Xuan Tan three-bet an open raise of Chan Wai Leong in a battle small blind versus button from 5,500 to 20,000 with the 
and Leong came along with the 
. On the 
flop, Tan continued for just 18,000, which Leong called.
On the 
turn, the second barrel was for 51,500 and Leong called to see the 
on the river. Tan fired through and made it 115,000 to go. Leong used a time bank extension before making the call and dragging in the big pot.
In a three-bet pot to the 
, Christian Christner bet 16,500 out of the small blind into a pot of around 48,000 and Stephen Chidwick in the cutoff called. After the 
turn, Christner bet 40,500 and Chidwick's jam for 90,000 forced a snap-fold from Christner.
One table over, Mikhail Smirnov raised to 5,100 and table neighbor Steffen Sontheimer made it 15,500 to go, Smirnov called. The 
flop and the 
turn were checked, and Smirnov check-called a bet of 12,000 on the 
river. Sontheimer rolled over the 
and that ended up as the winner.
Alan Sass and Peter Jetten also joined the field to make it 33 entries in total, taking seats on different tables. On Jetten's table, a bigger pot was brewing between Devan Tang in the big blind and Mikita Badziakouski in middle position.
The turn showed 
and Tang checked, then called a bet of 40,000 by Badziakouski. The 
river brought a fourth spade and the action went check, check. Badziakouski ended up winning the pot with the 
and climbed above the starting stack.
A squeeze to 25,700 was in front ot Isaac Haxton and Steffen Sontheimer moved all in out of the big blind. Haxton asked for a count on the shove, which was for 138,400, and called.
Steffen Sontheimer: 
Isaac Haxton: 
The 
flop improved Sontheimer to a pair of queens, and the turn and 
river let him double with a full house.
Within a few minutes from each other, Chan Wei Leong, Gabe Patgorski and Steve O'Dwyer showed up in the tournament area and boosted the overall field to 31 entries with now 28 players remaining.
Stefan Schillhabel made it 6,500 to go from the cutoff and picked up calls from Isaac Haxton in the small blind and Jason Koon in the big blind. A flop of 
was checked through and Haxton bet the turn for just 4,000, only Koon came along.
The river paired the board and Haxton now bet bigger, making it 28,000 to go. Koon called and mucked when he was shown 
for a full house.
Level: 5
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 400
The remaining 25 players out of 28 entries were sent into a 90-minute dinner break with a gala buffet awaiting in one of the restaurants of the Maestral Resort & Casino. Action will resume at approximately 9.20 p.m. local time.
In the hijack, Romain Arnaud opened to 5,200 and was called by Bryn Kenney in the cutoff. On the 
flop, Arnaud made it 6,500 to go and was called by Kenney before the second barrel on the turn was worth 34,500, again Kenney called.
The fell on the river and now Arnaud made it 65,000 to go. Kenney moved all in and Arnaud sent his cards into the muck.
Paul Phua raised to 5,000 with the and Dan Cates called in the big blind with the . On the 
flop both players checked and Cates also checked the turn. Phua bet 9,000 into 12,800 and Cates came along.
After the river, Cates checked the third street in a row and called a bet of 16,000 by Phua to see the latter jump up to more than half a million in chips.
Both clashed in the very next hand to create an even bigger pot on the feature table.
It started with a raise to 5,000 by Phua in the hijack with and Cates defended the 
in the small blind with a three-bet to 21,000, Phua quickly called. The 
flop gave Phua a full house and Cates bet 15,000, Phua just called.
After the turn, Cates fired a second bet worth 55,000 and Phua called. The 
river slowed down Cates and he checked, Phua moved all in almost instantly.
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