Farid Jattin has been eliminated by Kevin MacPhee after flopping a straight and flush draw with 
on the check-raised flop of 
. On the 
turn, Jattin committed his last 10,600 with the strong draw while MacPhee eventually called with 
for top pair. A blank on the river sent Jattin to the rail and the pot to MacPhee.
In a three-bet pot, Artem Litvinov and Ian Simpson saw a flop of 
and the third player in the hand continued for 3,000. Simpson and Litvinov both called before the 
turn saw the Russian fire a bet of 9,575. Only Simpson called and then faced a push on the 
river.
Given the super aggressive table image of Litvinov, it was not uncommon to assume a bluff but this time Simpson was on the wrong end with his hero call on pocket kings. Litvinov had flopped the straight with 
and even had the added flush draw to score the third bustout in a row on his table.
Christoph Vogelsang raised to 550 pre-flop and got five callers including Dominykas Karmazinas and Vojtech Ruzicka. The flop was 
and each of the five players checked. On the 
turn Ruzicka bet 1,650 and Karmazinas was the only caller. The river was the and this time Ruzicka checked, and watched as Karmazinas bet 3,900.
Ruzicka tanked and looked torn in his decision. He eventually threw in a chip to make the call and Karmazinas tabled 
for the nut flush.
With that Karmazinas increased his chip stack, whilst Ruzicka moved back to around starting stack
On the 
flop, Akin Tuna check-called a bet of 700 by Ryan Riess and did so again on the turn for a slightly bigger amount. The 
fell on the river and Tuna checked, Riess shoved for 10,800 and Tuna eventually called after some consideration.
Riess was caught with 
for a bluff that turned into a pair of sevens on the river while Tuna had 
for a pair of aces. Tuna also busted the one and only Phil Hellmuth in the World Series of Poker Europe Main Event last year as well and can write another prominent scalp on his poker resume.
Mohsin Charania raised to 500 and John Sarailis called before Artem Litvinov three-bet to 1,650. Both opponents called and headed to the flop 
with Litvinov leading for 3,875. Charania raised to 9,000 and Sarailis folded, Litvinov moved all in and Charania snap-called.
Charania:
Litvinov: 
The turn was a blank, but the 
river gave the Russian a higher set to bust Charania. The American tournament pro left his chair with the words "that was amazing" and headed out of the door.
It was Sam Greenwood who busted Andreas Leledakis and Christopher Kruk as well as Fabrice Soulier confirmed what exactly had happened. Sam Greenwood raised to 500 from the cutoff and Leledakis made it 1,500 to go from the small blind before Greenwood's four-bet to 3,500 was just called.
On the flop 
, Leledakis check-called a bet of 3,900 and then check-raised all in after the 
turn for 27,800. Greenwood, who had fired a second barrel worth 8,000, snap-called with for the nut flush and Leledakis was drawing dead with 
.
Mike Watson recently joined the competition and was sent to the table of Natasha Barbour whereas 25k High Roller finalist Keith Johnson registered a few minutes ago and grabbed the seat that formerly belonged to Albert Sapiano.
Czeslaw Szerszen raised from middle position and got three callers including Pierre Neuville. The flop came 
and each player checked.
The turn was the 
and it was checked to Pierre Neuville who bet 1,000. Szerszen was the only caller. The river was the 
and this time Szerszen lead for 1,200. Neuville quickly made the call and tabled 
, whilst Szerszen showed . Both players split the pot and remaining on above starting stack here on day 1a
On the three-way turn , the action was checked to Rainer Kempe and the German bet 2,200 from the button. Michel Bringuier called in the small blind before both then folded to the check-raise of Georgios Zisimopoulos. The Greek had bet 6,100 and that was enough to scoop the pot.
One table over, Kamran Aliyev and Julian Thomas battled. A raise to 1,450 was laying in front of the player from Azerbaijan and Thomas then squeezed to 3,900 in the small blind. Aliyev called and they saw the flop 
. Both checked and Thomas then check-called the turn for 3,800 before checking the river as well.
Aliyev bet 11,600 to almost put his opponent all in and Thomas eventually folded after not getting any info from the table talk.
Padraig Cody-Lally, Andreas Leledakis and Albert Sapiano have been eliminated. Sven Magirius was responsible for the latter's bustout after Sapiano had gotten his last 12,000 in with on a flop of 
. Magirius looked him up with the 
and the better kicker held up on turn and river.
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