The action was caught as Alexandru Lupuleac moved all in from the small blind for his remaining 23,400. With chips already out in front of him, Radu Ciprian, in middle position, made the call.
Alexandru Lupuleac: A♥Q♣
Radu Ciprian: Q♥Q♠
The dealer spread the A♦8♠4♦ flop; Lupuleac found an ace to pull ahead in this hand. The J♦ and 3♠ run out changed nothing and Lupuleac doubled up.
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The pot stood at approximately 10,000 with two players looking at a board that read 7♣3♥10♠.
Zichao Li, in the small blind, checked the action to Rolando Carrera, who was under the gun. Carrera bet out 2,500 and Li called.
The 8♣ turn checked through to the J♠ on the river. Li took the lead for 5,000 and Carrera snap-called. Li tabled A♠9♠ for a rivered straight; good enough to take down this pot.
Dominik Siegl open raised from early position, Nikolai Ogoltsov called in the small blind and Demos Demosthenous called in the big blind.
The flop came 9♦9♣Q♣. Action checked to Siegl, who made a continuation bet of 1,800. Ogoltsov folded and Demosthenous check-raised to 2,500. Siegl folded and Demosthenous won the pot.
Marius Irimia raised to 2,700 from early position, receiving calls from Tom Cohen in the cutoff, Oren Rosen on the button and Inaki Gonzales in the big blind.
The action checked to Cohen, who took the lead for 4,000 on the K♥2♣4♠ flop. Only Gonzales elected to call.
The 5♦ river saw Gonzales check again. Cohen placed a bet large enough to put Gonzales all in for his effective stack of 18,000, who eventually chose to fold.
In a blind versus blind battle, the pot stood at 9,200 with two players looking at a board that read Q♥K♠J♣.
Both Anders Christiansen, in the small blind, and Dominik Siegl in the big blind, chose to check the hand to reveal the 8♠10♥ runout.
Christiansen checked again and Siegl elected to take the lead for a sizeable bet of 10,200. Christiansen remained in the tank for some time before choosing to fold.
