From the cutoff, Jiachen Gong made it 14,000 to go before Alex Goulder on the button made the call. In the big blind, Mike McDonald squeezed to 48,000 and Gong folded. Goulder asked how much it was, and called.
McDonald made a bet of 45,000 on and Goulder called. The hit the turn and McDonald paused for a bit, before moving all in for 162,000. Goulder called instantly.
Mike McDonald:
Alex Goulder:
Just minutes ago, McDonald had doubled up Neuville with ace-king, and unless he hit a queen here, he would part ways with the rest of his chips with the same hand.
The completed the board and Goulder and McDonald shook hands, before the latter made his exit.
Tomas MacNamara raised pre-flop and was called in two spots including by Maria Lampropulos. MacNamara check-called a bet from Lampropulos on a flop of and both players checked the on the turn. On the river MacNamara checked and Lampropulos moved all-in for her remaining 83,000.
MacNamara went into the tank and the clock was eventually called on him. With time ticking away he made the call and showed , which beat his opponent's , and eliminated her from the tournament
From middle position, Adrian Mateos raised to 12,000 only to be met by a three-bet to 31,000 from cutoff Cathal Shine. The button and both blinds folded and action was back on Mateos. The Spanish EPT champion shoved all in and Shine called it off for his last 137,000.
Cathal Shine:
Adrian Mateos:
The board ran out and Shine doubled with the better full house.
The last few minutes of the level brought three interesting hands.
Andras Koroknai doubled up his stack of 115,000 with against the of Frank Williams with the board running out .
Then, Anton Wigg check-raised all in out of the big blind after a flop of . Tomas MacNamara had made a continuation bet worth 11,000 and reluctantly called.
Wigg:
MacNamara:
Neither the turn nor the river changed anything and Wigg stayed in.
Last but not least, Alex Difelice tanked for some time on the river of a board when facing a bet of 77,000 by 2014 Irish Open champion Patrick Clarke. Difelice ultimately called and Clarke showed him the for the jack-high straight.
Dzmitry Urbanovich was not back in time to defend his big blind and Andrew Abernethy shoved from under the gun for 25,000. Tomas MacNamara called from two seats over and the rest of the table folded.