From middle position, Ludovic Riehl raised to 10,500. Michael Rocco called from the hijack seat, Sylvain Loosli called from the cutoff seat, Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi called from the small blind, and Eric Froehlich called from the big blind.
All five players saw the flop come down , and everyone checked to see the land on the turn. Mizrachi led for 21,000, Froehlich called, Riehl called, Rocco folded, and Loosli folded.
On the river, the remaining three players saw the river come the to pair the board. Everyone checked.
"Two pair," announced Mizrachi with an emphatic tone. Before he could table his cards, though, Froehlich turned over the for a straight. Riehl and Mizrachi mucked, and Froehlich won the pot.
A short-stacked Sam Stein got his last 50,000 or so all in preflop holding the only to run into the of Kyle Bowker. Stein was on the verge of elimination, but lady luck smiled on him by delivering him a set on the flop. Neither the turn nor river was the nine Bowker was looking for, and he sent some chips over to Stein.
Timo Pfutzenreuter has the chip lead and he likes to play pots — big ones, and most recently we've found that he likes to play big three-way pots, as he recently did.
In this one, Pfutzenreuter had the in a three-way all-in bloodbath against Chris Tryba holding the and Ankush Mandavia holding the .
The board ran out , and Pfutzenreuter's aces held up to bust both of his opponents.
From the button, Jeff Madsen raised to 11,500. Yuri Dzivielevski three-bet to 28,500 out of the small blind, and Madsen made the call in position to take the flop. After Dzivielevski checked, Madsen fired a bet of 31,000. Dzivielevski check-raised all in. Madsen looked back to double check his hand, then called quickly.
Madsen showed the for a set of sixes and was all in for 203,000 on the flop. Dzivielevski had the and could be seen shaking his head when he saw Madsen's set.
The turn was the , and then the river completed the board with the . Madsen's set held up and he earned the full double up: 472,000. Dzivielevski was left with just 28,000 in chips.
Jose Garcia bet 14,000 out of the big blind with the board reading , and Jonathan Duhamel made the call. On the river, Garcia pushed all in for 45,000, and Duhamel called after about 30 seconds. Garcia showed for top two, and he took the pot.