With around 20,000 in the middle on the completed board of 7♥4♦4♥A♥2♥, Miroslav Forman announced all in to put Tawfik Samih at risk for 23,000.
Samih went deep into the tank for over three minutes and elected to make the call. Forman tabled A♠J♥ for a flush, which was enough to send Samih to the rail who had flopped trip-fours with 4♣3♠.
After Shawn Stroke opened to 3,000 from under the gun, Alexandre Viard called from the cutoff.
The dealer fanned a flop of 9♥5♣4♥, and Stroke bet 7,500. Viard quickly moved all in, and Stroke snap-called with his last 23,700 chips.
Shawn Stroke: 10♦10♠
Alexandre Viard: Q♥Q♣
Stroke didn't expect to see queens in Viard's hands. The 8♥ came on the turn and the Q♦ on the river, and Stroke was eliminated.
On a completed board of 5♣5♠2♣7♠6♦ and with 37,000 in the middle, Simone Pascucci moved all in for 39,500 from the small blind.
Shawn Stroke in the big blind went deep into the tank and made the call. As soon as Pascucci turned over his hand Stroke let out an expletive and said "nice hand!" and mucked his hand. Pascucci had 5♦4♣ for trip fives. As it was a showdown the dealer retrieved Stroke's hand from the muck and showed 10♣7♣ for two pair.
With 18,000 in the pot on the flop of 9♥5♠2♣, Vincent Pedersen bet 4,500 from the small blind and was called by Andras Balogh on the button.
Both players checked the 3♥ turn, but Pedersen announced all in on the J♥ river and easily covered the remaining 24,000 chip stack of Balogh. The Hungarian didn't take that long to opt to fold and Pedersen grew his stack even further.
Tamazi Skhirtladze opened to 2,500 from the hijack, then Alberto Cigliano three-bet all in for 13,100. The blinds folded, and Skhirtladze snap-called.
Alberto Cigliano: A♦J♠
Tamazi Skhirtladze: 10♠10♦
Cligliano hit a pair of aces on the 5♠A♠8♦7♦9♥ board, and secured a double up.
Niveau: 8
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
Nils Pudel bet 1,600 from the button, and was called by both players in the blinds. He asked for 1,500 on the flop 4♣J♦4♥, but was only called by Elia Salerno in the small blind.
Pudel fired a second barrel of 3,000 on the turn 6♦. but it was a bit too much for Salerno, who folded.
Martynas Brazdzionis was all in for his final 20,000 chips from the button and was called by Jeremy Pappano in the big blind.
Martynas Brazdzionis: A♠5♠
Jeremy Pappano: 8♥8♦
Pappano was ahead, but the flop of 7♠6♠2♦ gave the Lithuanian a flush draw. Brazdzionis gained additional wheel outs on the 3♣ turn, but the 9♦ was the brick that Pappano required to take down the pot and eliminate Brazdzionis.
With 5,000 in the middle and the turn showing 7♣4♥2♣3♣, Maria Lampropulos bet 1,800 from the big blind and was called by Matthew Davenport in the cutoff.
The board got straightier and flushier on the 6♣ river and Lampropulos checked to Davenport who bet 5,600. The Argentinian responded with a raise to 25,000 which put Davenport into deep thought before relinquishing his hand.
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