Lukas Nemec raised to 6,000 from the button and Thomas Bichon from one seat over made it 20,000 to go, which Nemec called. On the flop , Bichon had spiked the nut flush and an open-ended straight flush draw with and bet 14,400. Nemec called with for top pair and a gutshot.
On the turn both players checked and the river filled up the board. Bichon bet the pot for 85,500 and Nemec gave it a lot of consideration, even counting out his stack. The Czech eventually called with just two pair and dropped a ton of chips in this spot to fall back to the short stacks.
Jan-Peter Jachtmann raised to 6,000 from the button with the and Vasili Firsau defended his big blind, holding the . On the flop, Firsau check-called a bet of 6,000 by Jachtmann and they checked down the on the turn. Firsau bet the river and that got Jachtmann to fold.
Lukas Nemec raised to 7,000 and was called by Jan-Peter Jachtmann from one seat over. Vasili Firsau then three-bet to 30,000 and Nemec called all in for 29,900. Jachtmann called as well and the remaining two active players checked down the board entirely.
Nemec: for quads
Jachtmann: for ten-high
Firsau: for a full house, kings over queens
Jan-Peter Jachtmann raised to 7,000 and then called the three-bet by Vasili Firsau on the button for half his stack, for a total of 24,600.
On the flop , Jachtmann got his remaining 24,300 in and Firsau called.
Jachtmann:
Firsau:
The turn gave Firsau a flush draw, but the on the river bricked for the Belorussian and completed a straight for Jachtmann. Firsau lost the lead to Thomas Bichon as a result after losing the second hand in a row against a shorter stack.
Lukas Nemec won a small pot against Vasili Firsau when both players checked down the river of a 4d,10s,5s,9c,4h] board after missing a ton of outs with the . Nemec took down the pot with the .
The next hand, Arvin Ravindran raised to 5,000 and was called by Jani Vilmunen and Thomas Bichon in the big blind. On the flop, the action got checked to Vilmunen and he bet 11,000 with the showing. Only Bichon called and the Frenchman check-called a bet of 18,000. They then checked down the river and Vilmunen was somewhat surprised to see Bichon flip over as winning hand.
Arvin Ravindran raised to 8,400 and was called by Lukas Nemec on the button to see the flop of . Ravindran continued for 15,000 and then called the shove of Nemec for his last 21,000 behind.
Nemec: for two pair
Ravindran: for a pair of aces
Both the turn and the river bricked and that eliminated Ravindran in 7th place.
On the four-way flop , Vasili Firsau bet 7,700 out of the big blind and Jani Vilmunen and Thomas Bichon called. Jan-Peter Jachtmann then raised the pot to 45,700 with and Bichon was the last to fold his .
One hand later, Firsau raised 6,000 out of the small blind and Vilmunen three-bet to 24,000. Firsau called and then quickly check-folded his to a bet of Vilmunen. The Finn had found top set with the .
On the river of a board, Thomas Bichon fired 27,200 with the for a straight. Former chip leader Vasili Firsau called with just top pair, holding the and dropped even more chips after a horrendous last half an hour.