Dominik Nitsche is sitting pretty on 85,000 after losing one hand and winning one hand straight after.
He raised to 2,000 from under the gun and ans was called by Chris Brammer in the big blind. Both players checked and Brammer took down the pot with a bet on the turn.
The next hand Nitsche defended his big blind after Jason Wheeler had raised. The flop fanned and Nitsche check-raised Wheeler's 2,200 c-bet up to 5,700. Wheeler folded.
Griffin Benger dropped from a 132,000 just before the dinner break but he's working his way back up after winning two small pots.
First-up, he three-bet to 3,800 off the button after Kai Vater opened to 1,600 from the cut-off. Vater called but check-folded to a 4,100 c-bet on a flop.
The next hand Benger opened from the cut-off and was called by the button and Justin Bonomo in the big blind. all three checked the board before Benger took down the pot with a 2,600 bet on the turn.
Strike another heads-up win for Ankush Mandavia who beat German pro [Removed:172] to the punch in the EPT Berlin €1,100 Heads-Up. Mandavia and Kramer now one-two on the EPT9 Heads-Up Player of the Year leader board. Read more at the PokerStars Blog.
Justin Bonomo is on his second bullet and was Tweeting a while ago about how many big hands he has lost with today. He might have to pen another Tweet!
The board rested as and Mizzi moved all in for 20,075. Bonomo tanked for several minutes and then made the call. Mizzi showed for trips and Bonomo shook his head ad he mucked.
Bryn Kenney raised to 1,400 and David Peters called in position. The flop brought out and Kenney check-called 2,225. On the turn the hit and Kenney checked to Peters who bet 4,600. Kenney check-raised to 14,700 and took down the pot.
Max Lykov is the first player to break though the 200,000-chip barrier, and yet again he won his pot through aggression and without showdown.
He raised from the button and called when Max Lehmanski three-bet to 3,300 from the small blind.
The flop fanned and Lykov called a 3,600 c-bet. On the turn Lehmanski sat for a few minutes before checking. Lykov sniffed an opportunity to take over the initiative in the hand and bet 6,575. Lehmanski tanked again and then folded whilst shaking his head.
One separate news, Marvin Rettenmaier has busted his first bullet but intends to re-enter and join the 20k club. Are you mad? Jason Lavalle also busted but he'll probably throw 10k at a bar rather than a second bullet.