Vladimir Novitckii opened for 525 from early position and faced a three-bet to 1,700 from his immediate neighbour Fady Kamar to 1,700. Tobias Peters made the call as did big blind Artem Litvinov and Novitckii threw in the extra chips.
The flop was and it was checked to Kamar who continued for 2,400. Peters was the only caller and they proceeded to check it down on the turn and river .
Emrah Cakmak was his opponent and he was left with just 20,000 in front of him. Cakmak decided to hang on to them and mucked his cards.
On the next hand though Luca opened for 600 and Cakmak three-bet him to 2,000. Seeing his stack size Luca declined to give him any action and gave it up.
With the board reading , Ivan Luca overbet the 6,500 pot and made it 10,175 to go out of the big blind. Amir Mozaffarian was in the small blind and eventually tank-called only to muck when the Argentinian showex for aces and fours.
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Josip Simunic first cold four-bet to 5,100 and was called by two opponents to see a flop of and bet 5,500. One opponent called but then gave up to the second barrel of the Austrian on the turn.
Another four-bet pot would see him made a continuation bet of 8,000 on the flop and again nobody would be willing to call, Simunic had pocket aces.
Soon after, an opponent wanted to raise to 500 but only tossed in a T-500 chip without saying anything, it was ruled as call and David Vamplew as well as Simunic and one further player stuck around. On a flop with two clubs, Vamplew bet 550, was called by Simunic and then someone raised to 1,200. Only Simunic called to see a on the turn where the Austrian check-called 2,500 out of the big blind. The same story repeated itself after the river for 5,500 and Simunic's for a backdoor full house were no good against the pocket aces of the opponent.
On a flop of Alexander Ivarsson check-raised Roman Korenev to 4,700 and got called.
The turn card was the and Ivarsson continued his aggressive line with a further bet of 6,800. Korenev wasn’t giving up though and put in the required chips. No more action on the river card and Ivarsson’s couldn’t find a club to beat the .
Meanwhile on the same table Dimitar Danchev isn’t looking to happy with how things are going with his remaining 14,800 chips spread out in front of him.
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In the last hand before the break, a large reraise was in front of Sameer Khurana, in fact three chips of 5,000 each. Vladimir Troyanovskiy moved all in from one seat over and Khurana checked his cards again before eventually folding. Troyanovskiy showed him the and his opponent was surprised. "Ace king you go all in? Wow. I had same hand."
Troyanovskiy replied "maybe I understand that you have same hand" with his charming Russian accent and stacked the chips before heading into the first break of the day.
The preflop and flop action is unknown, but Robin Ylitalo check-called a bet of 2,200 on the turn. Ylitalo then check-raised the river from 4,100 to 13,800 and Mateos moved all in for 41,250. The Swede was sent into the think tank for several minutes and the hand itself lasted seven minutes into the break before Ylitalo would release his cards.
and it was checked to Kamar who continued for 2,400. Peters was the only caller and they proceeded to check it down on the turn 
and river 
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and took the pot.
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, Ivan Luca overbet the 6,500 pot and made it 10,175 to go out of the big blind. Amir Mozaffarian was in the small blind and eventually tank-called only to muck when the Argentinian showex 
and bet 5,500. One opponent called but then gave up to the second barrel of the Austrian on the 
on the turn where the Austrian check-called 2,500 out of the big blind. The same story repeated itself after the 
Alexander Ivarsson check-raised Roman Korenev to 4,700 and got called.
and Ivarsson continued his aggressive line with a further bet of 6,800. Korenev wasn’t giving up though and put in the required chips. No more action on the river card 
and Ivarsson’s 
couldn’t find a club to beat the 
turn. Ylitalo then check-raised the 
river from 4,100 to 13,800 and Mateos moved all in for 41,250. The Swede was sent into the think tank for several minutes and the hand itself lasted seven minutes into the break before Ylitalo would release his cards.
