Jon Kyte opened to 2,500 from the button and Shiina Okamoto three-bet to 10,000 from the small blind. Kyte responded with a four-bet to 28,500 and Okamoto announced that she was all in, covering Kyte who had about 150,000 behind. Kyte opted to fold and Okamoto took down a decent pot without having to see a flop.
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Marcin Kreft moved his stack of 14,800 in the middle from the hijack and was called by Ignacio Sagra in the small blind.
Marcin Kreft: 2♥2♣
Ignacio Sagra: Q♦10♦
No help arrived for Sagra on the 9♠A♠6♥8♦9♥ runout, securing the double-up for Kreft.
Jon Kyte, Shakhabiddin Muradov, and Shiina Okamoto checked a flop of J♣3♣7♣ and the Q♦ then fell on the turn. Muradov led out for 15,000 from the hijack and Kyte called in the cutoff, while Okamoto folded on the button.
The river was the 5♦ and Muradov fired out another 25,000. Kyte snap-called and Muradov showed Q♥J♦ for two pair. Kyte, though, had 7♥7♦ for a set to take the big pot.
Benjamin Spragg opened to 2,500 from the button and was called by Adam Martinsson in the small blind and Aliaksandr Shylko in the big blind.
All three players checked the flop and turn leading to a final board of 9♥8♣3♥8♠5♠. Martinsson checked, Shylko bet 1,500 and Spragg called before Martinsson put in a big raise to 15,000. Shylko, who had about 25,000 behind, opted to fold before Spragg made the call.
Spragg showed a bluff catcher with A♣10♥. Martinsson was bluffing but with A♦J♣ for a very slightly better ace-high to take the pot.
Imad Derwiche raised to 1,200 in middle position and was called by Shakhabiddin Muradov in the hijack. Jon Kyte then three-bet to 6,200.
Derwiche folded but Muradov called to the 8♣3♣7♥ flop, where he check-called the 4,500 bet of Kyte.
Both players checked the 5♣ turn before Muradov bet 15,000 on the 4♥ river. Kyte put his opponent on seven-six and then folded his cards.
Nacho Barbero had run his second nut flush into the nut flush of Wouter Beltz some hands prior and then found himself heads up against Mihai Niste on a flop of 9♠5♣2♥.
Niste checked in middle position to Barbero in the cutoff. Barbero bet 7,500 into the pot of 21,000 and saw his opponent call.
The 9♥ turn paired the board and was checked by both players before Niste made a bet of 30,000 on the 4♣ river, nearly his entire stack.
Barbero played around the same amount and spent one time bank before folding his cards and diving under the starting stack.
Sam Grafton opened to 2,500 from middle position and Alex Keating called from the button.
The flop came A♥J♦2♦ and Grafton check-called a 3,200 bet from Keating.
Grafton check-called another bet from Keating on the 6♣ turn, this time for 6,000.
Both players checked the 5♥ river and Grafton turned over second pair with J♣10♣.
Keating commented that he should have shoved on the river and mucked while Grafton scooped the pot.
Biao Ding bet 2,100 from the hijack on a flop of J♦5♠2♦ and Umberto Ruggeri called in the small blind. Thomas Haverstad then moved all in for 14,400 from early position and Ding called, while Ruggeri got out of the way.
Thomas Haverstad: 10♦5♦
Biao Ding: J♠9♠
Haverstad had a pair and flush draw, while Ding was ahead with top pair. The turn was the 8♦ to give Haverstad his flush, while the 8♣ river sealed his double up.
Igor Yaroshevskyy from the hijack and Chin Wei Lim from the big blind were involved in a large pot with around 70,000 in the middle on the river.
On a completed board of Q♠3♠2♠10♣5♣, Lim jammed for 59,500, which sent Yaroshevskyy deep into the tank. He used five time bank cards before he finally put in the call. He got the bad news as Lim tabled A♠J♠ for the flopped nut flush and Yaroshevskyy mucked. Lim collected a massive pot at the expense of the crippled Yaroshevskyy.
Yaroshevskyy was eliminated the following hand.