Tobias Peters has been knocked out after he bet all three streets of a board with culminating in a river shove. Kayhan Tugrul quickly called though as he had floated the flop with before hitting a monster draw on the turn.
Albert Daher, who has chipped up well so far this level, had fired 14,000 on a board with Sergey Rybachenko flat-calling while Asaf Avci folded. The turn saw both players check while Rybachenko checked for a third time on the river. Daher now bet 58,000 but Rybachenko check-raised all in for around 200,000.
Daher tanked for a few minutes before flashing to the people behind him, he then sent his cards sailing into the muck.
Erwan Pecheux opened for 13,000, Alexey Rybin called and Andrei Nikonov in the small blind raised to 37,000. Shoman folded his big blind and it was back on Pecheux who moved all in for the rest of his 180,000 chips. A fold from Rybin but a call from Nikonov. Pecheux had up against Nikonov’s . The cards fell . But the unfortunate Pecheux wasn’t out quite yet. He was left with 13000. Just over two big blinds.
He would get it in a couple of hands later on the big blind when Shouman raised and he called. Shouman had to Pecheux’s and this time he was out as the cards came .
It must have been a stressful day so far at table 1, as four of the seven players are now having a massage. Bernard Samaha, Maximilian Droege, Kfir Yamin and Jacoues Torbey are all having their aching muscles soothed by the hard working massage girls.
Baris Topkaya opened for 13,000 in the cut-off; Artem Vezhnekov went all in from the small blind and was followed with an all-in from Sari Haddad in the big blind. Topkaya asked for a count, thought through all the implications and made the call. Topkaya held , Vezhnekov and Haddad had . All big aces, not a pair between them incredibly, and Topkaya with the best of it.
The board ran out Two players bust out and Topkaya gather in a big pot.
Jacoues Torbey moved all in on a flop with but Sergey Rybachenko was interested in folding, he made the call with . The turn and river changed nothing and there are now just 16 players.