On a heads-up turn of 7?7?2?7?, Karl Sandahl moved all-in for 22,000 and Joseph Chetrit beat him into the pot.
Sandahl tabled the 9?9? for a full house but he had zero chance at survival as Chetrit revealed K?7? for quads to make the 4? river a formality.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
150,000 | |
|
Busted |
Mohamed Mokrani opened in the cutoff and Espen Nikolaisen three-bet to 11,000 next to act. The action folded back around to Mokrani, who took some time before four-bet jamming for about 50,000. Nikolaisen snap-called and both hands were tossed face up.
Mohamad Mokrani: A?4?
Espen Nikolaisen: A?A?
It was rough timing for Mokrani as he ran into the strongest hand in the deck. The dealer ran out the A?9?8?10?5? board, giving Nikolaisen a set of aces to eliminate Mokrani.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
257,000
257,000
|
257,000 |
|
Busted |
Candido Cappiello raised from the button before Chan Beckschebe three-bet to 16,500 from the small blind. Cappiello reraised to 34,000 and snap-jammed for 123,000 after Beckschebe five-bet to 71,500.
"Aces?" asked Beckschebe as he committed around half of his stack.
A few minutes passed and Beckschebe folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
195,000 | |
|
85,000
-75,000
|
-75,000 |
Ankit Ahuja raised from early position and was called by Johannes Verhagen from middle position. Marcelo Manfredini, with 73,000, three-bet to 15,000 from the cutoff. Ahuja jammed as the big stack and Verhagen got out of the way while Manfredini called.
Marcelo Manfredini: Q?Q?
Ankit Ahuja: A?5?
Manfredini avoided an ace on the J?10?3?9?9? runout and doubled out.
"I should have called," lamented Verhagen who said he folded pocket nines.
"Why did you do that?" he asked Ahuja. "This is not how you preserve a stack," Verhagen continued to his opponent who has more than $2.5 million in tournament earnings.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
150,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
100,000
-80,500
|
-80,500 |
Azamat Tulepbergenov raised 5,500 in the hijack before Kim De Sousa jammed 35,000 in the cutoff. The action folded back to Tulepbergenov and he made the call.
Kim De Sousa: A?9?
Azamat Tulepbergenov: A?J?
De Sousa was dominated but the K?Q?9? flop gave him the lead with a pair of nines. The 7? turn and 7? river meant he could remain seated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
199,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
|
76,000 |
Stefan Dimitrov opened 6,000 and Harfouche Alfred three-bet to 21,000. The action quickly folded around to Dimitrov and he made the call.
When the Q?J?9? flop hit the felt, Dimitrov checked and Alfred jammed his last 25,000. Dimitrov reluctantly called it.
Harfouche Alfred: 10?10?
Stefan Dimitrov: A?J?
Dimitrov was ahead momentarily but the 10? fell on the turn, giving Alfred a set of tens, and the 9? river improved him to a full house.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
157,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
|
99,500
99,500
|
99,500 |
Petre Ionescu opened to 9,000 from early position and was called by Harry Michel Wakem-Ngayap from two seats over. Ankit Ahuja moved all in for 62,000 from the small blind which prompted Ionescu to rejam as the bigger stack. Wakem-Ngayap folded.
Ankit Ahuja: K?Q?
Petre Ionescu: A?K?
Ahuja was dominated and found no help on the 9?2?4? flop. The A? turn left him drawing dead and the 7? completed the board to mark Ahuja's exit.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
210,000
210,000
|
210,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Alexandre Vuilleumier opened on the button and Manuel Ketendjian three-bet 22,000 from the small blind. Vuilleumier thought about it for about ten seconds before making the call.
When the Q?4?2? flop hit the felt, Ketendjian check-called a bet of 13,000.
The 6? hit the turn and Ketendjian check-called another bet, this time for 40,000.
The A? completed the board on the river and Ketendjian took the lead, announcing all-in. Vuilleumier looked frustrated as he went into the tank for about two minutes before deciding to let it go.
"Nice bluff," joked a tablemate.
"No," Ketendjian laughed, "I can't bluff him."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
300,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
81,000
81,000
|
81,000 |
Following an under-the-gun raise, Alfonso Simone moved all in for 35,000 from late position and Antoine Jallon flat-called one seat across. Laurent Cessy then moved all in over the top for 75,000 from the button. The original raiser folded and Jallon tossed in a chip to make the call.
Alfonso Simone: A?J?
Laurent Cessy: K?K?
Antoine Jallon: A?J?
Simone and Jallon both had ace-jack, putting them well behind Cessy with his pocket kings. The board ran out 10?Q?3?9?6?. Cessy held with his kings to win a huge pot, putting a dent in Jallon's stack and sending Simone to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
250,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
|
|
60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
Busted |
Romain Lewis jammed for about 44,000 in early position, and the action folded around to Mats Ullereng in the big blind as he dropped a chip to make the call.
Romain Lewis: J?10?
Mats Ullereng: A?K?
Lewis was a small underdog but the Q?10?6? flop gave him the lead with a pair of tens. It was short-lived though as the A? fell on the turn, and Lewis couldn't complete his flush draw as the Q? paired the board on the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
162,000
-8,000
|
-8,000 |
|
Busted |
