The eighth player to play in this tournament is Timofey "Trueteller" Kuznetsov. With the Russian joining this event, the players are spread out over two tables. Kuznetsov is playing against Thuritz, Haxton and Shakerchi.
Over on table two we have Sulsky, "OtB_RedBaron", Vogelsang and Polk.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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After the hand against Thuritz, chipleader Christoph "26071985" Vogelsang just lost another big pot. This time OtB_RedBaron came out on top.
The Belgian opened under the gun to 356 and Vogelsang was the only caller. Both checked on the 
flop before the fireworks started when the 
landed on the turn. OtB_RedBaron placed a bet of 2,006 in a pot of only 1,127 chips and Vogelsang quickly called.
The 
landed on the river and this time OtB_RedBaron made a bet of 2,004. Vogelsang called again, but was shown the bad news as his opponent tabled 
for a straight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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40,000
-4,600
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-4,600 |
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31,600
1,307
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1,307 |
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Mikael "ChaoRen160" Thuritz opened for 300 and got called by Christoph "26071985" Vogelsang to his direct left and Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi defended his big blind.
Thuritz bet 583 on the 
flop and only Vogelsang made the call. With 2,266 in the pot Thuritz overbet for 2,855 on the 
turn, but that didn't scare Vogelsang, who called again. But the German folded when Thuritz bet a 5,880 after the 
was dealt on the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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44,600
-3,814
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-3,814 |
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32,000
3,891
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3,891 |
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Level: 5
Blinds: 80/160
Ante: 25
We are still seven handed after almost an hour and a half of play. Here are the chipcounts in the second break of the day. After his big hand with aces Christoph "26071985" Vogelsang is leading the pack with over 48,000 of chips. Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi is still the shortstack with 19,300 points.
After the break there are ten minutes left in level 4 which has blinds of 60/120 and an ante of 20. The next level will be 80/160 - 25.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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48,414
1,714
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1,714 |
|
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32,078
178
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178 |
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30,293
2,493
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2,493 |
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28,109
-491
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-491 |
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27,431
-1,869
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-1,869 |
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24,372
-1,428
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-1,428 |
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19,303
903
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903 |
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After a raise to 360 from Mikael "ChaoRen160" Thuritz and a call from Christoph "26071985" Vogelsang, Ben "Sauce123" Sulsky put in a 3-bet to defend his big blind. He made it 1,664 to go and Vogelsang was the only caller.
On the 
turn he made an continuation bet of 1,428 and that was enough to win the hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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46,700
-300
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-300 |
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31,900
1,900
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1,900 |
|
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28,600
900
|
900 |
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Mikael "ChaoRen160" Thuritz was off to a good start in this event, but is struggling a bit now. A couple of hands ago he took another sizeable hit, when a riverbluff went wrong against Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi.
Shakerchi opened for 256 from the button and Thuritz defended his big blind. He also called Shakerchi's continuation bet of 377 chips on the 
flop. They both checked the 
turn before Thuritz fired out an overbet of 2,280 chips into an 1,500 pot on the 
river.
Shakerchi quickly called and saw that Thuritz missed his flushdraw with his 
and the 2016 SCOOP Main Event High-champion took down the pot with his 
for two pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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27,700
-3,000
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-3,000 |
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18,400
-1,200
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-1,200 |
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The first three levels of play are completed and from now on the levels last 30 minutes instead of the 20 minutes in the first hour of play.
Level: 4
Blinds: 60/120
Ante: 20
Christoph "26071985" Vogelsang was already up to 35,000 after winning a nice pot against Mikael "ChaoRen160" Thuritz, before he won the biggest pot of the tournament so far.
From the hijack he opened to 250, before Doug "WCG|Rider" Polk reraised to 1,050 from the small blind. The German wanted more chips in the pot and raised it up once more to 2,775 and Polk called.
After a check from Polk, Vogelsang bet 1,850 into a 6,000 pot on the 
flop. Polk called and both players checked on the turn, before Polk took a stab at the pot on the river by betting 6,807, Vogelsang quickly called.
Polk showed 
for a complete bluff and Vogelsang's were good to give him the chiplead with almost 47,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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47,000
15,400
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15,400 |
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30,700
-4,800
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-4,800 |
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25,800
-8,500
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-8,500 |
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