The legendary Erik Seidel made it 7,000, then avoided big trouble by folding when Oleh Cherepianyi made it 22,800, and Ouri Cohen pushed in for a little more than that behind.
Cherepianyi called with the 
and Cohen had been cooled off with the 
, busting after a board of blanks.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
150,000
33,600
|
33,600 |
|
Busted |
After a raise, Matthew Davenport just flat-called and Marko Neumann then squeezed to 24,000 out of the big blind. The initial raiser folded, but Davenport jammed and received a snap-call by the German for his last 74,300.
Neumann: 
Davenport: 
Nothing changed with a blank board of 
and the German doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
255,000
94,100
|
94,100 |
|
||
|
165,000
74,900
|
74,900 |
On a 
flop we saw Andrei Boghean bet 6,300 and Dario Sammartino tanked for a long time before making the call.
The turn brought the 
and Boghean tanked for a long time before betting 22,300, and Sammartino did some thinking of his own before putting in the call.
On the river the 
hit and now both players checked.
Boghean showed 
for a flush, and Sammartino flashed his 
for two pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
375,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
190,000
30,400
|
30,400 |
Nicolino Di Carlo opened to 6,500 from the button and Albert Daher then three-bet to 26,500 from one seat over. Simon Deadman in the big blind four-bet all in and Di Carlo asked for a count. It was 113,400 in total and the Italian folded. Daher asked the dealer to pull in his three-bet and give him a count on the additional chips to call.
That was determined to be 86,900 and Daher folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
165,000
190,000
|
190,000 |
|
150,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
French pro Erwann Pecheux has been on quite a tear and he's now up to 400,000 after knocking out another player.
Pecheux just raised to 6,00 and [Removed:37] moved all in for 21,000 from his direct left. Pecheux made the call right away, creating the following showdown.
Pecheux:
Macalou: 
The board ran out 
and Pecheux raked in another pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
400,000
13,800
|
13,800 |
|
|
Busted |
Among those to depart without anything to show for were Nicholas Galtos, Javier Zarco and Mike Watson.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
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Marko Neumann raised from early position and was called by Sam Chartier before making a continuation bet on the 
flop. Both then checked the turn before the river saw Chartier check-raise from 13,500 to 52,000.
Neumann called with the 
and Chartier's 
for two pair ended up second best.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
230,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
110,000
173,300
|
173,300 |
Late on Day 2, Erwann Pecheux hit basically everything and skyrocketed his stack into the top 10. Day 3 pretty much starts the same way and he is up to more than half a million, latest victim was Maksim Kolosov.
Pecheux defended in the blinds and check-called a continuation bet on the 
flop. On the 
turn, Pecheux bet 26,500 and was called by the Russian before making it another 53,500 to go on the 
river.
Kolosov just flat-called and was shown 
for the turned nuts, flashing his 
for the flopped nut straight ... ouch.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
550,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
200,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
Erwann Pecheux raised to 6,000 under the gun and got called from a player in middle position. Ilan Boujenah then squeezed all in for 44,400 and Pecheux called. The third player folded.
Erwann Pecheux:
Ilan Boujenah:
The board came and Boujenah made his exit.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
606,000
56,000
|
56,000 |
|
Busted |
A 20-minute break for the players. The 100-chips will be raced off, the 500-chips will be the lowest denomination in play.
