Marcin Wydrowski raised to 20,000 and Gerard Piqué three-bet all in over the top from the button for what looked to be about 80,000. Jonathan Duhamel re-raised from the small blind and Wydrowski folded.
Duhamel showed and Piqué flung onto the felt. Both players paired their shared card on the flop and the on fourth street gave them each two pair. Piqué did not improve from the river and he was eliminated from play in 19th place. He'll take home €21,150 for his deep run in this tournament.
From under the gun, David Benefield raised to 20,000. Daniel Negreanu called from the hijack seat, and the flop was . Benefield checked, Negreanu bet 26,000, and Benefield called.
The turn was the , and Benefield checked again. Negreanu bet 45,000, and Benefield made the call. Then on the river card, both players checked.
Benefield showed the for top pair of tens with an ace kicker. Negreanu showed a losing , and the pot was pushed the way of Benefield.
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On the flop, Nikolaus Teichert was all in with the against the for Thomas Muhlocker. The turn was the , and the river was the . Teichert won the pot and doubled to 340,000 in chips. Muhlocker dropped back to 560,000.
From under the gun, Niklaus Teichert raised to 21,000. Abi Khaitan reraised to 46,000 from the cutoff seat, then Thomas Muhlocker reraised to 91,000 from the big blind. Teichert folded, and Khaitan called.
The flop was , and Muhlocker check-called a bet of 100,000 from Khaitan. Both players then check-called the that paired the board on the turn before the completed the board on the river. Muhlocker bet 150,000, and Khaitan folded.
Joni Jouhkimainen raised from his button to an unknown amount and Toby Lewis came over the top with a three-bet. Jouhkimainen moved Lewis all in and Lewis called roughly 350,000 for his tournament life.
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Lewis seized a firm grip on the hand when he flopped top pair with the flop. The on the turn gave Jouhkimainen spade outs and that's exactly what he hit on the river. The finished off the board and Lewis became a victim of Jouhkimainen's spade flush. Jouhkimainen raked in the pot and now has about 1.15 million.
Jean-Noel Thorel opened with a raise from the cutoff only to have Emil Mattsson moved all in with a three-bet over the top. Action folded back to Thorel and he called. The two took to the community cards while racing for Mattsson's tournament life.
Mattsson:
Thorel:
The board ran out and Mattsson was claimed as a victim of Thorel's top two pair. He was eliminated from play in 17th place. Mattsson's elimination sparked a total redraw of the field for the final two tables.
Raoul Refos was all in pre flop for 138,000 with the against 2013 World Series of Poker November Niner David Benefield. Benefield held the . The board ran out , and Refos doubled up.
Shortly thereafter, Sam Chartier was all in for about 130,000 with pocket threes against Benefield's pocket tens. Chartier flopped a set of threes and held from there to double up. Benefield was left with 310,000 in chips.