On a board of the small blind checked, and Sam Grafton in the big blind lead for 38,000. Eugene Katchalov flatted in middle position and Georgios Sotiropoulos shoved all in right behind him for what we believe was 197,000, but the dealer counted as 207,000. The small blind quickly folded, Grafton soon realized his hand wasn't good enough and folded, Katchalov instantly called.
Eugene Katchalov:
Georgios Sotiropoulos:
The on the turn made Katchalov drawing dead, the was just insult to injury. Katchalov had 240,000 left after that hand.
Brian Kim has been eliminated, and he was kind enough to tell us the details.
The player to his right opened to 16,000, and with just 95,000 left Brian Kim shoved all in. Action folded back to the initial raiser who made the call holding . Kim was ahead with but the turn would do him no good: .
First [Removed:2] doubled up for 121,000 with against the of Praz Bansi on a board of . The Brit had 75,000 left after the hand and doubled once before then being at risk for 157,000 with against the of Miltiadis Kyriakides.
After the turn of a board, Dylan Linde was all in and at risk with and initial raiser Nandor Solyom called from the button with . "Nice hand," Linde said and stood up, ready to leave. Instead, the on the river gave him a flush and he sat back down.
Bjorn Wiesler had Ville Nyman at risk preflop with and saw his opponent improve with on a flop of . The on the turn now gave the German a gutshot, but it would be the on the river that awarded the pot to the better hand preflop. Nyman was sent to the rail in 72nd place and that was also the last spot to receive only €11,920.
After a raise to 16,000, Theodoros Aidonopoulos moved all in for 60,000 and Georgios Vrakas reraised to 120,000 to scare off the initial raiser. Aidonopoulos had a flip with against but could not improve on a board of .
From the hijack seat, Raffaele Sorrentino four-bet shoved for 150,000 chips with and got called by Pablo Sanz Quiles in the cutoff with . It was already all over by the turn of a board.