On the very first hand, in a blind versus blind situation with already over 20,000 in the pot, Alf Martinsson shoved all in on a board of A♥9♦9♥7♦10♣. After some deliberation, Andreas Brunner made the call.
Brunner revealed A♠7♠, giving him two pair—aces and nines—but Martinsson had K♠9♠ for trip nines. Martinsson scooped the pot and claimed the first bounty of the tournament.
Sebastian Skurzynski got things rolling with a raise to 500 from the hijack, but Julian Märgner in the cutoff had other ideas and went all-in for his last 4,500. The player in the big blind asked Skurzynski how much he had left but ultimately decided to fold. Skurzynski made the call, and it was time for the showdown.
Julian Märgner: A♦2♦
Sebastian Skurzynski: K♠4♠
Märgner felt pretty secure being ahead, but that confidence didn’t last long as the flop came down 6♥K♣5♣, giving Skurzynski a pair of kings. The turn and river didn’t help Märgner, and he was eliminated from the tournament, handing Skurzynski the pot and his bounty.
After two players limped in, Stefan Schoss went all-in from the hijack for his last 1,400. With a bounty on the line, he attracted five callers.
The flop came down J♥4♠4♦, and three players checked to David Hochheim, who bet 3,100. Carlo Savinelli on the button and Fabian Scherle in middle position called, while two others folded.
Everyone checked the 3♥ on the turn.
When the 2♠ hit the river, Scherle led out with a 3,200 bet, Hochheim called, and Savinelli tossed his cards into the muck, bringing it to showdown. Scherle showed J♣7♠ for two pair—jacks and fours—but Hochheim had the better kicker with J♠10♦. Schoss, all-in, could only reveal K♦10♥ and was sent to the rail, leaving Hochheim to scoop the pot and claim the bounty.
Jelmer Schuurmans started the action with a raise to 1,500 from middle position, getting called by Xiaohua Yang in the hijack and Tomas Vrablik in the cutoff. In the small blind, Mateusz Makulik decided to three-bet to 6,300. Schuurmans folded, but the other two players called.
When the flop came down 3♥2♦8♥, Makulik quickly went all in. Yang followed suit and shoved his chips in, while Vrablik opted to fold. Makulik quipped, "It was a bluff," showing K♣7♦ for king high, but Yang revealed 7♠7♣ for a pair of sevens.
The turn brought the 10♥, leaving Makulik without improvement, and Yang was looking good for a double-up. But the river rolled in the K♦, giving Makulik the better pair. He let out a triumphant "Yes!" while Yang was visibly unhappy, knowing this meant his elimination. Makulik scooped the pot along with Yang's bounty.
Bernd Gleissner opened to 2,000 from middle position and John Armbrust three-bet shoved for 10,300 from the big blind. Gleissner called with a covering stack to put Armbrust at risk.
John Armbrust: K♣J♦
Bernd Gleissner: A♥10♥
Neither player connected with the Q♥7♥2♣9♦7♣ runout. Gleissner's ace-kicker to the pair of sevens on the board was good at showdown and he took the pot while Armbrust made his exit.
Minseok Kim kicked off the action with a raise to 2,200 from the hijack, and Mariusz Golinski, sitting right next to him, shoved all in. Everyone folded back to Kim, who made the call.
Minseok Kim: A♥J♥
Mariusz Golinski: A♦2♦
Kim was comfortably ahead, and the J♦7♥K♠9♥7♣ board didn’t change that, securing Kim the win. Golinski, thinking he was out, was halfway out of his chair and ready to re-buy when Kim reminded him that he still had some chips left. Sure enough, Golinski had 600 remaining and stayed in the game.
In the very next hand, Golinski, down to his last 600, went all-in blind. Waldemar Tabert raised to 2,200 and got two callers. Natale Allegra, in the big blind, decided to shove as well, and everyone folded, giving Allegra the side pot before the showdown.
Mariusz Golinski: 8♣4♥
Natale Allegra: A♥5♣
Golinski once again needed a lot of help from the board, but luck wasn’t on his side. The board ran out K♠A♣10♦4♦K♥, and Golinski was eliminated, handing his bounty to Allegra, who was thrilled with the result.
With two players seeing a board of 4♣Q♦5♠8♣ and around 80,000 in the middle, Jingwei Chen, who had started the hand with around 35,000, was all in and up against Or Nezer who held a covering stack.
Jingwei Chen: K♠K♣
Or Nezer: 4♠4♥
Nezer had flopped a set leaving Chen drawing to just two outs. He could not catch a king on the 2♥ river and was sent to the rail while Nezer dragged in a sizable pot.
Sergii Baranov opened to 2,500 from the cutoff and received a call from Oliver Heidel on the button before Mikkel Plum three-bet to 10,000 from the big blind. Baranov shoved for a bit under 30,000, Heidel got out of the way and Plum made the call with a covering stack to put Baranov at risk.
Sergii Baranov: 9♠9♣
Mikkel Plum: A♣K♠
Plum got the best of the preflop race when the board ran out A♦5♣J♣10♠J♥ and he took the pot while Baranov made his exit from the tournament area.
Sylwester Fortuna raised to 2,500 from middle position and Kevin Fluegel shoved for 19,000 from middle position. After the rest of the table folded, Fortuna called.
Kevin Fluegel: K♥Q♥
Sylwester Fortuna: K♠10♥
Fluegal was in a great spot to double back up to the starting stack. However, the runout of 5♠A♣10♦2♠9♦ gave Fortuna the best hand with a pair of tens, and Fluegal was sent to the rail.
In a blind versus blind battle, Rosalie Petit and Sambhav Gore found themselves all-in.
Rosalie Petit: K♥J♥
Sambhav Gore: Q♣J♣
The flop looked promising for Petit with A♠6♣6♥, but the turn brought the Q♥, giving Gore a pair of queens.
Petit still had plenty of outs for a flush, straight, or even a higher pair, but the river didn’t deliver any of them. She was eliminated, and Gore added another bounty to his stack.
