Three players invested 5,500 each preflop to see the flop come and Benny Kneepkens bet 8,300 out of the big blind. Nissim Alfassi announced a raise from the cutoff and put in 26,000, then apologized because he meant to move all in. Kneepkens eventually pushed and Alfassi looked him up.
Benny Kneepkens:
Nissim Alfassi:
The on the turn left Alfassi drawing dead to win the pot, and the on the river was a mere formality. Alfassi was left with just 3,600 after the hand.
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On a board of , Silviu Dumitrache bet 700 into a pot of 4,500 and Thomas Ardai raised to 2,500 from the cutoff. Dumitrache reraised to 8,700 and that eventually forced a fold from Ardai.
The latter claimed back some chips with against with top pair versus third pair and busted straight and flush draw of Dumitrache soon after and both players traded the chips.
Liat Ben Shitrit has almost doubled up her stack early on while two players are down to less than half the starting stack on the same table. That one also features Mateusz Moolhuizen and the Dutchman had dropped some chips in the first level.
Then, Ioan Taizs raised to 400 and picked up three callers. Moolhuizen then three-bet to 2,800 from the button and action folded back to Moshe Zo Eretz in the cutoff. "Are you good?" he asked the Dutchman and Moolhuizen grinned back with a "I can't tell you yet."
Eretz called and the duo checked the flop. On the turn, Eretz bet 5,000 and folded when Moolhuizen shoved for 20,050.
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Some further notables that joined the massive field of more than 330 entries already include Tomas Soderstrom and Jessy Marillaud.
Linnea Maria, sporting a Superwoman shirt, admitted at the table that she has been nervous. The eSports gamer and Twitch streamer was just involved in a pot that ended up with a board of and Maria checked. Roi Koko bet 1,000 for around half the pot and Maria eventually called, then tabled .
Koko had that beat with for a flush and boosted his stack slightly.
A reraise to 6,000 was in front of Ian Simpson, and his sole opponent had tossed in 1,000 previously while Simpson was eating a banana. The disbelief of the opponent triggered a smile by Simpson, who then claimed the pot and asked for "a pink please," referring to the T-500 chip and confirming it was indeed a misclick.
However, the former Irish Open champion got away with it and claimed the pot without any further betting action. He joked with Lee Egan afterwards and the Brit had been able to increase his stack slightly.
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Six players in total have already been eliminated and among those to depart were Mihai Ghinea, Nissan Paz and Johny Jabra. The field is growing further and new tables opened, with now 341 entries according to the screens it adds to an already record-breaking event and sets the highlight for the future of the circuit.
and Benny Kneepkens bet 8,300 out of the big blind. Nissim Alfassi announced a raise from the cutoff and put in 26,000, then apologized because he meant to move all in. Kneepkens eventually pushed and Alfassi looked him up.
on the turn left Alfassi drawing dead to win the pot, and the 
on the river was a mere formality. Alfassi was left with just 3,600 after the hand.
, Silviu Dumitrache bet 700 into a pot of 4,500 and Thomas Ardai raised to 2,500 from the cutoff. Dumitrache reraised to 8,700 and that eventually forced a fold from Ardai.
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with top pair versus third pair and busted straight and flush draw of Dumitrache soon after and both players traded the chips.
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