Hand #23: Andrea Dato raised to 400,000 with winning the blinds and antes.
Hand #24: Andrey Shatilov raised to 400,000 with from under-the-gun. Hossein Ensan called with and Dato called with . The flop of was checked to Shatilov who bet 550,000, Ensan called and Dato check-raised all in. Shatilov and Ensan both folded.
Hand #25: Samuel Phillips raised to 400,000 from under-the-gun and won the blinds and antes.
Hand #26: Ji Zhang raised to 400,000 from under-the-gun with , winning the pot.
Hand #27: Phillips raised to 475,000 from the small blind and won Ji Zhang's big blind.
Hand #21: Andrey Shatilov raised to 320,000 with from the cutoff and won the blinds and antes.
Hand #22: Andrea Dato moved all in for about 2.4 million from early position with . Kiryl Radzivonau folded pocket sixes and the Italian picked up the pot.
Slaven Popov moved all in with and Ji Zhang with in the big blind asked how much it was before taking his time and making the call. He turned over his cards amid accusation of making a slow roll. It is unlikely that was his deliberate intention as he has history in this tournament of doing it twice with aces, asking for a count before making the call.
The cards ran out and Popov was the first to be eliminated today leaving with the applause of the crowd ringing in his ears in his way to collect over 100,000 Euros.
Hands #16: Samuel Phillips opened from early position and made it 325,000 with . Ji Zhang called in the hi-jack with and Hossein Ensan in the big blind called with The flop was and Ensan led out for 385,000. Phillips called and Zhang folded. The turn card was the and Ensan gave it some thought before folding. Phillips reached for chips and bet 675,000.
Ensan wanted to know how much Phillips was playing before making the call. The river card was the and Ensan check-called a bet of 1,375,000 from Phillips to put Phillips in the chip lead.
Hand #17: Phillips opened for 325,000 with and took the antes and blinds.
Hand #18: Phillips was under the gun with and again opened for 325,000. Lettau in the cut-off had but let it go. Shatilov though defended the big blind with . The flop was . Shatilov checked and a bet of 275,000 from Phillips got the job done.
Hand #19: Andrea Dato was on the button with made it 1,000,000. No callers and he took the antes and blinds.
Hand #11: Kiryl Radzivonau raised to 325,000 and picked up the blinds and anes.
Hand #12: Andrey Shatilov limped in the small blind with . Samuel Phillips checked with in the big blind. The flop was and Shatilov bet 175,000, Phillips made the call to see the on the turn. Shatilov bet 380,000 and Phillips made the call a second time. The river was the and Shatilov bet 530,000 and Phillips made a good laydown.
Hand #13: Andrea Dato moved all in from the cutoff with for around 2 million and everyone folded.
Hand #14: Phillips raised to 325,000 from he button and Radzivonau made the call. The flop was and the Belarussian quickly folded to a 350,000 continuation bet.
Hand #15: Hossein Ensan raised to 320,000 with and won the blinds and antes.
Hand #6: Andre Lettau had in early position and opened for 325,000 winning the blinds and antes.
Hand #7: Lettau again made it 325,000 with , this time from under the gun, and again took it down.
Hand #8: Samuel Phillips made it 325,000 with and in the big blind Lettau with called. The flop was and after a check from Lettau a 285,000 continuation bet from Phillips got a call. The turn was the which saw Lettau check again and Phillips check behind. The river was the and with two checks Lettau took his third pot in a row.
Hand#9: Lettau in the small blind with called in the small blind and big blind Hossein Ensan checked with . The flop was and a bet from Lettau of 210,000 won the pot.
Hand #10: Phillips raised to 325,000 holding and took it down.
Hand #1: Kiryl Radzivonau raised to 325,000 with in the cutoff. Hossein Ensan defended in the big blind with . The flop was . Both players checked to see the on the turn where they both checked. The was also checked and Radzivonau picked up the pot.
Hand #2: Andre Lettau raised to 325,000 with from the button. Ensan three-bet to 550,000 with in the small blind. Lettau four-bet to 1,225,000 and Ensan opted to call. The flop was and both players checked. Ensan fired 855,000 on the turn and Lettau folded.
Hand #3: Samuel Phillips raised to 325,000 from under-the-gun with and picked up the blinds and antes.
Hand #4: Andrey Shatilov limped in the small blind with . Phillips checked with . Shatilov check-called a 160,000 bet on the flop. Both checked the turn and the river. Shatilov showed his king-high and nodded when Phillips flipped ace-high.
Hand #5: Slaven Popov raised to 320,000 in early position with . Lettau flat-called with in position. The flop was - something for each player. Popov bet 325,000 and Lettau made the call to see the . Popov bet 425,000 and again Lettau made the call. The river was the and Popov checked, Lettau bet 1,005,000 and Popov tanked for several minutes before folding.