Nabavieh Kiarash and Fritz Nygren have been eliminated. The former was on the table of Niko Koop whereas the latter had a big draw against Kanstantsin Kamenka when his remaining stack of 22,500 went in.
The flop was reading and Nygren had the for a gutshot and flush draw, giving Kamenka a big sweat with his . However, the pair of aces held up with the turn and river filling up the board.
Barely noticed, Christophe de Meulder has also entered the competition as well. His twin brother Matthias is in and that may lead to a few problems in case they get seated on the same table. For now they are separated tough, Matthias on table 12 and Christophe over on table four.
Marcin Puczylowski and Bjorn Geleyn have been eliminated. They are just two out of two dozen participants that were sent to the rail in the first four hours of play while Bert Geens has very recently entered the tournament.
In less than 10 minutes, the second break takes place and the players have been notified that the chip race of the T-25 denominations will be taken care of as well.
Alex Hendriks has dropped down further in chips while Tomasz Kozub just helped himself above starting stack. The Pole bet the river of a board out of the big blind for 3,200 and Patrick Aerts called with quite some hesitation to then muck when Kozub flipped over his .
Vincentius van Oosterhout bet the three-way flop of for 1,000 and David Kahan raised to 3,000, getting the third player in the hand to fold. Van Oosterhout called and then checked out of the small blind when the fell on the turn. Kahan checked behind and then fired the river for 8,000.
Kahan's final barrel was called and the Belgian flipped over for a full house to increase his stack. Bert Geens also moved up on the very same table as well.
The "mission in the money" for Pieter de Korver at a Main Event of the Unibet Open is still on track. The Dutchman was all in short on the feature table but doubled for his last 4,000 with against in a preflop showdown. The board ran out over on the feature table.
In the break, table eight was moved back into the main area and that revealed more promising news for de Korver. Below are some further assorted chip counts.
Tournament staff has confirmed that the registration for the first of two starting days has now been closed with the start of level five. The feature table also changed and will soon contain Charlotte van Brabander.
Bert Geens and Axel Bevers checked the turn and then Bevers bet the river for 3,700 into a pot of 5,800. Geens called and then laughed when he was shown for a back door straight, dropping some chips. Manuel Zapf to his left has increased his stack and the next hand featured Christophe Mertens.
The Belgian opened to 1,500 from early position and was called by the player in the cutoff. Mertens continued for 3,500 on the flop and then moved all in for 10,400 on the turn to enforce a fold from his opponent.
and Nygren had the 
for a gutshot and flush draw, giving Kamenka a big sweat with his 
. However, the pair of aces held up with the 
turn and 
river filling up the board.
board out of the big blind for 3,200 and Patrick Aerts called with quite some hesitation to then muck when Kozub flipped over his 
.
for 1,000 and David Kahan raised to 3,000, getting the third player in the hand to fold. Van Oosterhout called and then checked out of the small blind when the 
river for 8,000.
for a full house to increase his stack. Bert Geens also moved up on the very same table as well.
against 
in a preflop showdown. The board ran out 
and then Bevers bet the 
and then moved all in for 10,400 on the 
turn to enforce a fold from his opponent.
