George Tomescu was riding a short stack of 20,500 and put all of his chips in the middle from early position. Roman Hrabec called on the button, while the rest of the table got out of the way.
George Tomescu: J♦J♥
Roman Hrabec: A♣A♦
Hrabec had woken up with aces, and Tomescu was already standing up from his seat awaiting the 2♦5♠7♣9♦8♣ board before heading for the exit.
Yulian Bogdanov checked the 7♥7♦6♦2♥ turn out of the small blind and then called when Athanasios Kidas bet 26,000 on the button.
That brought them to the 4♥ river on which Bogdanov checked again. Kidas bet 75,000 with a fraction of that behind, sending his opponent deep in the tank. Bogdanov counted his remaining stack and eventually called.
Kidas was reluctant to show his cards, having announced jack-high, and then flashed the J♥10♦. Bogdanov won the large pot with 9♣9♠, leaving Kidas on the verge of elimination.
Anson Tsang opened under the gun, then called when Krishna Madhariwar moved all in for around 50,000 in the cutoff.
Krishna Madhariwar: A♣9♣
Anson Tsang: A♦K♦
Madhariwar found himself dominated heading to the 10♦8♦3♥ flop. Tsang became an even bigger favorite after picking up the nut flush draw, and he held on through the 2♣ turn and 5♣ river to send Madhariwar to the rail.
Heads-up to the J♠8♠2♦2♣4♦ river, [Removed:435] checked and Leon Sturm bet 38,000. Fellow big stack Anastasakis pondered about his next move for a while, then check-raised to 145,000. Sturm tanked for 75 some seconds and folded.
Jean Gessis raised to 7,000 and Nils Pudel called. Marek Uharcek then jammed for 30,000 in the big blind and Gessis was the only caller.
Marek Uharcek: 10♣10♥
Jean Gessis: 7♥7♣
The superior pocket pair prevailed on the Q♦9♠6♣A♠4♠ runout and Uharcek remained in contention.
Christophe Panetti opened to 6,000 from the hijack and was called by Zaki Hamani from the button. Kacper Pawlowski three-bet to 30,000 from the big blind and only Hamani called.
Hamani called bets of 15,000 and 25,500 on the flop and turn before the river checked through to showdown.
Pawlowski thought his A♣Q♠ was best on the A♦9♦K♣8♥6♥ board, but Hamani had the winner with his two pair holding K♠6♠, which drew a few gasps from the table.
Four ways to the K♣Q♥5♥ flop, it checked to Arvydas Merfeldas and he bet 6,000. Akin Tuna called from one seat over and Santhosh Suvarna also check-called in the small blind. The 8♥ turn was checked and the 6♥ river brought another heart on the board.
Suvarna checked and Merfeldas bet 22,000. Only Tuna called and won the pot with the K♥10♣, as Merfeldas only had the A♣Q♣.
Claas Segebrecht got his stack of 150,000 in from the small blind against Eusebiu Jalba on the button. Jalba covered Segebrecht and a showdown was ordered.
Claas Segebrecht: A♠Q♥
Eusebiu Jalba: 10♠10♦
Jalba, pointed out by another player as "the luckiest player on the table," stayed true to that notion when he won the flip as 3♥3♣8♦5♥9♣ meant that his pair of tens held, sending Segebrecht home.
Heads-up on a flop of 4♠6♠5♠, Yuval Rosenberg bet 8,000 from under the gun and Viktor Blom called in the big blind.
The turn came the Q♠ and Rosenberg bet another 10,000. Blom again called and checked the 2♦ river. Rosenberg quickly checked back.
Blom turned over K♠Q♥ for a flush and Rosenberg mucked as the online legend took down the pot.
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