Fedor Holz defended his blind against a raise of Mitch Johnson and then checked the flop. Johnson continued for 16,000 and was met by a small check-raise of Holz to announce all in. Holz checked his cards again just to make sure and then called, flipping over .
Johnson was left with two outs as he only had and the [9c¥] on the turn changed nothing whatsoever. But the dealer then burned and turned the river much to the delight of the Brit and he doubled for 142,000 post flop.
Holz lost another smaller pot to Javier Gomez Zapatero and is now behind Johnson in the overall counts.
Hossein Ensan moved all in for 97,000 from under the gun and Pawel Brzeski called for slightly less from two seats over. Ensan had the and Brzeski flipped over .
The flop was great for Brzeski, but Ensan caught up with the on the turn and secured the knockout thanks to the on the river.
Javier Gomez Zapatero opened with a standard raise and Rory Brown shoved for 200,000 from the blinds to receive a snap-call from the Spaniard. Brown only had and faced the of Zapatero. The board ran out and that sent Brown packing.
Moritz Dietrich opened to 18,000 and Koray Aldemir three-bet to 47,000 on the button before the action reached Grzegorz Grochulski in the big blind. He moved all in and Dietrich folded whereas Aldemir called all in for his last 263,000.
Aldemir:
Grochulski:
The board ran out and the Austrian doubled whereas Grochulski was left short. The Pole shoved into a raise the next hand and claimed a few chips back.
Alec Torelli didn't have the easiest of tables today, especially Alexander Ivarsson on his left must have been a pain. The Swede could be described as the table menace, constantly involved in hands and winning most of them. Just now, the two of them clashed in a big way.
Torelli opened the button for 17,000 and Ivarsson in the small blind made the call. The big blind over called and both of them checked to Torelli on . Torelli followed his pre flop aggression up with a bet of 22,000 and just Ivarsson called, the big blind folded.
Ivarsson check called another 58,000 on the turn and the two of them saw the appear on the river. Ivarsson checked a third time and Torelli bet 95,000 with 175,000 behind. After a short pause it was Ivarsson announcing all in, getting the red triangle thrown in front of him even before he got a chip in the middle.
"Wow, maybe I should have checked the river" Torelli pondered, "I have a good hand to call with"
Ivarsson wasn't saying a thing, just looking down without moving.
"I need a second here guys" Torelli said while stroking his chin.
After a minute more, Torelli made the call. Ivarsson showed for the flopped set and Torelli mucked. The dealer informed Torelli he was obligated to show his hand and Torelli said "Yeah no worries, I had ace king" while the dealer flashed his .
Ivarsson is up to 1,250,000 in chips (156 big blinds), Torelli is on his way cashing €12,800 for his 65th place.
Jorma Nuutinen opened for 17,000 under the gun and was met by an all-in three-bet to approximately 145,000 from Thomas Petit in middle position. Remigiusz Wyrzykiewicz then four-bet all in over the top from the button, both blinds folded, and Nuutinen got out of the way.
Petit:
Wyrzykiewicz:
It was a flip, but not after the flop came down . Wyrzykiewicz paired his ace to take a commanding lead, and Petit watched helplessly as the blanked on the turn followed by the river.
A short-stacked Giampaolo Puglia shoved all in from the hijack for his last 110,000 and Fedor Holz called from the cutoff. The rest of the players folded and the cards were turned on their backs.
Holz:
Puglia:
Both players held an ace, which meant it came down to the kicker. Thankfully Puglia was good in that department, and he was shipped the double after the board ran out a clean .
Steve Watts opened to 18,000 and was called by Noah Vaillancourt on the button and the player in the small blind. Manuel Zapf asked for the approximate stack size of Watts and then opted for the call. None of the four players bet the flop before Zapf fired 44,000 on the turn.
All opponents mucked their cards and Zapf then asked Watts "jam if I squeeze?" to which the Brit replied with a simple "yeah."
From the button, Martin Fournier Giguere moved all in for around 75,000 in chips and Noah Vaillancourt called from one seat over, the player in the big blind folded. Giguere had the and was dominated by the .
After the turn, Giguere let out an "oops" followed by a "good game guys" as soon as the fell on the river.