Gabi Livshitz raised to 8,000 in the hijack and Mikhail Nikolaev called in the cutoff before Ashkan Fattahi three-bet to 33,000 in the small blind. Only Livshitz called to see the A♦7♣5♥ flop.
Fattahi then bet 15,000 and Livshitz called. Both players checked the 4♠ turn.
The river was the 8♠ and Fattahi fired out 85,000. Livshitz took his time before calling, then mucked once Fattahi turned over A♠6♠ for a straight.
Tudor Zapsa was all in for 27,000 from late position and Muhamet Perati called in the small blind. It was one of three all ins going on around the room, so after one of the tables had finished it was time to run the cards.
Tudor Zapsa: K♥K♣
Muhamet Perati: A♥J♦
The board ran out 7♣10♠10♦J♣3♣. Zapsa held with his pocket kings and doubled up his stack.
Aliaksandr Shylko moved all in from the small blind and Yann Pineau called for his last 26,000.
Yann Pineau: 7♣7♦
Aliaksandr Shylko: J♣5♦
Pineau was ahead with his sevens as the flop came K♦Q♥5♥. The 5♣ turn gave Shylko trips, while the J♣ completed the board on the river to improve Shylko to a full house and send Pineau to the rail three spots from the money.
Konstantyn Holskyi bet 40,000 from middle position on a board of 6♦7♠10♣K♥ and Mohamad El Rais called in the small blind.
The river was the K♦ and Holskyi bet 75,000. El Rais then went into the tank for several minutes until he called.
Holskyi turned over K♣4♣ for trip kings and El Rais mucked.
"He's never bluffing. Never," tablemate Tigran Harutyunyan said.
"It seems like I'm aggro, but I'm not. Look at me. I can't beat a fly," Holskyi said.
Demosthenes Kiriopoulos opened to 8,000 from the hijack and was called by Maxi Lehmanski and Philipp Wenzelburger from the cutoff and big blind.
The A♦J♦2♣ flop checked through to the 6♥ turn. Wenzelburger checked, and Kiriopoulos bet 12,000. Lehmanski got out of the way while Wenzelburger stuck around.
Wenzelburger then led out for 40,000 and Kiriopoulos went deep into the tank. The latter ended up calling and Wenzelburger sheepishly turned over K♦Q♥ for king-high. Kiriopoulos had J♥7♥ for a pair of jacks and took in the pot.
Dan Smith raised to 20,000 from under the gun and Sachin Joshi called all in with his remaining 20,000 chips. The rest of the table folded and the two players turned their cards.
Sachin Joshi: Q♠Q♥
Dan Smith: 10♥8♥
The board ran out K♠9♠J♥3♣8♠. Joshi held with his pocket queens to double up his stack and avoid elimination.
With already 30,000 in the pot, Francisco Benitez bet 15,000 on the Q♠10♣J♣ flop. Mathieu Goncalves then raised to 30,000, and Benitez responded with another raise to 85,000, prompting Goncalves to push all in. Benitez called.
Francisco Benitez: K♦9♠
Mathieu Goncalves: J♦10♥
While Benitez flopped the straight and Goncalves had two pair, the turn and river cards Q♣4♦ didn't favor Goncalves. Consequently, Benitez doubled up his 229,000 stack.
Kuljinder Sidhu moved nearly his full stack into the middle, leaving a few chips behind. Oliver Huber moved all in with slightly more and Sidhu called for the rest of his, a total of 68,000 chips.
The dealer paused the action until the floor arrived, but the cards had already been revealed and Sidhu knew where he was at. Media gathered around for the all in.
Kuljinder Sidhu: A♦K♣
Oliver Huber: A♣A♥
The board ran out 4♦4♥5♠A♠9♠. Sidhu was well behind and Huber turned a full house, aces full of fours, to win the pot. Sidhu was eliminated just a few players away from the bubble.
Matthias Lipp raised to 40,000 under the gun, leaving himself just two 1,000 chips behind, and Mike Watson shoved in the big blind. Lipp quickly tossed in his last chips.
Matthias Lipp: J♣J♥
Mike Watson: 10♠10♣
Lipp was ahead with jacks and Watson couldn't catch up on the 3♦4♥5♥Q♥5♣ board as Lipp doubled up.
Bastien May raised from early position and called when Claudio Di Giacomo jammed for 75,000 from the small blind.
Claudio Di Giacomo: A♦K♦
Bastien May: A♠Q♠
Both players paired up on the K♣Q♦7♦ flop, with Di Giacomo staying ahead. He held out on the 3♠ turn and 7♠ river to double near the bubble.
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