Both Dominik Nitsche and Dominik Panka share the first name. Furthermore, they have been eliminated once already and had to bite into a second bullet.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
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|
50,000 | |
Dimitar Danchev opened and faced a three-bet to 6,400 from Davidi Kitai.
Danchev tested the waters with another raise to 13,600 but it was too hot as Kitai made it 21,400.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
138,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
||
|
27,000
57,000
|
57,000 |
|
|
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Oleksii Khoroshenin opened for 2,700 and then called a 11,200 shove from Artem Litvinov.
Litvinov with 
and the over cards 
for Khoroshenin.
A board of 
saw the baby pair hold up and give Litvinov the double up.
Not long after that Khoroshenin opened for 2,600 and faced a three-bet of 6,500 from Litvinov. He made the call and it went heads-up to a flop of 
. They both checked and a bet of 6,300 on the turn card 
from Khoroshenin saw Litvinov fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
42,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
|
||
|
16,500
6,500
|
6,500 |
Vojtech Ruzicka opened from late position for2,700 and faced a three-bet from the wily Vladimir Troyanovskiy to 7,500. Ruzicka checked Troyanovskiy’s stack of around 90,000 and put out the call.
The flop was 
and Troyanovskiy led out for 9,500. Ruzicka made the call and they went to the turn card 
. Troyanovskiy then check-called a bet of 13,200 from Ruzicka and the 
completed the board.
Both players checked and Troyanovskiy turned over 
. Ruzicka could only smile, muck his cards and mutter, “Nice hand.”
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
160,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
|
115,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
In the first hand, Dominik Panka and Konstantin Puchkov got it in preflop with the Russian holding the superior 
. Panka had 
and was reduced to less than three big blinds after a board of 
.
One hand later, Jean-Noel Thorel raised from early position and Panka called all in, Marton Czuczor reraised from the small blind to 7,500. Thorel called and then bet the 
flop for 8,000 after it was checked to him.
Czuczor released his cards and Panka showed 
for a flopped set of eights. Thorel sheepishly turned over his 
and got there with a 
turn and the river to send the defending champion to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
75,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
40,000 | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
200,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
168,000
48,000
|
48,000 |
|
165,000
121,000
|
121,000 |
|
155,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
130,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
|
125,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
80,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
|
||
|
68,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
66,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
|
65,000
34,000
|
34,000 |
|
|
||
|
49,000
49,000
|
49,000 |
|
|
42,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
Sylvain Loosli raised to 2,500 and Artem Litvinov three-bet to 6,000 before the Frenchman moved all in for exactly 32,000. Litvinov eventually called off with the superior stack, but his 
was crushed by Loosli's .
The board ran out 
and Litvinov was left a few big blinds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
67,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
||
|
|
10,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
Piotr Franczak and Henrik Hecklen increased the re-entries to 19 whereas Ramin Hajiyev must have busted just before the break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 9
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
Rui Ferreira won another big pot after flopping a set and turning a full house with 
. Next to him, fellow Portuguese Tiago Martinho also has an above-average stack as well and we caught up on a few further chip counts. More to come after the break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
182,000
129,000
|
129,000 |
|
160,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
|
153,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
140,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
125,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
120,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
|
||
|
92,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
90,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
75,000
29,000
|
29,000 |
|
62,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
|
60,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
55,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
||
|
40,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
||
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