The board read and the player in the small blind had checked. Daniel Montagnolli bet 2,000 from the big blind and was called by the next player to act in the under-the-gun position. Andrey Andreev, in mid-position, folded, as did the small blind.
The on the river completed the board, now Montagnolli bet 7,000 instantly. His opponent hesitated for a bit but then decided to fold.
On a three-way flop of , Frederik Jensen in the small blind checked and Daniel Peche in the big blind bet 625, which just one opponent called and Jensen folded.Peche bet the turn as well and his opponent folded.
Erkan Sonmez joined the action right after and was in a four-way pot to the flop. Sonmez bet 1,300 and Peche in the small blind as well as Thanat Chinphanitkit in the big blind both called. After the turn, Peche checked and Chinphanitkit bet 2,000, forcing out Sonmez and picking up a call by Peche. The river was checked and Peche turned over , while Chinphanitkit had that beat with for a straight.
The 68 remaining players have just gone for their first 15-minute break of the day. Up till now, there have been 70 entries in total with 69 unique players.
Peyman Luth busted before the break while the stack of Vedran Mandic was doubled, and other new faces in the competition include Waldemar Kopyl, 2017 WSOP International Circuit Rozvadov ring winner Jan Timo Jobmann, Söhnke Jahn, Jay Tse and Toni Vardjavand.
Said Hossein Madani was eliminated by Armen Akopjan and re-entered.
Aleksandar Tomovic raised to 825 from the hijack and was called by Peter Jaksland, in the cutoff, the player in the small blind and Hamza Miri in the big blind.
The flop came on which both the small blind and Miri checked. Tomovic bet 1,500, Jaksland quickly folded and so did the player in the small blind. Miri needed some time to consider his option but then decided to call.
The turn brought them the to complete the straight and the flush draw on the board. Miri quickly checked, Tomovic looked at the board again, took a moment and then bet 3,400. Miri tanked, stared at Tomovic and the board but then folded.
Salvatore Camarda raised from under the gun and called a three-bet by Jonas Wohlgemuth in the cutoff to create a pot 4,000 to the flop of . Camarda checked and Wohlgemuth bet 2,100, which the Italian check-raised to 5,800. Wohlgemuth was having none of it and reraised to 12,100, and despite asking for the stack size of his opponent, Camarda opted to fold.
The board read and the pot already contained about 39,000 in it. Steven Rohr had checked from the big blind but Frederik Jensen had shoved for about 33,000 from the cutoff. Rorh tanked and looked at the board again. He checked his cards again and then eventually folded but showed he had . Jensen didn't show and just stacked the chips from the pot the dealer pushed to him.
Until the three-way turn of , there were around 9,500 in the middle and Daniel Montagnolli bet 6,500 out of the small blind. Andrey Andreev called from early position, as did [Removed:19] on the button. The on the river paired the board and the action checked to Sokolovskiy, who moved all in.
Montagnolli asked for a count and reluctantly called after it was deemed to be for 17,225. Sokolovskiy tried to muck his cards but had to flip over for a busted straight draw as it was an all in showdown. Montagnolli won the pot with and Andreev said he would have called if the Austrian had folded.
Angelo Benedetto raised to 700 from the cutoff and was called by Pavel Sytau in the big blind. The flop came and Benedetto bet 1,100. Sytau quickly folded so the pot was sent Benedetto's way. He will be looking to climb his way back up in the chip counts.