Jörg Peisert raised to 250 from under the gun and was called by two players before the player in the big blind squeezed it to 1,125, which Peisert and both other opponents called. On the flop, the player in the big blind continued with a bet of 2,200 and only Peisert called.
The turn saw another barrel worth 3,500 and Peisert tossed in a grey T-5,000 chip for the call. Once the river completed the board, the action was checked to the German and he took down the pot with a bet of 6,000.
After a raise to 250, Guillaume Darcourt called on the button and so did the player in the big blind. On a flop of , only Darcourt check-called a continuation bet of 500 before seeing the action checked to him on the turn. Darcourt now bet 900 and that was enough to shut down all further action.
In the secondary tournament area, World Poker Tour champions club member Giacomo Fundaro tried to steal a pot on an ace-high board and mucked as soon as his final bet on the river was called. One hand later he would clash with the same opponent again but folded to a 525-river bet on a board of .
After three players who limped for 100, Lotem Ben Bassat raised to 500 out of the big blind and received 2 callers. The flop was checked through before Ben Bassat bet the turn for 500 to scoop the pot.
One hand later, there was a raise to 200 and three callers including Ben Bassat in the small blind. On the flop, the initial preflop aggressor bet 650 and Christiaan Vanzieleghem as well as Ben Bassat called. The turn and river were checked down to see Ban Bassat flip over as winning hand.
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Alain Medesan and his opponent joked after the end of the hand that saw the Romanian become "chip leader". Though it was only 500 chips that Medesan could extract with his pocket tens, his opponent held and an ace and queen on the board slowed down the action.