Thomas Eychenne raised to 20,000 in the cutoff and Steve O'Dwyer three-bet to 70,000 on the button. Eychenne called and they saw a flop of 5♥4♥2♠.
Both players checked to the 3♠ turn, where O'Dwyer bet 50,000. Eychenne called and the 3♦ fell on the river. O'Dwyer then bet 130,000 and Eychenne used three time banks before calling.
O'Dwyer turned over 8♥7♥ for a bluff and Eychenne showed 9♠9♦ as he took the big pot.
Felipe Ketzer opened to 20,000 from under the gun and was called by Manuel Fritz from the next seat over. Ketzer check-folded to a bet of 17,000 on the Q♦8♠3♠ flop.
Mikalai Vaskaboinikau raised to 20,000 from early position and Ketzer defended his big blind.
Ketzer check-called for 22,000 on the J♦J♣10♣ flop before the 6♠ turn checked through to the 6♣ river. Ketzer fired out 14,000 and Vaskaboinikau called after some thought.
Ketzer tabled 10♦4♦ and his opponent conceded the pot.
Daniel Rezaei raised to 16,000 on the button and Felipe Ketzer called in the small blind.
The flop came 8♠7♦9♣ and Ketzer led out for 12,000. Rezaei called and the J♦ fell on the turn. Ketzer then bet another 25,000 and Rezaei again called.
Both players checked the K♦ river and Ketzer turned over A♦J♥ for a pair of jacks to win the pot.
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Vicente Delgado opened to 16,000 from under the gun and was called by Biao Ding from the hijack. Roman Hrabec three-bet to 70,000 from the small blind, then Delgado popped it to 150,000. Ding got out of the way ahead of Hrabec calling.
The 10♣8♦7♦ flop checked through to the 5♣ turn and Delgado folded to Hrabec's bet of 100,000.
Daniel Rezaei raised to 16,000 in middle position and Felipe Ketzer three-bet to 42,000 in the hijack. Lewis Spencer then moved all in for 135,000 in the small blind, Rezaei reshoved, and Ketzer snap-called for 284,000.
Lewis Spencer: J♦J♥
Felipe Ketzer: K♥K♦
Daniel Rezaei: A♥K♠
Spencer was at risk and dominated with his jacks, while Ketzer needed to avoid an ace to earn a double up off Rezaei and scoop the pot. Rezaei began shaking his ace as he pleaded with the dealer, but he missed the 4♦Q♣8♥10♦8♠ board as Ketzer's kings held on to send Spencer to the rail and earn him a double off Rezaei.
Adrian Mateos raised to 16,000 in the hijack before Daniel Rezaei three-bet to 40,000 in the cutoff. Manuel Fritz then moved all in for 200,000 on the button, Mateos folded, while Rezaei snap-called.
Manuel Fritz: Q♥Q♣
Daniel Rezaei: J♠J♥
Fritz had Rezaei dominated going to the 6♥7♥A♠ flop. The rest of the board ran out 10♣5♣ and Rezaei pretended to extend his middle finger to Fritz before handing over the double up.
"That's fine. I'll get it back on the stone bubble," Rezaei told him.