Pasi Sormunen raised to 42,000 under the gun and Chris Moorman three-bet to 95,000 to his immediate left. Bassel Moussa four-bet all in for 634,000 and Sormunen snap-folded. Moorman looked pained as he folded and the Brit is now down to just over half a million chips.
The board read when Theo Jorgensen checked to Niall Farrell who bet 178,000. The Team PokerStars Pro tanked for a while and called.
On the river the hit and Jorgensen checked again. Farrell tanked for a while himself and then bet 315,000 chips. The Danish pro went into the tank for well over five minutes and then called. Farrell showed and beat Jorgensen's .
Jorgensen is now one of the short stacks while Farrell takes over the chip lead.
On the secondary table it's all action but no showdowns just yet. A lot of pots are three- and four-bet and Daniel Erlandsson just took one down.
Erlandsson raised under the gun to 40,000 and Nicolas Chouity three-bet from the small blind to 93,000. Erlandsson came back over the top to 171,000 and Chouity folded.
Both players are below their starting stacks of the day and that shows that there's been a lot of action at the table so far. Chips are going back and forth and it's just waiting for the big clash!
Bassel Moussa raised to 41,000 and Pasi Sormunen called from the big blind. The flop brought out and Sormunen check-called 46,000.
On the turn the hit and Sormunen lead out for 77,000 and Moussa made the call. The river was the and Sormunen check-folded to Moussa's 90,000-chip bet.
Niall Farrell raised preflop and both blinds, Christopher Frank and Mikhail Korotkikh made the call.
The flop showed and Frank checked from the small blind and Korotkikh bet 70,000. Farrell gave it up and Frank made the call.
On the turn the hit and Frank checked to Korotkikh who bet 75,000. This time Frank raised up to 190,000. Korotkikh made the call after which the river brought the . Frank put together a bet worth 210,000 and Korotkikh snap-called.
Frank turned over and took down this pot with a flopped set.
Nicolas Chouity completed from the small blind and Daniel Erlandsson checked from the big. The flop brought and Chouity bet 26,000, Erlandsson called.
On the turn the hit and Chouity bet 43,000 and Erlandsson made the call again. The river brought the and once again Chouity grabbed chips, he bet 129,000 and Erlandsson made the call. Chouity mucked his cards right away and that meant Erlandsson would take down this pot without showdown.
Steve O'Dwyer raised to 60,000 from under the gun plus two and Tamer Kamel three-bet to 105,000 from the button. O'Dwyer called and the flop rolled out and O'Dwyer check-folded to a 125,000-chip bet.