checked. The turn was the and MacDonnell bet 100,000. Madaras called.
The river was the and MacDonnell went all in, putting Madaras at risk. Madaras thought for a while and folded, accidentally exposing the in the process.
Hand #2:
Lampropulos shoved all in for 275,000 from the small blind and MacDonnell quickly called, showing . Lampropulos had .
The board ran out and MacDonnell won the pot, eliminating Lampropulos.
Niall Farrell opened for 35,000 and got a call from the small blind before Stoyan Obreshkov jammed in the big. It was 266,000 and Farrell called. The third player mucked.
Farrell:
Obreshkov:
The board ran out , giving Obreshkov a set he didn't even need on the end.
"I wasn't beating much on that board, was I?" Farrell said.
Niall Farrell raised to 35,000 from the cutoff and was called by Osman Mustanoglu and Clement Richez in the blinds.
The flop came , Mustanoglu and Richez checked, Farrell bet 50,000. Mustanoglu raised to 130,000 and Richez folded. Farrell thought about it for a while and then decided to shove. Mustanoglu called in an instant.
Niall Farrell:
Osman Mustanoglu:
Farrell had an overpair with his pocket aces and Mustanoglu had hit a pair of kings on the flop. Mustanoglu got up from his seat already. The turn brought them the and the river completed the board with the . No help for Mustanoglu as he was eliminated in 34th place.
Luis Rodriguez bet 135,000 from the big blind on a completed board of . After thinking awhile on the button, Roman Herold called for almost half of his remaining chips. However, he couldn't beat for a flush.
Thomer Pidun raised to 45,000 on the button and Kevin MacPhee three-bet to 156,000 in the small blind. Pidun glanced over to the other side of the table and moved all in, MacPhee snap-called.
Kevin MacPhee:
Thomer Pidun:
The board of secured the double for MacPhee on the turn already and Pidun was ready to leave. "You got me covered, I started the hand with 600 something," MacPhee added and his stack was counted for 605,000. Pidun was left with a mere 12 big blinds once all was done and dusted.
At the same time, short stack Lucas Baruc was eliminated over on the feature table.
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First, he raised to 27,000 and got three-bet immediately by Jack Salter to 84,000. Obreshkov raised to 214,000 and Salter shoved. Obreshkov folded.
A few hands later, he was heads up with Osman Mustanoglu. The board read and Obreshkov bet more than 200,000 putting Mustanoglu all in and Mustanoglu snap-called and showed . He was ahead of Obreshkov's .
Roman Herold was the initial raiser and Parker Talbot called out of the big blind. On the flop, Talbot checked and called a bet of 35,000 by Herold before checking again the turn. Herold moved all in and Talbot folded.
Michal Mrakes raised to 27,000 the next hand and Anthony Zinno defended his big blind. On the flop, Zinno check-called a bet of 20,000 by Mrakes before the turn went check, check. Zinno also checked the on the river and Mrakes' bet of 49,000 forced a fold.