Andreas Steiner was all in with the for his last 60,000 and Guy Ohayon called with the dominating . The board came and Steiner bricked his additional flush draw to bust.
Hand #2
Soon after, Ohayon had the next short stack in Eric Wasylenko out of the big blind at risk.
Eric Wasylenko:
Guy Ohayon:
The flop left Wasylenko in desperate shape and drawing to a split only. The turn and river were both blanks and that caused the second casualty in quick succession.
The cards were all but rushed away while Alexander Ioan confirmed a three-way all in that had just taken place. Jenny Israel was all in with , Vladut Paun called with pocket jacks on the button and Marcus Friman got it in with pocket kings in the big blind.
The kings held up for Friman to win the main pot, while Israel was eliminated in 36th place.
The clocks were stopped with 25 minutes left on the level and 35 players remaining, and the players were sent on a 60-minute dinner break. Play resumes at approximately 7.25 p.m. local time while the live stream still has some fireworks ahead.
After a move with ace-high, Ionut Asanache folded to the shove of Laurentiu Marius Bunica, who had for the king-high flush draw. Asanache shoved soon after for 135,000 with and Tom Vogelsang called with the to see the board run out .
Marian Strachinescu was left with fewer than one big blind when his ended up second-best to Bartlomiej Gorzolka, who held and hit a full house on the board .
Down to 4,000, Strachinescu shoved with and Gorzolka raised to 40,000 with . Dan Murariu moved in for 116,000 with and Gorzolka called. The two-time Unibet Open champion more than doubled thanks to a board of and the table broke soon after.
The 35 remaining players are back in their seats and the action is back underway. Table two was sent over to the feature table and there will be a full redraw for the last three tables with 27 players.
Dan Murariu made some chips over on the feature table and Yasen Dichev did so on an outer table. All but one hands were without showdown, and the last one saw Dichev claim the pot with against the of Marius Pertea when both checked down the river of a board .
Henrik Tellving limped on the button and Vlad Cojocariu shoved in the small blind. Neculai Macovei asked for a count, knowing he was covered, and simply wanted to know how much the all in was for based on Hellving's big stack on the button.
Cojocariu's shove was for 205,000 and Neculai called for his last nine big blinds, Tellving folded.
Neculai Macovei:
Vlad Cojocariu:
Both bumped fists before the showdown and the board ran out to eliminate Macovei.
Teun Herman defended out of the blinds against a raise by Silviu Baltateanu and ended up caling a bet of 27,000 by the Romanian on the river. Baltateanu flashed the only and raked in the pot, as Herman mucked.