There had clearly been some preflop action as 16,500 was in the middle in a hand between Jan Bloch in the small blind and Cristian Bumbu in middle position.
The board read J♠5♦10♥, and Bloch led out with a bet of 8,500. After some thought, Bumbu jammed with the covering stack, for around 27,000. Bloch couldn't get his chips in quick enough.
Jan Bloch: K♦K♠
Cristian Bumbu: Q♦Q♣
In a cooler, Bloch had the better overpair to the board, and although Bumbu was presented with extra outs by the A♥ turn, the 2♥ river was a brick to send Bloch the double.
Robbie Toan opened to 2,200 from early position and received calls from Min-Guk Kim, and Thang Duc Nguyen in the big blind.#
On the 6♦3♥5♥ flop, Nguyen checked to Toan, who fired out a bet of 1,200. Kim quickly raised to 6,000, and this led to quick folds from both of his opponents.
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Nedeljko Todorovic opened to 2,500 under the gun and received calls from Florin Bilan in the next seat, and the button.
Julian Paulsen was in the small blind, and he three-bet to 20,000. Todorovic moved all-in for around 11,000, Bilan followed suit for around 10,000, and the button folded.
Ozgur Arslan opened to 3,000 from early position and received calls from Atush Esker and Ismail Kalkan, before action got to Joachim Maiwald in the big blind. He three-bet jammed for 14,100.
Arslan got out of the way, Esker called and Kalkan also folded.
Joachim Maiwald: Q♠J♣
Atush Esker: A♣10♥
Maiwald needed some help from the board, and it duly arrived on the Q♣3♣K♥6♦2♦ runout, Maiwald scooping the pot with a pair of queens.
Dennis Carlsen opened to 3,500 from the cutoff and was faced with a three-bet to 12,500 from Julian Paulsen in the small blind. Action folded back to Carlsen, who called.
The 9♦8♣4♥ flop was checked through by both players.
On the J♥ turn, Paulsen led out with a bet of 12,000, and Carlsen folded.
Around 38,500 was in the middle on a flop of K♣10♦9♣, which was checked through by Julian Paulsen, Jens Moyisch and Hasan Kilinc.
The 3♥ rolled off on the turn, and action was checked to Kilinc. He fired out a bet of 12,000, leading to swift folds from both of his opponent, flashing the 10♠ as he raked in the pot.
