With three active players on a board of 
, action was on Ivan Glushkov on the button. The Russian bet 2,650 and got a call from Joseph El Khoury. Lucien Cohen check-raised to 6,200, Glushkov called and El Khoury folded.
On the 
river, Cohen shoved all in and Glushkov called his remaining stack of 12,175 off.
Lucien Cohen: 
Ivan Glushkov: 
Glushkov got there with a straight on the river and doubled up.
Level: 2
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
Sara Souhail Nassar has become one of the first casualties of the day. The Lebanese got it in with 
against Adrian Ionescu's 
on a 
board and was left drawing dead.
"Ah, I still enjoyed the experience," Nassar said as she headed out of the tournament area.
November Niner Kenny Hallaert just took down a pot after both blinds checked to the button, where a player bet 1,100 on a board of 
. After the small blind folded, Hallaert called, and the river was a 
. Check-check, and Hallaert showed down 
for top two, which was a winner.
The growing number of entries has forced a number of players into the cash game area, where some spillover tables are being seated. We spotted a few notable players in that area. One is Benny Glaser, who is looking ahead to the WSOP, where he hopes to repeat an epic 2016 performance.
In the cutoff, Nicholas Galtos checked the turn on a board of 
, and an opponent on the button bet 3,000. Galtos put in 6,500, and his opponent called. The river was a 
and both players checked. The player on the button flicked 
into the middle, but Galtos had 
for a straight.
With around 7,500 in the pot, the board read 
and Denys Chufarin had checked. Sergei Petrushevskii bet 5,500 and Chufarin instantly called.
Petrushevskii tabled 
for the nuts and a visibly disgusted Chufarin walked away from the table to cool his emotions.
Petrushevskii is coming off of a recent fourth-place finish at EPT Prague in December, where he banked €284,550.
A few more notables are slowly trickling in. One of them is Ami Barer, 2014 Aussie Millions champ, who grabbed a seat in the raised area at the edge of the room.
On a flop of 
, a player in the small blind bet 300 and got a call from big blind Paul Newey. On the 
turn, Newey took the lead when checked to, betting 550. The small blind came back with a min-raise to 1,100, and Newey wasted no time in calling. The river was a , and the first player checked. Newey checked it back right away but couldn't beat 
for trips.
Patrick Serda took a seat and it didn't take long for him to start mixing it up. He was putting in a bet on a 
flop when we took note of him, and he showed 
after his opponent folded.
Serda chopped the €10,000 High Roller at EPT Prague in December with Will Kassouf for €719,000.
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