In a battle of the blinds, Akin Tuna bet the flop for 55,000 and Sam Chartier called out of the big blind. The on the turn saw Tuna fire another 80,000 and again Chartier wasn't willing to give up the pot, he made the call. After the river, Tuna quickly tossed in six T-25,000 chips and Chartier now pondered about his decision.
Ultimately the Canadian called and Tuna flashed the for a straight to scoop the pot.
Rocco Palumbo raised to 26,000 pre-flop from the button, and Samuel Panzica and Jerry Odeen called from the blinds. The flop came , and all players checked, with Adams deciding against continuing.
On the turn which was the , Panzica bet 48,000 and Odeen called. Adams folded and the two remaining palyers saw the on the river. Panzica bet again, this time for 122,000 and after much thought Odeen called. Panzica showed for the nut flush and Odeen mucked.
Akin Tuna previously three-bet to 62,000 from the big blind and enforced a fold from Christoph Vogelsang. Then, William Arruda raised to 26,000 from the button and Tuna in the small blind as well as Sam Chartier in the big blind called.
On the flop, the action was checked to Arruda and the Brazilian fired a bet of 45,000. Tuna was the only caller to see the turn and check-called another bet worth 90,000. Then, the came on the river and Tuna checked. Arruda pushed for effectively 200,000 chips and Tuna immediately took off his sunglasses and ear plugs.
One minute passed by, another. Tuna stared at the board, Arruda the entire time at his opponent. Tuna counted out his stack, then put the ear plugs back in. He checked the cards, another minute passed. Nobody wanted to call time. After five minutes of consideration, Tuna then called and his stack of T-5,000 chips splashed forward.
Arruda grinned and flipped over his , he knew he was caught. Tuna fistpumped and flashed the for a pair of aces only to double up for 196,000.
Sergey Lebedev raised to 26,000 and Rocco Palumbo defended his big blind to a flop of . Both players checked and Palumbo bet the turn for 39,000. Lebedev called and both then checked again the river. Palumbo showed for trips tens, whereas Lebedev had for a straight.
The action reached Akin Tuna and he raised to 25,000 in the hijack. Fellow short stack and 2015 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event finalist Felix Bleiker moved all in from one seat over and all other opponents got out of the way. Tuna double-checked his cards and then slid forward his stack.
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The flop improved Tuna to a pair of jacks and Bleiker was drawing to two outs only. Neither the turn nor the river changed anything and Bleiker was eliminated in 14th place for €26,910.
Diego Ventura raised from the hijack, making it 27,000 to go. The action then reached Timothy Adams on the button and the Canadian three-bet to 71,000 before Rocco Palumbo announced all in for what looked like 315,000. Ventura quickly folded, as did Adams after some consideration.
Christoph Vogelsang raised to 26,000 from the button and Akin Tuna defended his big blind to see a flop of . Both players checked and Tuna bet the turn for 25,000. Vogelsang called, then faced a second bet worth 45,000 on the river.
Vogelsang called and Tuna flipped over , which ended up second-best to the of the fellow German.
Emil Patel raised to 30,000 from under the gun and Akin Tuna flat-called in the cutoff, heading to a heads-up flop of . Patel check-called a bet of 40,000 and did so again for 80,000 on the turn. The river completed the board and Patel now moved all in right away when it was his turn to act.
Tuna stared at the board and his opponent before letting go. The German then raised the next hand to 25,000 and Patel defended his big blind. This time there were no fireworks on the flop, Patel simply check-folded to a continuation bet.
Sylvain Loosli opened to 28,000 from under the gun and Jerry Odeen then three-bet to 70,000 from the button. The action folded back to Loosli and he asked his opponent "what's your stack?" Odeen took the hands away from his stack to give a visual answer and Loosli then announced all in, the Swede tossed in an obligatory chip for the call.
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The Frenchman was the player at risk for approximately 380,000 and failed to improve on a board of . Loosli takes home €26,910 for his efforts and the field has been reduced to the last 14 hopefuls.