In one of the first hands coming back, Benjamin Benoit defended out of the blinds against a raise by Holger Bansner and the flop fell . Benoit check-called a bet of 400,000 and the appeared on the turn.
Benoit checked, Bansner moved all in and the Frenchman called for his last 2,470,000.
Benjamin Benoit:
Holger Bansner:
A blank on the river changed nothing anymore and Bansner dropped to the bottom of the counts.
In a battle of the blinds, Timur Caglan raised with the and Daniel Novak just called from the big blind with . On the flop, Caglan bet 300,000 and called Novak's min-raise to 600,000.
Both checked the turn and the fell on the river. Caglan bet 850,000 and Novak moved all in for 1,660,000 to scoop the pot, leaving Caglan with his head shaking.
Right after, Benjamin Benoit raised first to act and Holger Bansner three-bet all in for 2,750,000 out of the big blind to receive a snap-call by Benoit.
Holger Bansner:
Benjamin Benoit:
The flop gave Bansner two pair and he held up on the turn and river.
The next hand saw a limped pot between Benoit and Caglan. On the flop, Benoit bet 175,000 with and Caglan called with . Benoit then check-called the turn for 325,000 before the river was checked through again.
Timur Caglan raised to 260,000 with the and Daniel Novak called in the small blind with , as did Holger Bansner in the big blind with . On the flop, the action checked to Caglan and his bet of 400,000 was called by Novak only.
Both then checked the turn and river to see Caglan win the pot.
Caglan also raised to 275,000 with and Bansner called with in the small blind and Benjamin Benoit defended the big blind with . The flop came and was checked. On the turn, Benoit made it 500,000 to go and Caglan raised to 1.2 million to claim the pot without resistance.
Benjamin Benoit raised to 400,000 on the button with and was called by Timur Caglan in the small blind with , Holger Bansner defended the big blind with . The flop of was checked thrrough and Bansner bet the turn for 500,000, which Benoit called and Caglan folded.
The river was checked and Bansner won the pot.
Another family pot emerged soon after and Caglan bet the turn for 425,000 with . Bansner called with [10j8h], as did Benoit with in the big blind. Bansner completed his flush with the on the river. The shove of Bansner forced two folds and he claimed the pot uncontested, jumping into the top spot that he already held at the start of the day.