Parker Talbot raised to 200,000 first to act and Istvan Pilhofer jammed for 1,940,000 from the hijack to get called by Talbot.
Istvan Pilhofer:
Parker Talbot:
Both traded some "good luck" messages as the flop came . The turn made a split pot possible and the river successfully did so as Pilhofer escaped from elimination.
Jun Obara raised to 200,000 with the from under the gun to get called by Luigi D'Alterio in the cutoff with the , Istvan Pilhofer also came along with the in the big blind. All three players checked the flop and Obara improved to the top pair on the turn.
Pilhofer check-folded to Obara's bet worth 305,000 and the call by D'Alterio.
On the river, Obara bet another 905,000 and D'Alterio double-checked his cards before eventually paying it off as the Japanese recovered some of the earlier losses.
Luigi D'Alterio opened to 200,000 on the button with . Antoine Saout called in the big blind with .
D'Alterio flopped the overpair on the board. Saout checked, and D'Alterio continued for 225,000. Saout thought for about 30 seconds and made the call.
The turn was the , keeping D'Alterio's nines as an overpair to the board. Saout checked once more, and D'Alterio bet 725,000. Not improving at all, Saout let his two overs go.
In a limped battle of the blinds, the flop showed and Luigi D'Alterio bet 100,000 with the . Parker Talbot raised to 200,000 with the and the Italian called. On the turn, D'Alterio checked and Talbot bet 520,000 to win the pot right there.
Antoine Saout made it 215,000 to go with the and Petar Kalev called with the in the big blind. On a flop of flop, Kalev checked and subsequently called a bet of 200,000 by Saout.
The turn didn't change anything and Kalev checked again. Saout upped his sizing to 535,000 and that got rid of Kalev.
Luigi D'Alterio opened to 200,000 from the hijack with . Jun Obara made the call in the big blind with .
The flop showed up . Obara checked his top pair, and D'Alterio continued for 160,000. Obara check-raised to 385,000. D'Alterio made the call.
The turn brought the . Obara slowed with a check and D'Alterio checked behind.
The river brought the two outer, the , giving D'Alterio the boat. Obara bet 430,000 with his top pair. D'Alterio raised big to 2,100,000. Obara went into the tank for a while, using a time bank to think it out. Eventually he made the fold.