As the tournament approaches the end of level three, the field size has reached 30 total entries. Only 28 players remain and both casualties so far have re-entered as Sam Greenwood also jumped back in as well.
Dawid Smolka had recently entered the field and raised to 3,500 from under the gun. He was called by Jean-Noel Thorel in the cutoff and Namhyung Kim three-bet to 13,500 in the big blind. Smolka called and Thorel reraised to 33,500.
What followed was the jam by Kim for 70,500 and Smolka quickly folded. Thorel asked for an exact count and also sent the cards into the muck as well.
Elias Abussamra won a healthy pot when Bernd Gleissner failed to get a bluff through on a ten-high board, revealing the 
. Abussamra won the pot with the 
to chip up and then raised the next hand for Levan Rcheulishvili to defend out of the blinds.
Both checked the 
flop and the 
turn was also checked by Rcheulishvili. Abussamra bet 3,500 and that won the next pot.
Jamil Wakil in the small blind checked the 
flop and then called a bet worth 7,000 by Yasuhiro Waki on the button. That led them to the 
turn on which Wakil almost depleted the 30-second shot clock before he made it 26,500 to go. Waki gave it very short consideration and folded.
Moments later one table over, Sam Greenwood was spotted on his way out as the board and cards were already ushered away. The 
of the Canadian had missed a flush draw while Bernd Gleissner seemed to have prevailed with 
.
Nearly half a dozen players have entered the field which now consists of 26 entries and 25 players remain at the start of level three.
Level: 3
Blinds: 1,000/1,500
Ante: 1,500
Another medium-sized pot of around 50,000 emerged between Orpen Kisacikoglu and Alex Peffly with the former in the big blind. The board showed 
and Kisacikoglu made it 30,000 to go. Peffly mulled it over for a bit on the button and then folded, claiming in table chat to have had jack-ten.
On a heads-up river of 
board, Hwany Lee bet 12,000 into a pot of around 40,000 while in the small blind. Bernd Gleissner instantly sighed and was visibly frustrated. He invested multiple time bank extensions and then called with the words "only because I want to see".
Lee rolled over the 
for a flush and Gleissner grinned a "thank you" before mucking his cards.
Four ways to the 
flop, the action checked to Gab Yong Kim and he bet 2,500 in the cutoff. Orpen Kisacikoglu called on the button while Espen Oeye and Namhyung Kim folded thereafter. That led the remaining two players to the 
turn and Kim bet 8,500 to take down the pot uncontested.
After the hand was completed, Jean-Noel Thorel joined the same table. The French businessman won this very tournament at the 2022 EPT Monte-Carlo festival.
Gab Yong Kim raised to 2,500 from under the gun and was called only by Alex Peffly in the big blind. The flop brought 
and Peffly checked, which triggered a bet worth 3,000 by Kim. A check-raise to 10,000 followed and Kim sent his cards into the muck.
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