On the tail end of a heads-up pot between two German speaking regulars, the board showed J♣10♠6♣9♥Q♠. [Removed:548] check-called a bet worth 2,500 by Philipp Gruissem, who first flashed the 8♥ for the bottom end of the straight before also revealing the J♥.
It was good enough to win the pot, as [Removed:549] mucked.
Armin Rezaei opened in early position to 1,000 before the action folded to Kyle Carlston in middle position who put in a three-bet to 3,000. Rezaei called and they were off to a flop heads up.
The 4♠5♦Q♣ flop landed and the action checked to Carlston who continued for 2,500. Rezaei sat in the tank for a moment and then put in a check raised to 7,500. Carlston thought it over and then put in the chips for a call.
The 8♠ landed on the turn and Rezaei fired again for 7,000. Carlston sat in the tank for almost two minutes before he eventually found a fold. Rezaei dragged another healthy pot and is sitting towards the top of the leaderboard early on.
Szymon Bujok raised to 1,100 from the hijack and found two callers in Martin Raus from the cutoff and the player in the small blind before seeing the flop come 8♠5♠10♣.
The small blind checked it over to Bujok who continued with a bet of 1,300. Raus quickly asked, "Why so big?" before grabbing a stack of chips and raising to 10,500.
The small blind tossed his cards toward the muck and Bujok followed suit after a brief pause, prompting Raus to show the Q♠4♠ before collecting the pot.
Raus is less than 24 hours removed from winning his first WSOP bracelet in Event #4: $1,000 Mini Main Event.
Sosia Jiang three-bet big to 3,800 in the small blind and Jon Santos was the only caller. The A♥8♥8♣ flop saw Jiang continue for 2,100 and Santos called.
That led them to the 5♣ turn on which Jiang opted to check. Santos now bet 4,000 and that was enough to win the pot.
Upon completion of the first three levels, the field has grown to 449 entries and 409 players remain. The first scheduled break is underway for the next 25 minutes.
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Level: 4
Blinds: 300/500
Ante: 500
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