The cards of Pavlos Xanthopoulos were all but gone and next to no chips were in the middle of the table while the stack of Markus Heikkila was counted. The Swede had his still in front and doubled for 40,250 after a board of . According to Kevin Killeen, who sits next to Heikkila, a raising war saw Xanthopoulos five-bet shove with the preflop to lose more than half his stack.
Nicolae Cristian Rosca raised to 2,200 and Alexandru Necalue from two seats over, Tomer Zcharya called in the small blind, as well as Danut Marius Dinca in the big blind came along. On the flop, Dinca bet 2,875 and Rosca folded. Necalue called and Zcharya then check-raised to 6,700.
Dinca, who was just enjoying a deep massage, eventually folded and Necalue also let go.
Avi Cohen has been eliminated while Ronnie Espensen escaped from that. Johan Goslings open-shoved the small blind and Espensen called all in for his last 8,200 in the big blind with the . Goslings only had and the board came .
Ozgur Arda raised to 1,600 and Andrei Alexandru Terzi called from one seat over. The action then reached Dan Murariu on the button and he three-bet to 4,200. Both opponents called and the trio checked the flop. On the turn, Arda bet 6,700 and Terzi moved all in. Murariu quickly folded, but Arda eyed the stack of Terzi and eventually called the shove for 15,425 in total.
Andrei Alexandru Terzi:
Ozgur Arda:
The on the river failed to improve Arda and he fell back to around half the starting stack.
After a raise to 1,800 and a call, Marius Ene called as well and Gordon Plomp then shoved for 25,025 from one seat over. The initial raiser and first caller both folded, but Ene called for less than half of his stack.
Gordon Plomp:
Marius Ene:
The board came and the kicker played to let the Belgian double.
Cosmin Voina took on two Scandinavians to help himself back up to starting stack. He first doubled up his short stack with against the of Dan Glimne after flopping a queen.
Just now he check-raised the flop of out of the small blind. His opponent was Jorma Vuoksenmaa, who eventually forfeited his bet of 4,000 against the shove of 22,250 by Voinea.
Silviu Baltatenu opened the action with a raise to 2,050 from under the gun and he picked up three callers including Andrei Boghean from two seats over. On the board of , all players checked through. Baltatenu was first to show and flipped over for a rivered pair of jacks, while Boghean then turned over his .
The other two players folded and Boghean got no extra value out of his flopped set.
Radu Danut was very active on the feature table, resulting in plenty of swings to his stack. He went down to just 14,000 and then doubled with against the isolation of Gabor Bank with , while another player folded pocket jacks.
Then, he raised a few times without finding resistance before running into Teodor Cap Bun. Danut raised to 2,000, Cap Bun made it 5,500 to go and then called the shove for 31,000.
Vasile Paul Plastoi raised from the hijack and then called the three-bet to 5,800 by Amitai Or. The latter bet the flop for 6,000 and Plastoi quickly folded.
One hand later, Plastoi made it 2,100 to go and Bastian Schaefer called from one seat over, as did Or in the small blind to announce a check in the dark. The trio ended up checking down the board of entirely and Plastoi announced ace-high, Or already mucked. Schaefer then turned over his and scooped the pot.
Despite losing these two hands, Plastoi is among the big stacks just before dinner with five times of what he started with.
The remaining 178 players out of a field of 260 entries thus far have been sent into a 60-minute dinner break. Action will resume at approximately 7.50 p.m. local time.
still in front and doubled for 40,250 after a board of 
. According to Kevin Killeen, who sits next to Heikkila, a raising war saw Xanthopoulos five-bet shove with the 
preflop to lose more than half his stack.
flop, Dinca bet 2,875 and Rosca folded. Necalue called and Zcharya then check-raised to 6,700.
. Goslings only had 
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on the river failed to improve Arda and he fell back to around half the starting stack.
of Dan Glimne after flopping a queen.
out of the small blind. His opponent was Jorma Vuoksenmaa, who eventually forfeited his bet of 4,000 against the shove of 22,250 by Voinea.
against the isolation of Gabor Bank with 
