Stanislav Koleno opened to 175,000 in early position, Michael Rohde three-bet to 450,000 from the cutoff, Leonardo Romeo four-bet to 1,040,000 from the small blind, Koleno folded and Rohde called.
The flop was and Romeo wasted no time in shoving all in. It was effectively 1,755,000 to Rohde, who called with lightning-speed.
Leonardo Romeo:
Michael Rohde:
It was the dream flop for Rohde, who had Romeo completely crushed. The on the turn gave Romeo a slight chance, but the on the river secured it for Rohde.
Still short stacked, Jan Stariat open-shoved and picked up the blinds and antes. In the next hand, Stariat shoved again, this time from under the gun. Everyone folded to Sonay Kehya in the big blind, who called.
Jan Stariat:
Sonay Kehya:
The rundown favored Stariat and after being really short earlier, he's back again at a healthy stack.
After an open from Stanislav Koleno, Marian Flesar three-bet from the small blind and Koleno called. The flop was and Flesar continued his aggression with a bet of 475,000. Koleno called to see the land on the turn.
Without hesitation, Flesar put down the hammer and moved all in. It was for a total of 2,200,000, which was exactly what Koleno had behind. The Slovakian was in agony, slumped back in his chair and took a sip of his drink. After three minutes, he folded his hand with a disgusted look.
Down to just four big blinds, Jan Stariat went for it with and got a call from Robert Schunemann with . Stariat hit a ten on the flop to get himself back at ten big blinds.
In a three-bet pot between Leonardo Romeo and [Removed:266], action was on the latter on a board. The Russian bet 450,000, to which Romeo responded by sliding all his T100,000 chips forward.
It was effectively 1,600,000 more for Kleyman to call, who spent three minutes in the tank before calling it off.
With over four million in the pot, it was by far the biggest hand of the tournament so far. The following hands went to showdown:
Leonardo Romeo:
[Removed:266]:
Romeo was slightly in the lead with his pair of tens. Kleyman still had a plethora of outs to still win the hand but the river wasn't one of them. Romeo jumped from the table and loudly celebrated the win, Kleyman was left with nothing and had to settle for 16th place.