Enzo Del Piero raised to 2,500 from early position. Martin Kabhrel called from the cutoff, Bernd Gleissner from the small blind and Pavel Binar from the big blind.
The flop came . It checked to Del Piero who bet 7,000. Kabrhel called and Gleissner raised to 22,000. Binar and Del Piero both folded, and Kabrhel called.
The turn was the and Gleissner bet 27,000. Kabrhel called.
The river was the and Gleissner checked to Kabrhel who, moved all in for his remaining 61,200.
Gleissner thought about his decision for a while before calling. Kabrhel showed and Gleissner went to muck, before Kabrhel interjected, saying that his hand had to be shown. Gleissner turned over and Kabrhel doubled up.
Bernd Gleissner limped from early position and Pavel Binar raised to 2,700 from the hijack. It folded to Enzo Del Piero on the button who three-bet to 6,000 from the button. Gleissner folded and Binar called.
The flop was . It checked to Del Piero who bet 7,000. Gleissner folded and Binar called.
The turn was the and Binar checked to Del Piero who bet 25,000. Binar folded.
The full board was out in a hand between Philipp Zukernik and Ludovic Geilich reading . Geilich checked to Zukernik who bet 10,000 into a pot of around 19,000. Eventually, Geilich called and Zukernik immediately turned over and was good.
Hans Thumann limped from the small blind and Ludovic Geilich raised to 3,100 from the big blind. Thumann called.
The flop came and Thumann checked to Geilich who bet 4,000. Thumann then check-raised to 15,000 and Geilich called.
The turn was the and Thumann bet 25,000. Geilich re-raised all in and Thumann called for his remaining 35,000 chips.
Thumann:
Geilich:
Both players had flopped two-pair and somehow had found a way to get all the chips in the middle. The river was the and Thumann headed to the exit as Geilich raked in the pot and moved to the top of the chip counts.
In one of the first hands back from the break, and with 19,000 already in the middle, three players went to a flop. First Bernd Gleissner and then Chris Moorman both checked a board to chip-leader Martin Kabrhel who bet 6,900.
Gleissner called and Moorman folded. "Can I see your stack please?" asked Kabrhel as the was dealt on the turn.
Gleissner checked again and Kabrhel bet 14,500. Gleissner called.
The river was the and Gleissner checked a third time and this time Kabrhel took a full stack of twenty 5,000-value chips and moved them over the line, putting his opponent all in. Gleissner called.
Kabrhel turned over and Gleissner . "Nice hand," said Kabrhel who relinquished his grasp on the chip lead, as he counted out Gleissner's all in, which was for 66,500.
With three levels played, here is how the players stack up. Martin Kabrhel leads with nearly three starting stacks in front of him shortly followed by Brit Enzo Del Piero and Niall Farrell. Bringing up the rear for the time being is William Kassouf, Philipp Zukernik and Pierre Neuville.