Having defended the big blind against a raise by Jenya Gavrilovich, it was Imad Derwiche who bet the turn for 10,500 and the river for another 17,000. Gavrilovich called both times and Derwiche flashed the for a missed gutshot, which was beaten by the of the Belorussian.
Ren Lin opened the action with a raise to 4,500 and received two callers including Neymar Jr. Alexandros Theologis in the small blind then pushed all-in with the largest stack of all players involved, which forced out Lin and the first cold-caller.
Neymar Jr. called all-in for 43,000 and the cards were flipped over.
Neymar Jr.:
Alexandros Theologis:
The flop gave the football star to a set of nines while Theologis had a gutshot at his disposal, with Lin filming the showdown on his phone. Nothing changed with the turn and the river only improved Neymar Jr. to a full house for the double.
"King queen? My man," Lin joked to Theologis, who replied "it's a good hand ... fifty, fifty."
Shimizu Ozomu was in the tank for a medium-sized pot in which Tom Orpaz had already invested a third of his stack until the turn. Ozomu then checked and Orpaz pushed all-in for what appeared to be around 55,000.
His opponent didn't ask for an exact count but tank-folded, using two time bank extensions. Orpaz flashed the and that left Ozomu with the head shaking.
One table over, Viktor Ustimov continued his charge further up on the leaderboard. He raked in two pots in a row, the latter of which came with a successful continuation bet on the flop. Derk van Luijk had defended the big blind but check-folded.
Nikita Kuznetsov raised it up with a single T-5,000 chip out in front. Tobias Schwecht then three-bet to 11,000 and it folded back to Kuznetsov, who had one 20-second count down vanish. He then pushed all-in and Schwecht instantly called.
Nikita Kuznetsov:
Tobias Schwecht:
The board improved Kuznetsov to trips aces and left Schwecht with a severe short stack.
Felipe Ketzer had added further chips with the previous elimination of Dawid Smolka to pull further ahead atop the leaderboard. The next all-in showdown brought a small dip to his growing tower, as the cards of the Brazilian were already mucked.
Ketzer paid off a double to Dimitar Danchev, who had the best of it with the for broadway on a runout.
On a flop of , Pedro Marques in the small blind and Alex Kulev in the hijack got their chips into the middle with the latter at risk.
Alex Kulev:
Pedro Marques:
Both players were on draws with Kulev ahead, who then also improved on the turn. Marques needed a club to knock out the Bulgarian but the river was a blank to secure the double-up for Kulev.