Razvan Cirstian put Hadi Khoury all in and at risk with the and Khoury showed the dominated . The board came and Cirstian rivered the better two pair to eliminated a disappointed Khoury.
The former decent stack of Simeon Todorov has melted to a mess of fewer than 20 big blinds after Anatoli Halca doubled for 18,800 with against his , the board came to give Halca trips.
Andrei Boghean was eliminated soon after on another table and Samuiel Stan was not happy after Mihai Ciubotaru doubled through him with versus when both the ace and the queen showed up. Ciubotaru doubled for 18,800 and Liszkovics dropped below 100,000.
On the turn of , the above-average stacks of Vladimir Velikov and Kevin Teller collided and the former was at risk with pocket queens. Teller showed and the river was the blank .
While Velikov took his belongings and left the seat, Teller asked the dealer "can I take it?" referring to the stack that formerly belonged to Velikov. That was confirmed and the eSports Star implemented the chips into his growing stack.
The remaining 20,000 of Radoslav Belev found their way to the middle of the table on the turn and chip leader Cipirian Filipiuc quickly called and tabled for the turned straight. Belev had some outs with , but the on the river was a blank.
On the flop of , Arne Bollmann just called a bet of 3,200 before a short stack pushed for 25,000. The third player in the hand folded and Bollmann quickly called to show for the flopped straight. He was up against the of the player at risk and secured the pot with the turn, making the river a formality.
Among those to bust before the dinner break were Thijs Molendijk, 2016 11th place finisher Gordon Plomp, Viliyan Petleshkov and Radu Danut to name just a few.
In a battle of the blinds, the board showed and Samuiel Stan checked, then called a bet of 9,000 by Ian Simpson. The river completed the board and Stan checked again. Simpson moved all in for 15,300 and the Romanian reluctantly called with to see Simpson turn over for an airball, seat open for Unibet Poker ambassador.
The 60-minute dinner break has kicked off with 177 players out of a 336-entry strong field remaining. They can now take advantage of the free buffet provided by the Unibet open and four levels of 60 minutes each remain for tonight.
Simeon Todorov busted just before the dinner break when his could not hold up against the of Sorin Drajneanu, and Unibet Poker eSports Star Fabien Fiey also ran out of chips after fighting with a below-starting stack for quite some time.