Vladimir Troyanovskiy opened for 6,500 under the gun and saw his neighbor Liv Boeree shove all in for 39,100. Action folded back to Troyanovskiy and he called after giving it some thoughts.
We saw Philipp Gruissem check call a bet of 7,000 on from the big blind. His opponent was Jeff Rossiter who had made the bet from the hijack. The turn came the and Gruissem check called another 17,500. Both players checked the on the river and Gruissem's proved good as Rossiter mucked.
Gruissem was up to 266,000 after that pot but lost a chunk right the next hand. Action folded to Simon Deadman on the button and the British pro raised to 6,500. While still stacking his chips from the last hand. Gruissem three-bet to 17,000 from the small blind. The big blind folded and Deadman called.
Both players checked the flop and the hit the turn. Gruissem made a bet of 16,000 and Deadman called. The completed the board and Gruissem checked. Deadman bet 37,500 and Gruissem called after some tanking, only to muck upon seeing Deadman's .
Well before the break we witnessed a hand between Ihar Soika and Thomas Muehloecker. Soika raised from early position and got a call before Thomas Muehloecker squeezed from the big blind to 20,000. Soika four-bet to 38,200 and got a fold before Muehloecker shoved all in. Soika double checked his cards and called for 133,600 total.
Vanessa Selbst opened for 5,000 before the break and Mikita Badziakouski shoved his 53,800 to the middle from middle position right next to her. Action folded back around to Selbst who called after giving it some thoughts.
Selbst was the owner of but would get outflopped by Badziakouski's on . The on the turn in combination with the on the river gave Selbst a straight and Badziakouski hit the rail in the last hand before the break.