Martyn Frey was the first casualty of the day, but things are going decidedly better on the second bullet after he tangled with Andrew Christoforou.
Christoforou raised to 2,200 from the hijack and Frey three-bet to 6,500 on the button. Christoforou called and the flop came . Both players checked and the turn was the . Christoforou bet 6,500 and Frey called. The river was the and Christoforou checked, and then folded after Frey bet 16,000.
Yesterday, Marcel Luske was the first elimination of the day in the Super High Roller, however his fortunes were slightly better in the MILLIONS Germany Super High Roller where he finished second to Dominik Nitsche for a €180,000 payday.
The Dutchman leads his country's all-time money list and has been the Dutch ambassador for partypoker since June last year. Luske has a rich and storied poker history, finishing 14th in the 2003 WSOP Main Event and 10th the following year.
Luske is less than $50,000 away from reaching $5m in lifetime earnings and extending his lead at the top of the Netherlands all-time money list over former November Niner Jorryt van Hoof in second place, and EPT Grand Final winner Pieter de Korver in third.
With the tournament clock showing 140/161 players remaining, players are taking their first break of the day. When they return the blinds will be 700/1,400 with a 1,400 button ante.
Dritan Arapi scored an early double up and has been hovering at or just over the 200,000 chip mark ever since.
We saw him on a board and a female opponent had checked to him. Arapi fired 20,000 into a pot of just over 40,000. His opponent looked restless; checking and re-checking their cards, counting out chips before folding for the nut-flush draw face up.
To his credit, Arapi turned over for a full house.
"I know I was fishing," his opponent said. "I just knew you had the house!"