Out of the small blind, Stefan Schillhabel moved all in and Bryn Kenney in the big blind asked for a count. The all in was for 89,0000 and Kenney called after brief consideration.
Stefan Schillhabel:
Bryn Kenney:
"Good call," Schillhabel said with a dry smile and saw the board run out to improve on the turn.
Orpen Kisacikoglu and Benjamin Pollak were less fortunate and busted at almost the same time on different tables. Only 47 players remain out of a field of 112 entries.
A three-bet to 30,000 was in front of Jimmy Guerrero on the button and Mikita Badziakouski four-bet to 70,000 from early position. Guerrero moved all in and Badziakouski let out a "why?" before eventually folding.
Martin Jacobson checked in the small blind and Imad Derwiche bet the flop for 25,000 from the cutoff. Jacobson called and checked again the turn. Derwiche moved all in and that forced a fold from Jacobson.
Bryn Kenney raised and Ramin Hayijev three-bet shoved from one seat over for what appeared to be 140,000. Kenney called and the cards were tabled.
Ramin Hajiyev:
Bryn Kenney:
The flop left Hajiyev in desperate shape and he was drawing dead on the turn, making the river a formality. Fellow Azerbaijani high roller regular Murad Akhundov followed him to the rail, and Igor Kurganov as well as Martin Jacobson also ran out of chips.
A total of 112 entries including re-entries created a prize pool of €2,744,000 and the top 17 spots will receive at least €43,080 for their efforts. The winner can look forward to a payday of €690,400.
On the button, Mikita Badziakouski moved all in and Isaac Haxton asked for a count. "95,000," Badziakouski quickly replied and the dealer counted the same amount. Haxton gave it brief consideration and moved all in from the small blind as well to isolate.
Mikita Badziakouski:
Isaac Haxton:
"The seven is coming, I can feel it," Badziakouski grinned and Haxton replied "it probably is."
The flop gave Haxton middle pair and Badziakouski said "that is even better." Some outs were gone by the turn, and the river was a blank to send Badziakouski to the rail.
Sergi Reixach was already sitting on one million in chips when Mustapha Kanit raised to 17,000 and Reixach three-bet to 41,000. Kanit moved all in for 260,000 and the Spaniard quickly called.
Mustapha Kanit:
Sergi Reixach:
The flip went towards Reixach after a board of to eliminate the always dangerous Kanit.
As we arrived, the action was already on the turn. Later, we learned the pre flop and flop action.
Action folded to Luc Greenwood on the button and he opened. Big blind Isaac Haxton 3-bet and Greenwood called.
The flop came and Haxton bet 65,000. Greenwood called.
As the hit the turn, Haxton took his time and checked with just 2 seconds left on the clock. Greenwood used 15 seconds before betting 70,000 with 147,000 behind. Haxton again needed some time and eventually moved in. Greenwood wasn't too happy but did call rather quickly by tossing in a single 5,000-chip.
Haxton frowned, seemingly not happy he was called but he got good news even before showing his hand as Greenwood said "You're good."
Isaac Haxton:
Luc Greenwood:
The river did nothing for either and Haxton took down the big pot with nothing but the pair of threes on board and ace-king-jack high.