Philipp Gruissem opened for 20,000 and was raised to 60,000 from the small blind by Fabian Quoss. The big blind folded and Gruissem called. The flop was quickly dealt and that was the last thing to happen quickly in this hand. Quoss took his time and decided to check. Gruissem bet 50,000 and after some thought Quoss made the call. The turn was the . A few minutes ticked by and they both checked. The river was . To cut a long story short, Quoss check / called a bet of 75,000 from Gruissem who had 85,000 behind. Gruissem showed for the win and we never got to see the mysterious cards of Quoss.
Erik Seidel raised fro the cutoff seat to 20,000, Sandor Demjan called on the button, then action folded to Jean-Noel Thorel in the big blind. Thorel reraised all in for 175,000, and Seidel folded. Demjan called quickly with the . Thore had the .
The board ran out . Thanks to the lucky river card, Thorel won the pot and doubled up through Demjan.
Paul Newey has just been eliminated in 22nd place at the hands of Juha Helppi, From under the gun, Newey raised all in for 98,000. Action folded to Helppi on the button, and he reraised all in over the top for around 250,000. Everyone else folded.
Newey showed the , but was behind the bigger pair for Helppi, who held the . On the flop, things got even worse for Newey when the fell and gave Helppi a set of jacks. The turn was the , and the river was the . Helppi won the pot and sent Newey to the rail.
Over at the feature table, Mike Watson opened for 22,000 under the gun and cleared the field to Vitaly Lunkin, who defended from the big blind. Both players then checked the flop, the turned and Lunkin led out for 30,000.
Watson made the call and then watched Lunkin bet 60,000 on the river. Watson thought for over a minute before raising to 200,000 and then snap-folded when Lunkin announced that he was all in for 508,000.
Erik Seidel was under the gun and opened with a raise to 20,000. Action folded around to Jean-Noel Thorel who instantly tossed out a three-bet to 51,000. The blinds released their hands and Seidel flat called.
The flop came down and Seidel tapped the table. Thorel continued with his quick actions and fired out a bet of 100,000. Seidel thought for a moment before shipping all in over the top for 255,000 total. Thorel thought for a moment but eventually decided to move his hand into the muck.
This hit drops Thorel's stack to 180,000 while Seidel is now sitting around 455,000.
With a recent re-draw the players on table three are keen to test each other out. Paul Newey, one of the players that has re-entered this tournament, is the short stack at the table and has been all in twice without getting any callers. The eccentric Jean-Noel Thorel is proving a tricky customer, particularly for the player on his right, Dani Stern.
Stern raised from the small blind to 25,000 and Thurel called from the big blind. They saw a flop of . When Stern continued for 30,000 Thurel min raised to 60,000 and Stern threw away his hand. Not long after that, Erik Seidel opened under the gun for 20,000, Stern called and this time Thurel moved all in for jjst over 400,000. Seidel folded, Stern asked for a count but thought better of the call and mucked too.
After a few quick eliminations in the first three minutes after the break, the tournament field is down to 22 players. The competitors have redrawn to three tables, and here's how they are now seated:
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and that was the last thing to happen quickly in this hand. Quoss took his time and decided to check. Gruissem bet 50,000 and after some thought Quoss made the call. The turn was the 
. A few minutes ticked by and they both checked. The river was 
for the win and we never got to see the mysterious cards of Quoss.
. Thore had the 
. Thanks to the lucky river card, Thorel won the pot and doubled up through Demjan.
, but was behind the bigger pair for Helppi, who held the 
fell and gave Helppi a set of jacks. The turn was the 
, and the river was the 
flop, the 
turned and Lunkin led out for 30,000.
. When Stern continued for 30,000 Thurel min raised to 60,000 and Stern threw away his hand. Not long after that, Erik Seidel opened under the gun for 20,000, Stern called and this time Thurel moved all in for jjst over 400,000. Seidel folded, Stern asked for a count but thought better of the call and mucked too.
