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 |
