Ryan Buckholtz raised to 26,000 from middle position and was called by Matt LaGarde from the hijack. Michael Souza then went all in from the button for a total of 157,000. Buckholtz folded but LaGarde decided to call putting Souza at risk.
Souza:
LaGarde:
The flop came leaving Souza behind but still with hope, but then the turn brought the giving LaGarde a boat and leaving Souza drawing dead. The river was a meaningless and Souza was eliminated while LaGarde chipped up to 600,000.
Hendrik Alebregtse picked the wrong river to bluff on, it would seem. Against big blind Stanislav Alekhin, he raised preflop then fired 38,000 on the flop, 75,000 on turn and finally moved all in on the river. But the Dutchman was caught and had to show for nothing at all, always behind to the Russian's which had rivered two pair.
Douglas Mackinnon ended up all in preflop holding the but found he was behind to Jeffrey Manza's . The flop brought the which changed nothing. The turn was the giving Mackinnon an open-ended straight draw. The river came the completing Mackinnon's straight and allowing him to double his stack.
Harald Olsen went all in preflop with the and was called by Pierre Neuville who held the . The flop came putting Olsen in the lead with a pair of nines but giving Neuville a gutshot straight draw. The turn was the and the river was the and Olsen doubled up while Neuville's stack dropped to 220,000.
[Removed:321] Abedi-Arani ended up all in preflop in a classic coinflip with his behind to Dror Michaelo's . The board ran out and Abedi-Arani was sent to the rail while Michaelo's stack became one of the biggest in the field at 1,070,000.