Igor Pihela raised to 13,000 from early position before Alexandru Cinca reraised to 32,000 in the hijack. Pihela called as the flop came .
Pihela led out for 18,000 and Cinca responded by moving all in for around 70,000. Pihela paused for a moment and took a loot at Cinca's stack before tossing his cards away.
Cyril Bremond jammed for 53,000 from middle position and Stephen Kehoe called on the button. [Removed:510] then rejammed in the small blind for approximately 240,000 and isolated against Bremond.
Cyril Bremond:
[Removed:510]:
Bremond was flipping for a triple-up with Kehoe's dead money in the pot, and the board ran out to give him the pot.
Enrico Mosca raised to 12,000 from the button before Olli Muukkonen moved all in from the small blind for his last 75,000. In the big blind, Joris Ruijs pushed a tower of chips forward for a reraise and Mosca got out of the way.
Olli Muukkonen:
Joris Ruijs:
The board ran out and Muukkonen didn't get any help as Ruijs won the pot with a pair of sevens, ace-kicker, to send Muukkonen's day early.
The action was picked up in a pot of roughly 80,000 on a flop of . Tien Dung Pham bet out 25,000 from the big blind and Paulina "Poker Bunny" Loeliger made the call on the button.
The hit the turn and Pham checked to Loeliger who bet 50,000, which was called. The completed the board and Pham checked again. Loeliger took a moment before moving all in, covering the 90,000 stack of Pham who went deep in the tank. After using several time bank cards, Pham elected on a fold, sending the huge pot to Loelinger.
After losing that pot and being short stacked, Pham found himself all in a few hands later and was eliminated.
PokerStars Ambassador Benjamin Spragg had gotten his remaining stack of roughly 110,000 in on the button and was at risk against Jimmy Guerrero in middle position.
Benjamin Spragg:
Jimmy Guerrero:
It was a classic flip, and the popular streamer known as "Spraggy" fell behind on the flop. The turn gave a bit of extra hope with a flush draw, but the river bricked out as Spragg's ladies were the death of him, and the last red-spade representative in the field was eliminated.
Paulina Loeliger was in the cutoff in a heads-up pot against hijack player Stanislavs Macugins on a board of . Loeliger checked on the flop and her opponent bet 33,000. Loeliger called.
Loeliger checked again on the turn and Macugins checked back. The river brought the and Loeliger used a time bank before leading out with a bet of 80,000. Macugins folded.
A few tables over, Joris Ruijs opened to 14,000 from the button and was met with a three-bet jam for 89,000 from Noah Boeken in the small blind. Ruijs flashed the before folding, while Boeken was kind enough to show .
"I'm telling ya, this is a good formula," Ruijs said after jamming with the Fishhooks. "Tens, I'd have just called."
Pim Kuipers and Carlos Chang were heads-up on a flop of when Kuipers, in the big blind, bet 70,000 and Chang called from early position.
The turn came the and Kuipers led out for another 85,000. Chang quickly called as the fell on the river.
Kuipers this time slowed down and checked and Chang checked behind. Kuipers opened up for the flopped straight as Chang waited a moment to release his hand before flashing a smile and mucking.
"Ready to go all in," Kuipers joked with Chang as he raked in the big pot to climb over 1,000,000.
The action was picked up in a large pot of roughly 350,000 on a board showing . Chino Rheem took his time before checking from the hijack and Gabriel Nedelcu announced a bet of 150,000 on the button.
Rheem went deep in the tank, using several time bank cards.
"You're so lucky, you probably have ace something of hearts", said Rheem while he was deep in thought.
After several minutes, Rheem tossed his cards to the dealer and the big pot was sent to Nedelcu.
Samuele Lo Presti moved all in for his last 140,000 in the big blind and was up against Rui Milhomens in early position:
Samuele Lo Presti:
Rui Milhomens:
Lo Presti needed to win the coin flip to stay alive in the tournament and got a favorable flop of , hitting two pair. The on the turn was safe, while the on the river improved him to a higher two pair and secured the double up.