WIth the board reading 5♦10♠3♠2♦7♣, Santhosh Suvarna bet 23,000 from the hijack into a pot of roughly 90,000. Satish Sanan called from the button, and Lev Margolin folded out of the big blind.
Suvarna turned over K♦K♥ for an overpair and Sanan mucked his cards.
Masashi Oya had opened the cutoff and Jianwei Lin three-bet from the small blind before Oya four-bet to 33,000. Lin called.
They went to a flop of 7♠6♦Q♥ where Lin check-called a bet of 18,000 from Oya to the 4♦ turn, which went check-check.
A 10♣ dropped on the river and Lin fired 35,000, leaving himself around 40,000 behind. Oya then shoved, which sent Lin deep into the tank. After using all five of his time-bank cards, Lin eventually tossed in the call, which left him at risk.
Oya flipped 9♣8♦ for the nut straight, and Lin was forced to show he made the call with K♥Q♣ for top pair, which meant he was eliminated.
EPT Barcelona Main Event champ Stephen Song opened to 4,000 from early position, and Mathieu Di Meglio defended in the big blind.
On the Q♣9♣5♥ flop, Di Meglio check-called versus a bet of 6,500 from Song.
The K♥ turn followed the same pattern, this time in respect of a 15,000 bet from Song.
On the 5♦ river, Song sized up when checked to him, firing out a bet of 55,000. After around 90 seconds of thought, Di Meglio sent his hand into the muck.
Maximilian Lehmanski raised to 5,000 under the gun before he was three-bet to 15,000 by Shashank Jain in the cutoff.
Lehmanski called to the Q♥9♦K♠ flop, where he check-called Jain's bet of 11,000. Jain sized up to 33,000 on the 7♣ turn, which Lehmanski check-called again.
The 10♥ then hit the river. Lehmanski promptly led out for 69,000 and got a quick fold from his opponent.
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When it folded to Garik Tamasian in the small blind he shoved to put David Kaufmann all-in for his last 25,000. Kaufmann looked at his cards in the big blind and made the call.
David Kaufmann: A♣5♠
Garik Tamasian: K♥9♣
Kaufmann needed to fade a king or a nine to stay alive. The board of 5♥4♣3♠10♣8♥ was clean for Kaumann and he managed to double-up.