Mike Hansen dominated his table and saw the departure of Ema Brazauskaite, while the Dane then took care of Vadim Taller. With plenty of chips already in the pot, 25,000 to be exact, and the flop showing , Hansen bet 8,500. Taller moved all in for little more and Martin Greizinger folded.
"I call," Hansen said and quickly announced the nut straight, tabling . Taller had and had some chop outs, before picking up further outs with the turn. However, the on the river improved Hansen to a straight flush and he dispatched his opponent in style.
Sarunas Linkius has also been eliminated on a different table.
We got to Jens Steuber's table after he had checked a board of to his opponent Krzysztof Misiura who had bet 5,500 into a pot of around 12,500.
Steuber thought for a long while, and even asked the dealer to spread the pot for him to see exactly how much was in it. Eventually he announced fold and showed pocket Aces to his opponent.
Sadly for Steuber, Misiura declined to show even one card as his holding headed to the muck and he raked in the pot.
In the last level, Airidas Stažys bought back in while fellow Lithuanian Edgaras Rajauskas sent Laurent Deneve to the rail. It remains unclear when the chips went in, but Deneve's ended up second-best to the of Rajauskas on the board of .
At the break, the first of today, Irakli Kemularia looks to be the chipleader with just under 100,000 after cracking queens and kings with his pocket jacks. There are currently 71 players from a field of 83.
While Sebastian Langrock chipped up without showdown, Willem de Jong limped in and then shoved over the top of a raise to 1,200 and a call. Both opponents folded and de Jong flashed .
Michal Riczak bet 11,000 on the river of a board and Marketa Veisova folded. Both clashed again soon after when a ten-high board saw Riczak with a small block bet on the river. The big blind folded and Veisova layed down for a busted open-ender, Riczak showed for just a pair of fours.
A player raised to 825 from under the gun and the player in the cutoff called. Deividas Ciakas three-bet to 3,000 from the big blind and the initial raiser four-bet to 6,800. The cutoff called as did Ciakas.
The flop came and the initial raiser checked. The player in the cutoff moved all in for around 25,000 and Ciakas moved all in himself for 11,400. The initial raiser folded, showing .
The cutoff showed for an ace of his own, while Ciakas showed for two pair. The turn was the giving Ciakas a full house while the river was the .
On the three-way flop of , Michael Eleftherios in the small blind bet for 1,000 and Willem de Jong in the big blind called. "Let me bet!" Paulina Rimkute on the button joked and called. The on the turn brought two checks and a bet of 2,000 by Rimkute, which only de Jong called.
After the river, de Jong checked once more and a bet of 3,000 by Rimkute won the pot uncontested.
There were only 1,600 in the middle with the flop reading when things escalated between Paolo Madaudo and Marek Lux. The raising war ultimately saw the former all in and at risk for 32,850 and the Italian tabled for top pair, top kicker and the nut flush draw.
Lux was in dire shape with for a naked gutshot, and the turn and river changed nothing anymore. Lux had some 4,000 left and bowed out minutes later.
Irakli Kemularia limped from under the gun. In the next position Rytas Staniukynas raised to 800 and in the next position after that Timo Rauschenbach three-bet to 2,200.
The player on the button, as well as the players in the small and big blind both called, before Kemularia moved all in for 31,300. Staniukynas moved all in for 45,000 and Rauschenbach moved all in for around 20,000. The remaining three players folded and the cards were turned over.
Kemularia:
Staniukynas:
Rauschenbach:
"One time," said Rauschenbach, but it was Kemularia who was looking the most excited after the flop came meaning he was open ended.
The turn was the giving Kemularia the straight and leaving Rauschenbach drawing dead. Staniukynas could hit a jack to steal the pot away from Kemularia, but the river was the meaning Kemularia more than doubled up, eliminating Rauschenbach in the process.