There was about 900 in the pot with the 
on the flop. Anastasios Mastroudis had checked from the small blind and Ilja Neuenschwander bet 600 from the big blind. Mastroudis smiled at Neuenschwander and folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
39,000
39,000
|
39,000 |
|
19,700
19,700
|
19,700 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
Thomas Merten raised to 400 from the button and was called by Rizkallah Kocheiche and Andreas Giedt in the blinds.
The flop came 
and both Kocheiche and Giedt checked. Merten, however, bet 500. Kocheiche called and Giedt folded.
The turn brought them the 
, Kocheiche check-raised to 3,000 when Merten bet 1,100.
"What did you pick up there?" Merten asked Kocheiche.
"What?" Kocheiche asked.
Merten repeated the question and Kocheiche just shrugged and smiled.
Merten folded.
"Do you want to see?" Kocheiche asked Merten now.
"Yes" Merten replied.
Kocheiche showed 
for the flopped two pair, sevens and fives.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
37,000 | |
|
|
30,000 | |
|
|
25,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
Dirk Benz raised to 600 from the hijack and [Removed:19] three-bet to 1,600 from the cutoff. The action folded back to Benz who called.
They both checked through the 
on the flop to the on the turn. Benz now bet 2,500 and Sokolovskiy called.
Then the 
came on the river on which they both checked. Benz showed 
for the missed flush draw so he had ace-high. Sokolovskiy had 
for top pair which was enough to win the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
32,000 | |
|
|
30,000 |
The board read 
and Thanat Chinphanitkit had bet 3,800 from the small blind in a pot which seemed to be substantial already. Sergej Barbarez who was seated in middle position called.
The river completed the board with the and they both checked. Chinphanitkit showed 
for a pair of eights but that was not sufficient to win the pot as Barbarez had 
for top pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
47,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
|
27,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
The board read 
and Merab Meladze had shoved for the 9,625 he still had behind. Ahmad Ahmadi had another look at his cards and then called. Meladze showed 
for the rivered two pair which was enough to beat the of Ahmadi and earned him the double-up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
36,000
36,000
|
36,000 |
|
|
27,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
The players have just gone for their first 15-minute break of the day.
Level: 4
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 50
Rainer Ziermann raised to 500 from the cutoff and was called by Adriatik Agalliu in the small blind. Phong Thanh Pham three-bet to 1,200 from the big blind. Ziermann called and Agalliu folded.
The flop came 
, Pham bet 2,000 but Ziermann raised to 5,000. Pham took a few second but then called.
The turn brought them the 
, now Pham checked. Ziermann bet 9,100, Pham shoved and had Ziermann covered. Ziermann snap-called. Ziermann tabled 
for a flopped set of deuces which was better than the that Pham had. Ziermann doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
44,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
|
15,200 | |
|
Busted |
Ahmad Ahmadi limped in from the under-the-gun position and so did Merad Meladze from early position. Igor Rybak raised to 1,100 from mid-position and action folded to Bennet Schmidt in the big blind who three-bet to 2,300. Ahmadi got out of the way quickly but both Meladze and Rybak called.
The flop came 
and Schmidt bet 2,200. Meladze and Rybak both called again.
The turn brought them the , now Schmidt check-folded to the 6,000 bet by Meladze. Rybak did call however.
The river completed the board with the 
, Meladze shoved for 12,050 and Rybak snap-called. Meladze tabled 
proudly for the straight he had rivered, even when Rybak showed . When the table and the dealer pointed out that Rybak had rivered a flush, he left the table while cursing out loud and walked away to another table to tell his friend what had happened. The rest of the table still laughed a bit afterward.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
95,000 | |
|
|
Busted |
