After some raises and three-bets, a hand finally went to the flop. Atanas Kavrakov raised to 60,000 and called the three-bet to 150,000 by Majid Ejlal Noubarian in the small blind. On the flop, Noubarian fired 180,000 and was called before putting in another bet of 250,000 on the turn. Kavrakov didn't go anywhere and the river completed the board.
Noubarian checked and the Bulgarian checked behind before Noubarian flashed for a straight.
Two more hands of interest were played before the three remaining players were sent into the 25-minute dinner break.
In the first one, Jacques Torbey raised to 50,000 from the small blind and called the raise of Atanas Kavrakov in the small blind for 120,000 total. On the flop, Torbey check-folded to a bet of 80,000.
The last hand of the level saw Torbey raise to 55,000 from the button and both his opponents called out of the blinds. The flop was checked through before Torbey took down the pot by betting the on the turn for 60,000.
In the following break, the T-1,000 chip denominations will be removed as well as they are no longer needed.
Atanas Kavrakov won a small pot off Majid Ejlal Noubarian and Marco Della Tommasina moved all in from the small blind for 205,000. Jacques Torbey folded in the big blind to avoid a showdown, but that would only be delayed by a mere minute. Della Tommasina moved all in for 241,000 from the button and Kavrakov called out of the big blind.
Della Tommasina:
Kavrakov:
The flop was a disaster for the Italian, as he needed running cards in order to avoid elimination. With the on the turn, Della Tommasina's run in the Main Event came to an end and the meaningless river completed the board. The Italian takes home €24,800 and play is now three-handed for the title.
Majid Ejlal Noubarian won a limped pot against Marco Della Tommasina and then faced a raise of Atanas Kavrakov to 50,000. The Iranian three-bet big to 175,000 and claimed the pot. One hand later saw another battle between the two of them and Kavrakov check-folded to a 125,000-bet on the flop.
Majid Ejlal Noubarian and Atanas Kavrakov got involved in a pot that saw the Iranian bet the flop and show after the fold of his opponent. Jacques Torbey had folded sixes to the preflop action and would have again had a set.
Jacques Torbey raised to 60,000 and Atanas Kavrakov three-bet to 150,000 from the button. Majid Ejlal Noubarian moved all in for 858,000 and Torbey tank-folded pocket nines. Kavrakov called with and it was a coin flip against the of the Iranian.
The gave Kavrakov additional outs with the spades flush draw, however Noubarian held up with the turn and the river as final community cards. Torbey would have rivered the full house ...
Marco Della Tommasina has moved all in twice without getting called, the other hands were limped. Atanas Kavrakov took advantage of one limp by Jacques Torbey and claimed the pot with a raise to 80,000 out of the big blind.
Majid Ejlal Noubarian won a limped pot by betting the flop against Atanas Kavrakov and then limped himself out of the small blind with Marco Della Tommasina checking his option. Both checked the flop and the Italian called a bet of 35,000 on the turn. The river triggered another bet by Noubarian and Della Tommasina snap-folded.