The pot stood at 5,800 with two players looking at a board that read K♥J♣2♣.
Babak Nasrollahzadeh, in the big blind, checked the action to Junior Necco in the cutoff. Necco bet out for 1,700 and Nasrollahzadeh check-raised to 6,800. Necco was undeterred.
The 5♥ turn saw Nasrollahzadeh slow down with a check. Necco moved all in for his last 9,400, forcing Nasrollahzadeh to fold.
Karim Lehoussine opened to 2,500 in early position and the button called before Jon Kyte three-bet to 15,000 in the small blind. Lehoussine four-bet jammed and the button folded before Kyte called off for around 20,000 total.
Jon Kyte: A♦K♥
Karim Lehoussine: A♥K♣
Both players had Big Slick and chopped the pot as the board ran out 10♠A♠5♦4♥5♠.
Dan Heimiller opened to 2,700 in the cutoff and Martin Sejer three-bet to 12,000 on the button. Heimiller quickly folded and Sejer revealed the A♣ before taking the pot.
With a large stack to play with, Samuel Fournier raised to 2,000 in the cutoff. Tamerlan Kaisinov called on the button, as did Lukas Zaskodny.
The flop came 5♠Q♦10♠ and Fournier continuation bets to 3,000. It was reraised by Kaisinov to 6,000, and Fournier made the call.
Fournier slowed down on the turn, as he checked with the 2♠ hitting the felt. Kaisinov thought for a while before raising to 10,200. Fournier shoved over the top, which covered Kaisinov, who thought for a while before folding his hand, showing clear frustration at how it played out.
PokerNews caught up with a blind versus blind confrontation as the pot had already swelled to 23,000 on a board that read 8♦2♥2♠.
Andrea Dato in the small blind checked the action to Michal Schuh in the big, who checked back.
The 10♠ turn saw Dato lead out for 11,500. After a considerable amount of time in the tank, Schuh elected to move all in for what looked to be approximately 30,000. Dato folded instantaneously.
Dennis Holmstrom opened to 2,500 from the button and Eduardo Arias three-bet to 8,500 from the small blind. Mihai Trofin moved all in for slightly more from the big blind, forcing Holmstrom out of the hand while Trofim opted to call, putting Arias at risk.
Eduardo Arias: 8♥8♠
Mihai Trofim: 10♣10♠
Arias failed to find an eight or any other form of improvement on the 7♥4♠9♦4♣Q♠ runout and was sent to the rail while Trofim collected a respectable pot.
Jon Kyte is no longer in the tournament as the talkative Norwegian was seen leaving the tournament area.
Players have been sent on a 75-minute dinner break with the clocks showing 175 players remaining. Action will pick back up at approximately 10:28 p.m. local time.
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Level: 9
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
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