Lebanese player Albert Daher continues to head in the right direction. He has just knocked out Ihar Soika with against . It looked as though the money had mostly gone in on the flop or turn of a board.
On a final board reading Dario Sammartino had bet 50,000 and it was Albert Daher’s turn to act. They were the only two players left to contest the pot and Daher mulled over the decision. It took a minute of two but he put in some chips to indicate a call. Sammartino asked him, “You got it?” Daher shook his head. Sammartino turned over for the bluff and Daher’s was good.
Crippled, O'Dwyer's remaining chips went in preflop against Yann Dion and Kitai in the blinds. Dion bet Kitai out of the pot on a flop and the French-Canadian's dominated O'Dwyer's on the rest of the board which ran out and .
Davidi Kitai opened for 5,500 and Rasmus Agerskov moved all in for his last 33,000. Steve O’Dwyer re-shoved for a bigger amount and Kitai folded his hand. Agerskov had made his move with a medium ace hand but his timing was a bit off, running into the of O’Dwyer. The cards fell and Agerskov hit his nine to double up and leave O’Dwyer short.
Jorma Nuutinen opened from the cut off to 5,000 and faced a three-bet from small blind Martin Staszko to 12,200. Back to Nuutinen who four-bet to 24,000 and that was that as Staszko released his cards.
Adrian Mateos Diaz raised preflop to 4,200 and Martin Schleich flat-called before Sergio Aido squeezed to 14,000 behind them. Diaz folded folded but Schleich then came over the top with a back-raise to about 27,000. Aido moved all in and the former EPT Barcelona winner quickly called.
Schleich:
Aido:
The board came and both players made full houses but Aido's was slightly bigger and he doubled up while Schleich lost half his stack.