Pierre Neuville opened from early position and Pierre Calamusa then three-bet all in from the small blind to see Neuville making the call with . Calamusa was caught with the and didn't get there on a board of .
Start-of-day chip leader Ivan Banic is right back in the thick of it now after an ill-timed bluff by Michal Rudnik.
The hand started with a 12,000-chip open from Rudnik. Banic fired back, making it 32,000 and after Rudnik called, they went heads-up to a flop. Rudnik bet 28,000 on the flop and Banci called. He bet another 51,000 on the turn, and Banic called again.
Then finally, on the river, it was bombs away, as Rudnik pushed in. Banic called with the and Rudnik hit the rail revealing the bluff.
On a flop of we witnessed Raiden Kan checking. From the hijack, Simen Birkelund made a bet of 16,000 and Kan check raised to 33,000 with 57,000 behind. Birkelund shoved all in and Kan instantly called.
Simen Birkelund:
Raiden Kan:
The on the turn and on the river locked up Kan's double up and the counting and stacking could begin.
Shortly after the restart of the level, Przemyslaw Piotrowski was all in for his last 51,000 from under the gun and Yang Zhang called out of the small blind.
Piotrowski:
Zhang:
The flop paired up Zhang and left Piotrowski in bad shape with the turn and river blanked to bust the Pole.
Benjamin Winsor opened to 15,000 and Francisco Oliveira then three-bet to 38,000 from one seat over. The action folded around to Alex Komaromi in the blinds and he jammed. Winsor folded but Oliveira double-checked his cards to avoid a misread before quickly calling.
Oliveira:
Komaromi:
The board ran out and the Uruguayan was left with a few big blinds, then headed to the screens in order to check for the next pay jump.
Rich Ryan and Donnie Peters are back to discuss the Phil Galfond op-ed about him getting scammed out of $250,000, the upcoming Full Tilt/PokerStars merger, and more.
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Another 20-minute break for the players. The 500 chips are being colored up, the 1,000-chips will be the lowest denomination in play when the remaining 74 players return.