With two players seeing a board of 8?7?9?9? and around 250,000 in the middle Ryan Mandara checked from the big blind and Thomas Eychenne checked from the cutoff.
Mandara bet 275,000 on the 8? turn and Eychenne made the call. Mandara turned over nines full with J?9? and Eychenne mucked.
Boris Angelov raised to 120,000 from the cutoff and Enrico Camosci defended his big blind.
Camosci led out for 70,000 on the 6?6?2? flop and Angelov called.
Both players checked the 8? turn for the 8? to come on the river. After a few moments, Camosci overbet shoved for Angelov's stack of 1,450,000. Angelov went deep into the tank, using two of his time extensions. Eventually, he reluctantly folded his hand and forfeited the pot to Camosci.
Enrico Camosci raised to 80,000 from middle position and Tom-Aksel Bedell shoved for 375,000 from the big blind. Comosci snap-called.
Tom-Aksel Bedell: A?10?
Enrico Camosci: K?K?
The flop of 6?2?7? was great for Camosci as only an ace on the turn or river could save Bedell from elimination. The turn came the A? to put Bedell in the lead, as the J? hit the river and Bedell had cracked Camosci's pocket kings.
Wouter Beltz shoved for roughly 350,000 from under the gun and Rodrigo Araujo called from the big blind to put him at risk.
Wouter Beltz: A?Q?
Rodrigo Araujo: A?K?
Beltz was up against Big Slick and needed to find a queen to stay alive. However, the runout of K?10?A?9?10? gave Araujo two pair, and Beltz was out of the tournament.
Ludvig Sterner opened to 80,000 from middle position and Enrico Coppola three-bet to 200,000 from the button. Sterner four-bet shoved for 440,000 and Coppola called with a covering stack to put Sterner at risk.
Ludvig Sterner: K?K?
Enrico Coppola: 9?9?
Both players made a set on the K?9?7? flop leaving Coppola drawing to just one out. The A? turn changed nothing but the 9? river gave Coppola quad nines to take the pot while Sterner was sent to the rail following the sickening runout.
Candido Cappiello opened to 160,000 from middle position, committing around half of his stack. Thomas Eychenne reshoved from the cutoff for a round 615,000. Action folded back around to Cappiello who called off with his remaining stack.
Candido Cappiello: Q?J?
Thomas Eychenne: 6?6?
Eychenne's sixes held up on the 9?4?2?3?8? runout, and he took the pot while Cappiello exited the tournament area.
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Joshua Hopkins raised to 80,000 from the hijack before Vlastimil Pustina shoved for roughly 200,000 from the button. After it folded back to Hopkins he made the call to put Pustina at risk.
Vlastimil Pustina: J?9?
Joshua Hopkins: A?J?
The runout of 2?6?10?A?7? gave Hopkins the winner with a pair of aces, sending Pustina to the cashier's desk.
With around 250,000 in the pot on a flop of 6?2?9?. Yves Bianchetti bet 200,000 from the big blind with just 25,000 behind. Enrico Coppola just called from the cutoff.
Bianchetti shoved for his last 25,000 upon seeing the A? turn and Coppola called.
Yves Bianchetti: 9?5?
Enrico Coppola: 10?10?
Bianchetti had a pair of nines but was behind the pair of tens for Coppola. The A? came on the river and Bianchetti was out of the tournament.