Thomas Bichon opened under the gun to 800 and Gerald Karlic in the cutoff made the call. Martin Staszko folded his button and Vladimir Bozinovic in the small blind made the call.
on the flop and Bozinovic checked. Initial raiser Bichon continued for 1,500 and both Karlic and Bozinovic called.
The fell on the turn and Bozinovic checked again. Bichon now bet 4,500 and just Karlic made the call, Bozinovic folded.
The completed the board and Bichon checked. Karlic bet out 11,500 and Bichon tanked for several minutes before mucking his hand.
Wolfgang Wessin opened to 700 from middle position and Thomas Butzhammer on the button made the call. Andreas Freund in the small blind squeezed to 2,700 and both Wessin and Butzhammer made the call.
on the flop and Freund bet out 5,800. Wessin made the call. Butzhammer glanced at his stack, and then over called.
The on the turn made Wessin check. Freund checked as well and Butzhammer now shoved all in for about 20,000 after thinking for less than half a minute. Both Wessin and Freund folded without giving it much thoughts, and Butzhammer started stacking.
In one of the first hands after the break, the partypoker World Poker Tour Vienna Main Event lost its first bracelet winner of the day.
Fedor Holz opened under the gun to 750 and David Abramov, his neighbor in the one seat, three bet to 2,050. A couple positions down it was Simeon Naydenov who cold four bet shoved from the hijack position. We're not entirely sure how much it was that he shoved for, but it wasn't a whole lot.
Action quickly folded back to Holz who tossed his cards into the muck just as rapidly. Abramov quickly called though, tossing in a 100 chip to give Naydenov the bad news.
David Abramov:
Simeon Naydenov:
Naydenov already got up from his chair after the flop. He needed an eight or runner runner flush or straight, but wouldn't be so lucky this time around.
The on the turn and on the river were blanks and Naydenov hit the rail.
Just before the dinner break, which starts in four minutes, two French players entered. Gaelle Baumann and Erwann Pecheux just sat down right before going to dinner.
Thomas Bichon opened it up from middle position and Wilfried Härig, who finished 15th for $465,159 in the 2012 WSOP Main Event, three bet to 1,300. Bichon made the call.
Bichon checked to Härig on , and called the 1,000 bet that followed.
Both players checked the on the turn and the dealer quickly burned and put the on the table to complete the board. Bichon bet out 2,500 and after just a few seconds of thinking Härig folded.