Andras Nemeth raised to 6,000 from late position, Paulius Plausinaitis three-bet to 21,000 from the button, then Simon Mattsson four-bet to 48,000 from the small blind. Nemeth called, then Plausinaitis five-bet all in for 212,000. Mattsson folded and Nemeth also mucked his hand to give Plausinaitis the pot.
"Why can't you just fold like a normal person?", asked a neutral player at the table.
It was a rhetorical question. Plausinaitis smiled and scooped the pot.
Artsiom Lasouski raised from under the gun and Markkos Ladev defended in the big blind.
The 4♦9♠J♠ flop checked through to the 3♠ on the turn. Ladev took the lead for 12,000 and Lasouski called.
The 7♦ river saw Ladev place a wager just under the size of the pot, committing 40,000 into the middle. Lasouski thought before pitching his cards into the muck.
Action was on the flop on a board of Q♦Q♣9♠ and Viacheslav Buldygin checked. Javid Ismayilov bet 21,000 and Thomas Santerne was the only caller.
The turn was the Q♥ and Ismayilov bet 35,000, which Santerne called.
The river came the 8♣ and Ismayilov bet again. Santerne pushed all in and Ismayilov made the call with the lower stack. Ismayilov had 9♥6♦ for a full house, queens full of nines. Santerne turned over A♦A♠ for a higher full house with queens full of aces.
Santerne moved into the chip lead and Ismayilov was eliminated.
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Kamran Abbasov raised from late position and Niklas Astedt three-bet from the button, which Abbasov called.
The flop came Q♣10♦8♦ and Abbasov checked. Astedt continued for 8,000 and Abasov called. Both players then checked it back on the 7♠ turn.
The river was the 9♦ and Abbasov checked a third street. Astedt bet 20,000 and Abbasov scratched his head, thinking for a moment before placing in his chips to make the call. Astedt had K♠4♠ for a bluff and Abbasov had K♦Q♠ for a pair of queens to win the pot.
Maksim Vaskresenski had a reraise of 48,000 out from the button and action was back on Morten Klein, who moved all in for 71,000. Vaskresenski was already committed and made the call to put Klein at risk as players flipped their cards.
Morten Klein: A♥K♠
Maksim Vaskresenski: J♣10♣
The K♣6♣2♦ flop gave Klein a pair of kings, but Vaskresenski picked up a flush draw. The turn was the 3♦ and river the 10♠, so Klein held to win the pot, doubling up his stack.