Two players had got to the river of a board reading . It had checked all the way down but now Bruno Stefanelli went for a bet of 52,000 into a pot of 100,000.
Olivier Busquet looked frustrated but he eventually made the call and mucked when he was shown the of Stefanelli.
Louis Salter moved all in and was called by Giacomo Fundaro. Salter was at risk of elimination with but in good shape against the of Fundaro.
The cards ran out . Salter doubled.
Stefano Garbarino opened under the gun for 25,000 and received no less than four callers. Lukas Berglund on the button, Dinesh Alt from the small blind and Jeffrey Hakim in the big blind all came along.
Action checked to Berglund on a flop. The Swedish player made a 45,000 bet and both Alt and Garbarino called, Hakim folded.
Alt checked again on the turn but Garbarino did something different. He lead out for 110,000 and Berglund shoved allin. Alt quickly folded, Garbarino called just as quickly.
Lukas Berglund:
Stefano Garbarino:
Garbarino was a nine to one favorite to double up, and did just that with the on the river.
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