Waldemar Kopyl had recoverd to more than the starting stack again before he would bow out with a big bang in a three-way all in.
Dalius Balciunas shoved for 13,000 from the cutoff and Kopyl reshoved from the button, which Glaeser called from the small blind.
Dalius Balciunas:
Waldemar Kopyl:
Patrick Glaeser:
The flop gave Kopyl top set, while Glaeser regained the lead with the on the turn. Balciunas was not drawing dead either as he had a straight draw and a three-way split was an option with another spade on the river. Instead, the completed the board and Glaeser sent two opponents to the rail.
Raffael Targowski raised to 1,500 from the hijack and was called by Roman Wieczorek in the big blind.
The dealer burned a card and flopped open. Both players checked. The turn came with the , now Wieczorek bet 700 and Targowski called.
The board was completed with the on the river. Now Wieczorek check-called the 2,200 bet of Targowski. Targowski showed and that was sufficient for Wieczorek to muck his own hand.
Patrick Lorenz raised to 1,300 from mid-position and action folded to Daniel Belov, in the big blind, who called.
The flop came , Belov check-called the 2,800 bet of Lorenz.
The turn brought them the , Belov checked again. Lorenz now bet 5,100 which sent Belov into the tank. After a while, Belov decided to call.
The on the river completed the board, Belov checked once more, Lorenz immediately put his whole stack of yellow 5,000-value chips over the line. Belov snap-folded.
Eljano Hysaj raised to 1,300 from mid-position and was called by Johannes Schulze in the cutoff and Daniel Montagnolli in the big blind.
The flop came , Montagnolli checked, Hysaj bet 1,600. Schulze raised to 4,000 and Montagnolli got out of their way.
"How much are you playing?" Hysaj asked Schulze. Schulze took his yellow 5,000-value chips out (they're hard to differentiate from the white 1,000-value chips with the lighting here in the casino) and started counting them. While he was counting them, Hysaj gestured that it was fine.
Hysaj called.
The turn brought them the , Hysaj checked, Schulze bet 6,000 without much hesitation. Hysaj looked at the board again and then at Schulze. Hysaj folded.
Joining the action on the flop of , Eric Theissen checked and called a bet of Maurice Wiencke in early position to see the appear on the turn. Again Theissen checked and Wiencke now made it 6,000 to go. That was good enough to win the pot right there while the registration officially closed.
PokerStars Team Online's Felix Schneiders arrived just after the cards were back in the air to check out the action at Casino Schenefeld and will be joining the action on Day 1c.
The 160 remaining players ave just gone for their second 15-minute break of the day. During this break, players can still register provided they didn't play yesterday already. Once the next level starts, registration will be closed.
De Han Kim and Vitaly Karayvan both cashed in the €2,200 High Roller yesterday and just clashed in a big pot. With some 17,700 in the middle and the turn showing , Kim bet 8,000 from the small blind and Karayvan moved all in from the big blind. Both players had near identical stacks and Kim verified with the dealer that a re-entry is possible in the final starting day tomorrow.
He then held a hand in front of his eyes while pondering about his decision and grabbing his remaining chips. Without looking at the board, he slid them forward, not wanting to see the showdown, while the cards were tabled.
Vitaly Karayvan:
De Han Kim:
The magical on the river gave Kim a full house and the stacks were counted, Kim had 27,350 and Karayvan was covered by a mere 50 chips to join the rail. "So that's how you get far in High Roller tournaments?" Andre Haneberg joked, sitting on the other side of the table. It was Haneberg that defeated Kim in heads up in the early morning hours and they may be back at it in the Main Event as well.
On the tail end of a big pot between Sahin Elci and Jan Bloch, the former faced a bet of 16,000 and raised all in out of the small blind for 27,300 in total with the board showing . Whether or not Elci had already bet and moved in over the top remains uncertain, while Bloch needed some time for consideration before calling it off.
Elci showed and Bloch chopped it up with the to preserve his big stack.
flop gave Kopyl top set, while Glaeser regained the lead with the 
on the turn. Balciunas was not drawing dead either as he had a straight draw and a three-way split was an option with another spade on the river. Instead, the 
completed the board and Glaeser sent two opponents to the rail.
open. Both players checked. The turn came with the 
, now Wieczorek bet 700 and Targowski called.
on the river. Now Wieczorek check-called the 2,200 bet of Targowski. Targowski showed 
and that was sufficient for Wieczorek to muck his own hand.
, Belov check-called the 2,800 bet of Lorenz.
, Belov checked again. Lorenz now bet 5,100 which sent Belov into the tank. After a while, Belov decided to call. 
, Montagnolli checked, Hysaj bet 1,600. Schulze raised to 4,000 and Montagnolli got out of their way.
, Hysaj checked, Schulze bet 6,000 without much hesitation. Hysaj looked at the board again and then at Schulze. Hysaj folded.
, Eric Theissen checked and called a bet of Maurice Wiencke in early position to see the 
appear on the turn. Again Theissen checked and Wiencke now made it 6,000 to go. That was good enough to win the pot right there while the registration officially closed.
, Kim bet 8,000 from the small blind and Karayvan moved all in from the big blind. Both players had near identical stacks and Kim verified with the dealer that a re-entry is possible in the final starting day tomorrow.
and Bloch chopped it up with the 