After a raise to 14,000, Andrea Cortellazzi three-bet to 37,000 and Anooj Saareen four-bet all in. The initial raiser folded and Cortellazzi didn't even need to ask for a count, as he quickly called for a reason.
Saareen: 
Cortellazzi: 
The 
flop gave Saareen some hope, but the 
turn and 
river blanked to send him to the rail. A floorman arrived and Saareen joked "do I get some money now?" with a smile on the face.
Andreas Chalkiadakis and Erik Friberg clashed in a pot which may not affect the upper limits of the leaderboard right now, but could lead to fireworks at their table. We joined the action on a flop of 
to see Erik Friberg commit all of his chips, putting himself at risk with 
.
Chalkiadakis was all-in too, and was way ahead with 
but he didn't stay ahead, the 
landing on the turn and leading to Chalkiadakis exclaiming in anguish and jumping out of his seat. The river 
led to Friberg doubling through his opponent to 260,000, but Chalkiadakis has a bigger problem that still having around 16 big blinds. He is currently trying to regain his composure after the hand.
Aki Virtanen was all in and at risk with the 
and Adem Marjanovic looked him up with the 
out of the big blind. The flop gave Marjanovic a straight draw with the 
, and he instantly got there with the 
turn. The 
river was a mere formality and Virtanen headed to the payout desk.
Dutch High Roller Govert Metaal open-shoved for 73,000 from middle position and Abbas Moradi called in late position.
Govert Metaal: 
Abbas Moradi: 
This time, Metaal couldn't bend his way out of it, as the board of 
sent the Dutchman packing. The former PCA High Roller finalist is expected to join the €10,300 High Roller tournament tomorrow.
Ramil Yusupov and Sebastian Malec both got their stacks in the middle preflop. Yusupov had 
and was at risk against Malec's 
. Unfortunately for the Russian, the board 
delivered two queens, sending him to the rail.
Okay, Chebli Chebli doubled up once. But it was a nice hand.
Damien Cayet raised from late position and Chebli then shoved for 71,000 from the cutoff. Cayet called and the cards were turned over.
Chebli: 
Cayet:
On the 
flop, Chebli improved to a set and the turn and 
river even completed a full house.
Andrey Volkov was already all in when two further players saw the flop of 
. Ibrahim Ghassan bet 45,000 to force a fold from the third player, and Volkov tabled his . Ghassan flipped over 
and the turn locked up the hand for him, making the 
river a formality.
Level: 17
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 1,000
Players are going on their second 20-minute break of the day.
Some food for thought on the break.
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