The next two players to run out of chips were Koray Aldemir and Mikita Badziakouski.
Badziakouski was all in with the out of the small blind on a flop of and Jean-Noel Thorel looked him up from the big blind with the . "The four is coming," Badziakouski announced, but the turn and river ensured that the kicker played to eliminate the Belorussian.
Igor Kurganov jammed for 30,400 and found Ivan Luca behind him reshoving. Kurganov had and beat Luca's as the board ran out .
That put Kurganov up back to well over 60,000 but he lost that not much later. The PokerStars Team Pro opened for 5,400 under the gun and Ivan Luca called right behind him. Christoph Vogelsang squeezed to 17,000 from the cutoff and Kurganov called, Luca folded.
Kurganov checked on and saw Vogelsang bet 13,000. Kurganov shoved for just under 50,000 and Vogelsang called.
Igor Kurganov:
Christoph Vogelsang:
The on the turn and on the river weren't cards Kurganov was looking for and he exited the tournament area.
On the turn reading , a short-stacked Quan Zhou got the remainder of his chips in with pocket threes and Daniel Dvoress called from one seat over in the big blind with the for two pair. The on the river failed to improve Zhou, instead Dvoress even improved to a full house to send the Chinese to the rail.
Thomas Muehloecker's raise was called by Adrian Mateos and the former then bet the flop, Mateos raised and called the shove of Muehloecker for 69,000.
Muehloecker was the player at risk but had the best of it with , while Mateos only flipped over . The turn and river both blanked and Muehloecker doubled.
There were more fireworks one table over. Preflop, Dietrich Fast noticed the exposed and his raise from under the gun found one caller. Stefan Schillhabel squeezed to 25,000 and Fast was the only caller. On the flop, Schillhabel bet 17,000 and Fast moved all in to see his fellow countryman quickly call for 101,400.
Dietrich Fast:
Stefan Schillhabel:
It was all over on the turn already to lock up the double for Schillhabel, and the meaningless river completed the board.
The first break of the day has just commenced. Players return to the tables in 20 minutes. The 100-chips won't be in play when they do, those are getting raced off right now.
Within a few minutes, both Bartlomiej Machon and Mustapha Kanit entered the competition for the first time while Stephen Chidwick was back for bullet number two. Ali Reza Fatehi will have to buy back in as well if he wishes to take home a portion of the juicy prize pool, as he was just eliminated by JC Alvarado.
After a raise to 6,000 by Alvarado on the button, Fatehi shoved in the small blind for just 23,000 and Alvarado quickly called.
Ali Reza Fatehi:
JC Alvarado:
The board of left Fatehi drawing dead after the turn already and he was eliminated.
Mustapha Kanit immediately added to his stack after moving all in for 55,500 on the turn and force a fold from Christoph Vogelsang, who was moved to a different table. Igor Kurganov arrived on the very same table with his second entry and Mikita Badziakouski is also back for more High Roller action.
Last but not least, Ryan Riess entered for the first time and took a seat between Christopher Kruk and David Peters.
David Peters raised to 7,000 and Julian Thomas moved all in from one seat over for his last 28,500 from one seat over. Christoph Vogelsang in the big blind seemed interested but folded, while Peters quickly called.
Julian Thomas:
David Peters:
"Yesss," Thomas joked, happy with the coin flip, while Christopher Kruk pointed to Peters and said "he is winning, at least preflop." The board came and Thomas doubled.
Bartlomiej Machon opened for 7,000 under the gun and Bryn Kenney in the cutoff called, as did Ole Schemion on the button.
The flop came and Machon checked. Bryn followed suit and checked as well, Schemion bet 17,000. Machon folded, Kenney called.
Kenney check-called another 34,000 on the turn before he checked one final time on the river. Schemion moved in for 56,000 or so, Kenney folded. Schemion showed the .
out of the small blind on a flop of 
and Jean-Noel Thorel looked him up from the big blind with the 
. "The four is coming," Badziakouski announced, but the 
turn and 
river ensured that the kicker played to eliminate the Belorussian.
and beat Luca's 
as the board ran out 
.
on the river weren't cards Kurganov was looking for and he exited the tournament area.
, while Mateos only flipped over 
turn and 
river both blanked and Muehloecker doubled.
and his raise from under the gun found one caller. Stefan Schillhabel squeezed to 25,000 and Fast was the only caller. On the 
river completed the board.
turn and force a fold from Christoph Vogelsang, who was moved to a different table. Igor Kurganov arrived on the very same table with his second entry and Mikita Badziakouski is also back for more High Roller action.
and Machon checked. Bryn followed suit and checked as well, Schemion bet 17,000. Machon folded, Kenney called.
river. Schemion moved in for 56,000 or so, Kenney folded. Schemion showed the 
