After a limp, Jan Timo Jobmann raised to 1,600 and the limper was the only caller to see a flop of . The limper checked and Jobmann got the job done with a bet of 1,300 to grab yet another pot.
One table over, the Tom Holke show continues and his latest victim was Erik Scheidt. On the completed board of , Holke's bet of 8,525 was called by Scheidt and Holke showed for a busted straight draw that improved to runner runner trips nines.
Marco Dittmann raised to 1,025 from mid-position and was called by Tomislav Mandic (hijack) and Mario Schulz (cutoff). Serafim Kovalevskiy raised to 3,600 from the button. The blinds folded but the rest called.
The flop came and they all checked. The turn brought them the , Dittmann checked, Mandic bet 5,100, Schulz folded. Kovalevskiy called and Dittmann folded.
The river completed the board with the , now Mandic bet 9,500 and Kovalevskiy went into the tank. After about a minute or two, Mandic called the clock on him. The floor was called and he asked the dealer if Kovalevskiy had had enough time. The dealer confirmed. The floor gave Kovalevskiy 60 seconds to take a decision. After 30 seconds the floor advised that 30 seconds had passed. After about another 15 seconds Kovalevskiy called. Mandic showed for a full house, kings over tens, and that won him the pot.
With 16,500 in the pot and the board showing , Rene Gregersen checked out of the small blind and Bennet Schmidt moved all in from under the gun. Gregersen had around 10,000 left and stood up from his chair, turned around and took a big sip from his beer. He then grabbed his phone and looked back at the table, trying to gather any kind of info from Schmidt.
There were some surprised faces by the other players at the table and one of them called the clock. Gregersen nodded and eventually called it off to roll over the . Schmidt turned over his and the on the river was a blank.
Tom Holke has dropped back to starting stack and Andrey Andreev confirmed that he doubled through the German in the first hand after sitting down. According to the Russian, Andreev called a raise to 2,000 by Holke and they headed to a flop and check-raised to pick up a call by Holke.
On the turn, Holke pushed with pocket nines and Andreev called with for two pair. Holke continued to play every hand and called a preflop all in by Erik Scheidt with . Scheidt had and the board brought four deuces and an eight.
The current chip leader at half time appears to be Lars Möller with four times the starting stack.
Konstantin Farber raised to 1,300 from the hijack. Serkan Ozkir shoved all in from the cutoff for 8,600 in total. Alfred Tellenbach called on the button. Farber folded.
Alfred Tellenbach:
Serkan Ozkir:
The board ran out - even though Ozkir picked up an open-ended straight draw on the flop, he bricked the turn and the river and was eliminated from the tournament.
The move of Krunoslav Obravac with went wrong on the table of Tom Holke, as Erik Scheidt didn't remotely think about folding his preflop. There wasn't much of a sweat and Obravac was gone.
One table over, Johnny Hansen sent a short stack to the rail with versus after the player at risk didn't pick up any help at all.
Furthermore, Jamila von Perger was also eliminated as well. On the turn, Salvatore Scarcella checked out of the big blind and von Perger bet 2,000 on the button. Scarcella check-raised to 6,000 and von Perger moved all in for around 20,000, which Scarcella quickly called.
Jamila von Perger:
Salvatore Scarcella:
"Oh crap," von Perger said as soon as she spotted the straight of her opponent and the on the river failed to improve her.
. The limper checked and Jobmann got the job done with a bet of 1,300 to grab yet another pot.
, Holke's bet of 8,525 was called by Scheidt and Holke showed 
for a busted straight draw that improved to runner runner trips nines.
, Dittmann checked, Mandic bet 5,100, Schulz folded. Kovalevskiy called and Dittmann folded.
, now Mandic bet 9,500 and Kovalevskiy went into the tank. After about a minute or two, Mandic called the clock on him. The floor was called and he asked the dealer if Kovalevskiy had had enough time. The dealer confirmed. The floor gave Kovalevskiy 60 seconds to take a decision. After 30 seconds the floor advised that 30 seconds had passed. After about another 15 seconds Kovalevskiy called. Mandic showed 
for a full house, kings over tens, and that won him the pot.
, Rene Gregersen checked out of the small blind and Bennet Schmidt moved all in from under the gun. Gregersen had around 10,000 left and stood up from his chair, turned around and took a big sip from his beer. He then grabbed his phone and looked back at the table, trying to gather any kind of info from Schmidt.
. Schmidt turned over his 
and the 
on the river was a blank.
flop and check-raised to pick up a call by Holke.
turn, Holke pushed with pocket nines and Andreev called with 
. Scheidt had 
and the board brought four deuces and an eight.
went wrong on the table of Tom Holke, as Erik Scheidt didn't remotely think about folding his 
versus 
after the player at risk didn't pick up any help at all.
