"I have had some pretty good rivers, yeah," Jack Salter admitted with a grin on the face. The Brit is up to 150,000 in chips while his little brother Louis is among the players eliminated. Others who are up for the day include former Pot Limit Omaha Bracelet winner Jan Peter Jachtmann, Michael Poirier and Matan Krakow.
Alexandre Sako opened before the flop and Artem Litvinov in the hijack made the call.
Sako would fire on the flop and Litvinov made the call. The same happened on the turn; Sarko bet (6,600) this time, Litvinov called.
The was where things got interesting. Sako bet another 11,000 and Litvinov tanked for a bit before raising to 29,000. Now it was Sako in the tank. The Brazilian thought for quite some time before eventually calling.
Erwann Pecheux started the day as short stack like he did so often before and then staged yet another comeback story, getting himself suddenly above average within the first levels after the restart. Latest victim to the run of the Frenchman was Steven Warburton, who five-bet shoved with .
A third player in the hand bowed out after the three-bet and Pecheux called with . The board ran out and Warburton had slightly less chips than his opponent to head to the rail.
Denis Drobina was all in and at risk after five-bet shoving his stack of 25,000 chips with pocket kings. Jack Salter "didn't have much, only pocket jacks" and the queen-high flop "gave nothing." On the turn, Salter picked up a flush and straight draw before finding one of the remaining two jacks in the deck on the river.
Salter then went on to explain to the table that the was his favorite card, but he didn't get it this time.
With 378 players remaining according to the screens, tournament staff has confirmed that the last table downstairs has been moved to the main area and thus only one set of stairs is required for the bloggers to jump right into the action.
In a huge clash we just saw Shannon Shorr secure a big triple up that puts him quite a bit over average while he came into the day with just above the starting stack of 30,000 chips.
The action started on Ioakim Papadopoulos who raised to 2,500 under the gun and a player in middle position called. Celil Iyidogan made the call as well and Shannon Shorr proceeded to three-bet to 8,000 from the button. Both blinds folded and Papadopoulos four-bet to 14,500 and the first caller folded.
Iyidogan made the call and Shorr tanked for quite some time before committing the extra chips as well.
The flop brought out and Papadopoulos bet 16,000, which was called by Iyidogan. Shorr moved all in for 21,300 and both Papadopoulos and Iyidogan called.
The turn was the and Papdopoulos check-folded when Iyidogan moved all in.
Shorr:
Iyidogan:
The river was the and Shorr tripled his stack while leaving Iyidogan with just 32,000 chips.
Viktor Litovchenko just scored a huge pot after knocking out Allan Udeajah. The German had already reraised to 26,000 preflop when Litovchenko shoved and Udeajah tank-called to put his stack of 95,000 chips at risk. Litovchenko had him covered and also the better hand in while Udeajah flipped over .
The flop was no good for the German and he was drawing dead after the turn, making the river meaningless.
After a player in middle position opened for 2,200, Stefan Huber three-bet to 6,700 from the cutoff. When action reach a short-stacked Jonathan Wong in the big blind, he moved all in for 20,100 and drove the original raiser from the hand. Huber made the call and the cards were turned up.
Huber:
Wong:
Wong got it in good, and his cowboys held after the board ran out a clean .
flop and Litvinov made the call. The same happened on the 
turn; Sarko bet (6,600) this time, Litvinov called.
was where things got interesting. Sako bet another 11,000 and Litvinov tanked for a bit before raising to 29,000. Now it was Sako in the tank. The Brazilian thought for quite some time before eventually calling.
for the nuts and Sako mucked.
. The board ran out 
and Warburton had slightly less chips than his opponent to head to the rail.
turn, Salter picked up a flush and straight draw before finding one of the remaining two jacks in the deck on the river.
and Papadopoulos bet 16,000, which was called by Iyidogan. Shorr moved all in for 21,300 and both Papadopoulos and Iyidogan called.
and Papdopoulos check-folded when Iyidogan moved all in.
and Shorr tripled his stack while leaving Iyidogan with just 32,000 chips.
river meaningless.
.
