Voitto Rintala opened with a raise to 500 from middle position, and the button called, as did Mikhail Tulchinskiy in the small blind. The three men saw the flop come out , and action checked to the button. He put out a bet of 1,100 before Tulchinskiy stuck in a raise to 3,300.
That quickly folded Rintala, and the button would eventually release his hand as well, flashing the as he returned his cards to the dealer. Tulchinskiy is up to about 38,000.
Mihai Manole raised to 500 from the button before an opponent out of the big blind three-bet him to 1,850. Manole made the call.
The flop came down and the big blind fired 2,700. Manole took his time, being a very methodical player if you remember our EPT Barcelona coverage, but eventually folded his hand. He's slipped back down to the starting stack of 30,000.
An under-the-gun player raised to 550 and Luca Pagano made the call from middle position. The two players were heads up to a flop of . The preflop raiser fired 650 and Pagano called.
The turn brought the and the first player led with a bet again into Pagano. The bet was for 1,100 and Pagano opted to raise to 3,000. This sent his opponent into the tank and he eventually folded. Pagano is up to 44,000 chips.
Marcin Horecki is sitting quietly at his table reading an Ian Fleming James Bond book. Horecki hasn't really done much at the table during the first couple levels here and is sitting with just over his starting stack at 31,000. Maybe the book is just more interesting.
The preflop action wasn't absolutely clear when we joined this hand, but it appeared that Manuel Bevand had limped into the pot under the gun, and Angel Guillen was content to take a free flop from the big blind.
The flop came out , and Guillen check-called a bet of 500. On the turn, the drew a check from both players, and the on the river double paired the board. Guillen checked again, and Bevand put out a bet of 1,275. Guillen would take a minute or two to think it over before flicking in the calling chips.
Bevand tabled , and Guillen checked his cards twice more before sending them into the muck. He's down to about 24,500 now, while Bevand moves ahead over 35,000.
Katja Thater and Shaun Deeb have been spotted down in the tournament room, which is located three levels below where the media room is stationed. Both don't look to be playing today and we can expect them in tomorrow's field.