Guillem Cusco Bach opened from the small blind and Daniel Harwood called from the big blind.
The flop was and a check from Bach saw a bet of 215,000 from Harwood called. The turn card was the and again Bach check-called, this time a bet of 280,000.
The river was the and a final check from Bach saw Harwood move all in.
Bach was in the tank for a few minutes before he folded.
Harwood slammed the face up on the table to reveal his bluff before collecting the big pot.
Lam Van Trinh raised from under the gun and Ludovic Geilich called on the button see the flop come . Trinh continued for 180,000 and Geilich called before the appeared on the turn. Trinh checked, and Geilich's bet of 245,000 did the trick to scoop the pot.
Then, Smit Trivedi opened from under the gun and called the shove of Van Trinh for 975,000 in total. "I gonna flop a royal flush," Triivedi joked to his rail that includes High Roller champion Joe Johnson. "Oh, he got aces," Trivedi then added.
Lam Van Trinh:
Smit Trivedi:
The board ran out and Van Trinh stopped the recent trend to double up.
Alexis Fleur opened to 130,000 on the button and joked to Daniel Harwood in the big blind "one time," trying to steal the blinds and antes. Harwood however called and checked the flop of . Fleur checked behind and the on the turn saw Harwood check-called a delayed continuation bet for 125,000.
On the river, Harwood checked and eventually folded when Fleur bet 280,000. "I had nine-ten," he added.
The next hand, Guillem Cusco Bach made it 125,000 to go from the button and Harwood three-bet to 305,000 in the small blind. Cusco Bach called and Harwood instantly shoved a flop of . Cusco Bach folded and Harwood offered his opponent to pick one card, which Cusco Bach declined. He was shown the anyways and Harwood then mentioned "ace queen of diamonds is good on this flop."
Daniel Harwood raised to 125,000 from the button and Francesco Cortese called in the big blind. On the flop, Cortese check-called a bet worth 145,000 before checking again the on the turn. That's where things escalated big time.
Harwood fired a second bet worth 280,000 and Cortese check-raised only for Harwood to move all in. Cortese called all in for 2,215,000 and Harwood immediately sighed towards his rail.
Francesco Cortese:
Daniel Harwood:
Cortese had called the continuation bet with an underpair and turned a set while Harwood had a gutshot and flush draw. As if there was any confirmation needed for the run good of Harwood in this tournament, the on the river completed the straight and he jumped out of his chair to celebrate with a dab.
Then he turned to Cortese and said "Sorry bro. Why you call the flop man, then you don't hit your set," Harwood added. Cortese could all but smile and headed to the payout desk while Harwood took a commanding lead with 11 players remaining.
Yuriy Boyko opened the action and was raised by Smit Trivedi to 300,000. Boyko responded with a four-bet to 680,000. Trivedia thought for a while and moved all in only to see Boyko call in a flash.
Boyko:
Trivedia:
The board ran out .
No miracle queen for Trivedi and he was out.
High roller winner Joe Johnson on Smit’s rail was despondent when he saw the cards and was there too console the 12th placed Trivedi.
In the last hand before the break over on table one, a big clash took place. Clement Tripodi raised to 125,000 from the button and Ludovic Geilich three-bet to 395,000 in the small blind. James Mitchell then four-bet all in for what looked like 1,375,000. While Tripodi folded, Geilich quickly called to put Mitchell at risk of elimination.
James Mitchell:
Ludovic Geilich:
Half the stack of Geilich was at risk as well, and sure enough the Scotsman binked the flop of to leave Mitchell with just one out. The turn and river sent Mitchell to the rail in 10th place and the redraw for the unofficial final table will take place when everyone returns.