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A raise to 1,260 by "Sintoras" was called by "pczxmg" on the button and the former then checked the flop, "pczxmg" bet 1,316 and called a check-raise to 6,193.
The appeared on the turn and a bet worth 16,200 by "Sintoras" forced a fold.
After the hand was completed, Mirza "zazano" Muhovic joined the action to boost the field to 13 entries.
As first player to act, Patrick "pads1161" Leonard opened to 1,500 and was called by "MaxHendrix" and Niklas "Lena900" Astedt in the blinds. The flop was checked and "MaxHendrix" bet the turn for 3,713, picking up two calls.
On the river, it was Astedt that bet 12,871 and Leonard was the only caller. Astedt tabled for a missed flush draw as Leonard raked in the pot with the for a ten-high straight.
A raise to 1,500 by "kZhh" from under the gun was called by Dominik "Bounatirou" Nitsche in the small blind and "Sintoras" in the big blind. They checked through a flop and Nitsche check-called 3,713 by "kZhh" on the turn, as did "Sintoras".
No betting action took place on the river and Nitsche won the pot with for aces and jacks.
Over on the other table the duel between Niklas "Lena900" Astedt and Vicent "gordon0410" Bosca went into another round, and this time the Spaniard forced a fold to send Astedt back below the starting stack.
Following a raise to 1,335 by Vicent "gordon0410" Bosca in the hijack, Jans "Graftekkel" Arends called in the cutoff and Niklas "Lena900" Astedt tossed in the additional chips from the big blind. The flop was checked through and Astedt check-called a bet of 5,538 by Bosca on the turn.
On the river, Astedt check-called another 12,552 with and was good as Bosca had missed a flush draw with .
Francisco "Tomatee" Benitez min-raised to 1,000 and was called by "kZhh" in the big blind, who opted to check-call a bet of 1,749 on the flop. After the turn, "kZhh" check-raised from 4,092 to 13,811 for Benitez to call and they headed to the river.
"kZhh" now checked and called a bet worth 15,829 to muck when being shown the for aces and tens by Benitez.
"pczxmg" earned a pot without showdown against "kZhh" and "milennial" also dragged in a pot without resistance. Up next it was "milennial" that raised from under the gun and was called by "kZhh" on the button and Francisco "Tomatee" Benitez in the big blind.
The initial raiser continued for 1,409 on the flop to pick up two calls and the was checked to "kZhh" who bet 6,373. That earned the pot without resistance as both opponents folded.
While the hand took place, Dominik "Bounatirou" Nitsche had arrived at the table and was watching the action unfold.