Robert Schulz defended his big blind against a button raise by Markus Kuhnen and both players then invested 4,500 on the flop and 11,000 on the turn. The fell on the river and Schulz checked for the third time. Kuhnen bet 22,200 and Schulz eventually called to see Kuhnen turn over for a busted draw, while Schulz won the pot with .
Soon after, Schulz was also paid off for 12,400 by Ognjen Sekularac and Kuhnen on the river of a board , flipping over for a flush as winning hand.
While Martin Kabrhel raised to 6,000 and folded to a jam by Pavel Plesuv, after plenty of table talk as per usual, Asher Dahan registered in the current level. Sander van Wesemael lost a few chips since the restart, as did Aviv Meiri and Tomasz Panek.
Picking up the action on the flop, Mike Brandau bet 11,000 in late position and was called by Pierre Neuville on the button. After the turn, Brandau moved all in for 12,600 and Neuville called.
Mike Brandau:
Pierre Neuville:
The river failed to improve the German and he became the first player to be eliminated for good, as he already re-entered previously.
On the flop of , Grzegorz Idziak checked out of the big blind and faced a bet of 10,000 by Ognjen Sekularac. Idziak check-raised all in for 28,200 and Sekularac called after getting a count and putting in more consideration.
Grzegorz Idziak:
Ognjen Sekularac:
The turn and river failed to improve Idziak and he became the next player to exit from that table, having just been moved there a few minutes ago.
There are two fewer players left in contention as Martin Kabrhel and Markus Kuhnen bowed out in consecutive hands.
Kabrhel shoved into the limp of Anatoliy Zyrin and flipped over to end up second best to the pocket sevens of the Russian.
Kuhnen then four-bet his short stack with pocket queens for 21,000 and Robert Schulz called with pocket fives to spike one of the two remaining fives in the deck on the river.
Robert Schulz raised to 3,500 and Anatoliy Zyrin three-bet to 8,000. Asher Dahan called on the button and Schulz asked for Zyrin's stack before calling as well. After the flop, Schulz checked and Zyrin continued for 8,500, which forced a fold from Dahan and picked up a call by Schulz.
No further betting action followed on the turn and river, and Schulz showed for two pair to rake in yet another pot.
There are 21 players remaining and Martin Kabrhel will be entering after the break, having purchased his re-entry already. All hopefuls have been sent into the first 15-minute break of the day and the registration will close when the cards get back in the air.