The players at risk are holding in there, and this time it was Royce Matheson who was on the receiving end. Romain Lewis opened with a raise from early position, and Matheson made the call in the big blind before checking to Lewis on a flop.
Lewis continued with a bet of 75,000 and Matheson went all in. Lewis was unsure of his next move and was visually thinking through what he should do. Matheson was waiting patiently for a decision, and eventually, he got the call.
Royce Matheson:
Romain Lewis:
Turn:
River:
Matheson was ahead with top pair, but Lewis had many outs with a higher flush draw and gutshot straight draw. But the Frenchman could not hit any of them and Matheson earned the vital double.
Royce Matheson opened to 35,000 under the gun. Bodhan Slyvinakyi, in the cutoff, was the only caller.
The flop came . Matheson bet 40,000. Slyvinskyi called. The turn was the and Matheson bet 86,000. Slyvinskyi raised to 180,000. His opponent tanked for a while but ended up letting his hand go.
Just a few hands after being two outed on the river, Jan Christoph von Halle has pulled his stack back up towards the 1million mark. He opened the action from under the gun with a raise to 34,000 and got two calls, one from Steven Snyder in the cutoff and the other from Paul Mannoni on the button.
The flop fell , and Von Halle continued with a bet of 58,000 before Snyder raised. Mannoni folded, Von Halle moved all in and Snyder snap-called.
Jan Christoph von Halle:
Steven Snyder:
Turn:
River:
Von Halle hit a set of nines on the flop and Synder was in big trouble with top pair top kicker. There was no help for Synder as the dealer revealed the turn and river leaving Von Halle to regain the chips he lost to Romain Villar just minutes before.
Action folded to Romain Villar in the small blind, and he raised to 40,000. Jan Christoph von Halle in the big blind three-bet to 137,000. Villar thought through his decision before moving all in, in response to which Von Halle snap-called.
Romain Villar:
Jan Christoph von Halle:
Board:
Von Halle was a massive favorite to eliminate Villar preflop and kept his lead right up until the river when Villar miraculously hit one of his two outs to survive and double his chip stack up to over 800,000.
Romain Lewis opened to 35,000 in the hijack. Yiannis Liperis, in the cutoff, raised to 90,000. Lewis called.
The flop came and was checked around. The turn was the . Lewis bet 100,000. His opponent called.
The river completed the board. Lewis moved all in for 560,000. Liperis went deep into the tank, but ended up throwing in a chip, signifying a call for the rest of his stack.
Lewis tabled and Liperis showed before heading to the rail for a $11,553 payday.