The action passed to Ramunas Granskas in the hijack and he set the price to play at 4,600. Roderick MacNeil, on the button, called and both blinds let their hands go.
Granskas continued with a 6,300 bet on the paired flop and was called. The turn was greeted with a 10,400 bet from Granskas and a call from MacNeil. A flush-completing was the river and Granskas checked. MacNeil checked behind and showed the , which was beaten by Granskas' .
A short-stacked Juraj Kadlubiak three-bet all-in with what turned out to be after Heins Kalde had opened the betting with . Neither player improved on the board so Kalde's king-kicker played and Kadlubiak crashed out of the Main Event.
Paul van t Veer checked his hole cards before raising to 5,300 from middle position. Thor Erik Higraff was next to act and he three-bet to 12,800. With the action back on him, van t Veer verbally announced "27.3" and made a four-bet to that amount.
Higraff rubbed his bearded chin, took a sip of his water before moving all-in for 104,800 in total. van t Veer called and the huge pot created.
van t Veer turned over a powerhouse of a hand yet one that was in terrible shape against Higraff's . Higraff knelt on his seat and watched intently as the dealer got to work putting the aces-friendly board into view and van t Veer silently handed over a large portion of his hard-earned stack.
Katja Svendsen, who finished second in chips on Day 1a, opened to 5,200 from middle position. To Svendsen's direct left was another female player in the shape of Vera Kellcher and she instantly moved all-in for 17,000. The small blind, Mariusz Dobrowolski then moved all-in for 20,800 and Svendsen called.
Svendsen:
Kellcher:
Dobrowolski:
The first three community cards fell with the turn being the and the river the to give Dobrowolski's stack a significant boost and to send Kellcher to the rail.
Kamil Paluszkiewicz fired a bet of 6,000 on the flop and Chen Wenbin raised to 16,000 from the button. Paluszkiewicz responded with an all-in bet of 52,900 and Wenbin instantly called.
Paluszkiewicz showed and was drawing very thin against the that had flopped two pair. Those two pair improved to a full house on the turn, but the river was one of Paluszkiewicz's two outs and he raked in the pot with a beaming smile on his face.
Talented Danish pro Morten Mortensen checked from his seat in the cutoff with the flop reading putting the action on the tournament chip leader Daniel Chutrov. A bet of 6,000 left the hands of Chutrov and Mortensen called the bet.
The turn was the , making the board extremely draw heavy. Mortensen checked again and then called when Chutrov bet 13,500. The river was the and Mortensen checked for a third time. Chutrov reached for chips and bet 16,000 on the river and after around 30-45 seconds, Motensen called obviously not believing Chutrov had a straight.
Mortensen was correct, Chutrov didn't have a straight but he did hold for a set of deuces, enough to win the pot.
The action folded around to Katja Svendsen in the small blind and she limped in. Michael Ozimek checked from the big blind and the dealer got busy spreading the flop. Svendsen led for 3,000 and Ozimek called.
Svendsen checked the arrival of the turn. Ozimek bet 7,700 and Svenden check-raised to 18,000. Ozimek paused for a few moments before calling.
Another seven, the , completed the board and Svendsen bet 23,000. Sixty-seconds later, Ozimek called and turned over for a flush, much stronger than Svendsen's that had improved to trip tens.
flop and was called. The 
turn was greeted with a 10,400 bet from Granskas and a call from MacNeil. A flush-completing 
was the river and Granskas checked. MacNeil checked behind and showed the 
, which was beaten by Granskas' 
.
board so Kalde's king-kicker played and Kadlubiak crashed out of the Main Event.
. Higraff knelt on his seat and watched intently as the dealer got to work putting the aces-friendly 
and the river the 
to give Dobrowolski's stack a significant boost and to send Kellcher to the rail.
and was drawing very thin against the 
that had flopped two pair. Those two pair improved to a full house on the 
, making the board extremely draw heavy. Mortensen checked again and then called when Chutrov bet 13,500. The river was the 
, completed the board and Svendsen bet 23,000. Sixty-seconds later, Ozimek called and turned over 
that had improved to trip tens.