Lee Egan raised to 975 after facing three limpers and Mihai Manole as well as one further player called to see a flop of . Action checked to Manole and his bet of 1,600 won the pot uncontested. Manole moved back above starting stack, while Egan still has more than double of that.
A preflop raising war saw Florin Minea squeeze to 3,475 in th cutoff and Bo Joakim Hedelin just called from the button before Adrian-Costin Constantin moved all in for 13,650. Both Minea and Hedelin called, the flop then came . Minea checked, Hedelin shoved and that forced a fold from Minea.
Adrian-Costin Constantin:
Bo Joakim Hedelin:
The turn and river were blanks and Constantin was eliminated.
With around 6,300 in the middle, and the flop showing , a bet to 7,250 was spotted in front of Ekrem Tekin Seven and a short stack shoved for 11,200. Eamon Macnamee called and so did Seven. On the turn, Seven pushed and Mcnamee folded.
The short stack turned over his and Seven had that beat with , claiming the big pot after a blank on the river. Seven moved up to more than two times the starting stack.
According to the tournament screens, there are almost two dozen players already eliminated with 346 hopefuls left out of a massive field of 369 entries. That number will grow further, as the late registration remains open until the start of level seven. Below are some of the most recent casualties at a glance.
Constantin Daniel Georgescu appears to be the current chip leader with around three times the starting stack. He just won a tiny pot by betting the flop for 900 and then showed when his opponents folded. Below are some further big stacks in level four.
On the heads-up flop of , Dehlia de Jong bet 2,000 from the button into a pot of around 4,000 and her sole opponent Jean-Michel Ploch called in late position. Ploch then checked the turn and de Jong bet 3,000, picking up another call. Both then checked the on the river and de Jong flashed , which was good enough to win the pot.
Benny Kneepkens and Nissim Alfassi clashed very early on in a huge pot and Alfassi was left very short. Since then, the player from Israel grinded his way back and just won a flip with against the pocket sevens of Kneepkens on a board of .
Kneepkens still has a big stack, while Alfassi is suddenly back in contention.
Fabrice Lestrade, who won the Unibet Belgium Poker Championship 2016 in Blankenberge earlier this year, was among the most recent players to have been eliminated. Further casualties include Nicolas Ludwicki, Gediminas Stake, Pasquale Grimaldi, Barry Mills and Dennis Kleinleugemors.
Ludwicki open-shoved his last 5,200 with the and Patrik Niko Vilander called from one seat over with the . The board came and Vilander's kings held up.