Manig Loeser completed with the 
and Ryan Riess checked his option with the 
. Loeser flopped a straight on 
and both players checked. On the 
turn, Loeser bet 325,000 and won the hand.
The next hand, Loeser open-shoved 
on the button and collected two quick folds to rise to nearly 11M.
Ryan Riess made it 325,000 to go from the cutoff with the 
and Nicola Grieco three-bet jammed the small blind for 5,255,000 with 
to scoop the pot without showdown.
Riess made it 325,000 to go with 
first to act and Viktor Katzenberger was next to put pressure on Riess when he three-bet to 1,100,000 with 
. Another fold from Riess folded and he dropped down further.
Strangely enough, it could have something to do with Sam Grafton. Yesterday, Sasha Salinger caught up with the current EPT Monte Carlo Main Event Final Table chip leader.
With the chip lead, Manig Loeser is starting to ramp up the aggression and putting ICM-pressure on his opponents. This time, he simply shipped it in on the button holding 
, with Ryan Riess and Wei Huang in the blinds.
After Riess folded, Huang looked at 
in the big blind. He played 3,860,000 (24 big blinds) total and gave it up after some thought.
Manig Loeser raised to 320,000 with the 
first to act and Nicola Grieco folded 
in the small blind. Viktor Katzenberger called out of the big blind with 
to see the 
flop. Katzenberger checked and Loeser continued for 240,000, which the Hungarian called.
After the 
turn, Katzenberger checked with his full house and Loeser checked behind to spike a baby flush on the 
river. Katzenberger checked once more and Loeser quickly checked behind to see the bad news.
Katzenberger limped the next hand with 
and Loeser checked with 
to spike top and bottom pair on 
. Katzenberger checked and Loeser bet 160,000 to win the pot instantly.
Level: 31
Blinds: 80,000/160,000
Ante: 160,000
Blind-on-blind, Manig Loeser raised with the 
and Ryan Riess came along with the . The 
flop brought a bet of 220,000 by Loeser and a call by Riess. The turn was checked by both players and the river completed the board.
With 1,380,000 in the middle, Loeser let his shot clock run down to five seconds and made it 300,000 to go. Riess contemplated his move and used one time bank extension. A reluctant call followed and Loeser closed in on 10 million in chips.
Nicola Grieco opened to 250,000 with and Wei Huang called with the 
to see the 
flop. Both players checked and Huang checked the turn, Grieco bet 200,000 and picked up a call.
On the river, Huang checked once more and Grieco checked back to see Huang win the last hand of the level. Right after, the final five players headed into a 20-minute break.
Ryan Riess raised to 250,000 with from under the gun and Manig Loeser defended his big blind with . Both players flopped a flush draw on 
and both players checked.
Loeser picked up additional equity on the 
turn and bet 480,000, which Riess called.
The 
river helped neither player. Loeser fired another bet, worth 1,150,000, and folded out the king-high from Riess.
Viktor Katzenberger raised with the and he was called by Wei Huang in the small blind with in the small blind, Nicola Grieco called in the big blind with . They checked the 
flop and the followed on the turn.
Huang checked and Grieco bet 300,000, which only Katzenberger called. On the river, Grieco checked and Katzenberger bet 900,000 into a pot of 1,500,000 to force a fold from the better hand.
Nicola Grieco raised to 460,000 with the and Manig Loeser in the big blind three-bet to 1,550,000 with . Grieco tossed his cards into the muck and Loeser claimed the pot.
In the next hand, Viktor Katzenberger raised the button to 260,000 with 
and Loeser folded in the small blind with 
, Ryan Riess defended the big blind with 
. The flop came 
and Riess checked over to Katzenberger, who bet 180,000.
Riess called to see the turn and checked once more. Katzenberger checked behind and the fell on the river. Riess checked the third street in a row and Katzenberger made it 360,000 to go, which prompted Riess to use one time bank.
The call with ace-high by Riess followed and he scooped a healthy pot to pull closer to Katzenberger.
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