Sam Greenwood raised to 3,500 in middle position and was called in three spots, by Diogo De Melo Cardoso on the button, by Niklas Astedt in the small blind, and by Dragos Trofimov in the big blind.
The quartet saw a flop of and everyone checked.
On the turn, Astedt led out for 7,000, getting a fold from Trofimov, but Greenwood and Cardoso stuck around.
The river brought the and Astedt now checked. Greenwood however put out a bet of 19,000 which was called by Cardoso, but Astedt now folded.
Greenwood showed , and Cardoso mucked his hand sending the healthy pot to Greenwood, who took another small pot shortly after to build his stack even further.
Gianfranco Iaculli raised to 3,500 under the gun and Imad Derwiche called from the cutoff. Pierre Merlin three-bet jammed for 15,500 from the button and Davidi Kitai reshoved for about 45,000 from the big blind. Iaculli called but Derwiche let it go.
Pierre Merlin:
Davidi Kitai:
Gianfranco Iaculli:
Merlin hit a favorable flop of . The turn and river completed the board and he won the main pot while Iaculli raked in the side pot and with Kitai being eliminated.
Filippo Lazzaretto raised to 3,000 from mid-position and Lukas Zaskodny three-bet to 10,000 from the button. Lazzaretto four-bet jammed for 28,000 and Zaskodny quickly called.
Filippo Lazzaretto:
Lukas Zaskodny:
The board came and Zaskodny took down the pot, ending Lazzaretto's tournament life.
Mamad Arani raised to 3,500 from middle position and Vid Zagar three-bet jammed for about 36,000 from the button. Action folded back to Arani who made the call.
Vid Zagar:
Mamad Arani:
The runout was and Zagar doubled up with aces and deuces.