Roman Herold raised to 80,000 under the gun plus two and Julian Thomas decided to three-bet to 185,000 from the button. Both blinds folded after which Herold four-bet to 355,000. Thomas was not going anywhere as he five-bet to 525,000. Herold went into the tank for a while before putting out a six-bet up to 875,000!
Thomas quickly moved all in for around 2,000,000 chips and Herold snap-folded. Thomas picked up a massive preflop and is now a lot closer to the chip leader!
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After the break we witnessed two three-bet preflop in the first three hands. Pascal Vos raised to 80,000 from the cutoff after which Matias Kesanen picked up the pot with a three-bet to 155,000 from the small blind.
Matias Kesanen raised to 80,000 from the cutoff and Roman Herold picked up the pot with a three-bet to 170,000 from the button.
There is plenty of action at the feature table but we haven't seen an elimination yet!
Matias Kesanen raised to 60,000 under the gun and Daniel-Gai Pidun called. The action was folded to Dashgyn Aliev who called from the big blind.
The flop brought out and Kesanen bet 66,000 which was only called by Pidun. On the turn the hit and both players checked. The river brought the and Kesanen bet 110,000. Pidun snap-called and Kesanen instantly mucked his cards. This pot went to Pidun and the chip counts on the break will follow shortly.
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to pair Guden's king.
to see the pair hold.
and Kesanen bet 66,000 which was only called by Pidun. On the turn the 
hit and both players checked. The river brought the 
and Kesanen bet 110,000. Pidun snap-called and Kesanen instantly mucked his cards. This pot went to Pidun and the chip counts on the break will follow shortly.
