Robert Baluska checked with 10,000 in the pot on the on the board. Maksym Ronshyn bet 8,000 and Baluska went into the tank for a couple of minutes before he found a call.
Ronshyn turned over but this wasn't good enough to win the hand as Baluska rivered top pair with .
The Festival Series founder Martin "Franke" von Zweigbergk is often known to enter an event and quickly go all-in. "Franke" just entered the Main Event and PokerNews witnessed him folding an entire orbit except defending his big blind to the surprise of the table.
Stefan Rundstrom opened to 1,200 from the lojack and got called by Martin von Zweigbergk from the hijack. Didier Pirard three-bet to 4,500 from the cutoff. Rundstrom folded and von Zweigbergk called.
Pirard continued for 5,000 on the flop and von Zweigbergk check-called. The Festival Series founder von Zweigbergk then jammed for 3,200 on the turn. Rundstrom sighed before he folded despite there being a chunk of chips in the pot.
As the dealer began awarding the pot to von Zweigbergk he showed the table he had two pair with . Pirard said he had jacks but never showed.
Patrick Beuter three-bet jammed for 13,000 from late position and was called by Marc Pliska from middle position.
Patrick Beuter:
Marc Pliska:
Beuter pulled ahead in the flip right from the start after his king paired up the flop. Neither the turn nor the river helped Beuter get ahead and Pliska doubled back to near a starting stack.
Nikolaos Tsitos jammed for about 8,000 from early position before Markus Ganglbauer three-bet shoved for around 50,000 from one seat over. The action didn't stop there as Lukas Pribyl called off for about a starting stack from one seat over.
Nikolaos Tsitos:
Lukas Pribyl:
Markus Ganglbauer:
Ganglbauer's cowboys held up after the ran out on the board to eliminate both Pribyl and Tsitos.
Carlos Pezzia bet 3,600 into a pot of around 10,000 on the flop. The action paused on Peter Bergman before he three-bet to 12,200. Pezzia tanked for less than a minute before he jammed for 35,000. A couple of minutes ticked off the clock before Bergman made the call.
Carlos Pezzia:
Peter Bergman:
Pezzia was ahead but he still had a sweat. Pezzia doubled up through Bergman after his opponent bricked the turn and river.