On a flop, Sam Greenwood checked in the small blind to Matthias Eibinger on the button who bet 7,000. Greenwood then check-raised to 28,000 and Greenwood called.
The turn was the and Greenwood bet 15,000. Eibinger called. The pair checked the river and Eibinger turned over for two pair and took down the pot.
Linus Loeliger raised to 2,500 and Mikita Badziakouski called on the button. The flop came and Loeliger check-raised Badziakouski's bet of 3,500 to 12,000 and Badziakouski called.
The turn was the . Loeliger bet 21,000 and Badziakouski called.
The river was checked by both players. Loeliger showed and Badziakouski nodded before folding.
Joining the action on the flop in a battle big blind versus under the gun, Mikita Badziakouski and Ali Reza Fatehi both invested 10,000 to see the on the turn. Badziakouski now bet 20,000 and was called before the fell on the river.
Badziakouski let his shot clock run down to two seconds and announced a bet of 100,000, with Fatehi snap-calling. Badziakouski rolled over for a set of tens and dragged in the biggest pot of the day thus far.
Daniel Dvoress opened to 2,500 first to act and was called by Pascal LeFrancois and Linus Loeliger, the trio checked through the flop. On the turn, Loeliger bet 5,000 and picked up one caller in LeFrancois, before a bet of 4,500 on the river won the pot for Loeliger without showdown.
Over on table one, Christoph Vogelsang bet the turn for 6,500 and initial raiser Jean-Noel Thorel called. Vogelsang then bet the on the river for 15,000 and Thorel quickly called, but mucked when Vogelsang revealed for trips tens.
Thorel opened to 2,000 the next hand and Adrian Mateos on the button made it 9,000 to go, Thorel called. The flop came and Thorel checked, Mateos continued for 9,000 and Thorel opted to check-raise to 20,000 to pick up a call from Mateos. After the turn, Thorel bet 55,000 and Mateos quickly surrendered.
Sean Winter opened to 2,500 and Timothy Adams three-bet on the button, placing two 5,000 chips in front of him. Winter then four-bet to 27,000 and Adams called.
The fop came and Winter continnued for 50,000. Adams used up a time extension before folding, with Adams slipping under the 200,000 chip mark.
Just before the end of the first level of the day, Ali Reza Fatehi and Bryn Kenney joined the mix to boost the field to 23 entries. The blinds and big blind ante will stay the same for the second level of the day.
In the hijack, Stephen Chidwick raised to 2,500 and Christoph Vogelsang on the button three-bet to 9,500 in order to scoop the pot uncontested.
Dan Smith then raised to 3,000 on the button in the next hand and Jean-Noel Thorel called in the big blind. The flop brought and Thorel checked, Smith bet 5,000 and picked up a snap call from Thorel. After the turn, Thorel check-called a bet of 15,000 and checked again the on the river. Smith now bet 40,000 and that forced a fold from Thorel.
Shortly yfter, Chidwick raised to 2,500 first to act and Smith called in the cutoff, David Peters defended the big blind. The three-way flop of was checked through and Peters bet the turn for 9,000, only Chidwick called. The came on the river and both players checked. Peters was first to show and flipped over , which Chidwick had beat with the for a pair of aces.