Vojtech Ruzicka opened to 1,400 from under the gun and picked up a sole caller in Erez Hamerov in the big blind. On the flop, Hamerov quickly checked and called a bet of 1,000 by Ruzicka. Both then elected to check through the turn and river.
Hamerov showed and Ruzicka had that beat with . The stack of Hamerov has dwindled down again and he clearly showed frustration by throwing his remaining chips in the air while waiting for the next hand to be dealt.
Pavel Plesuv opened to 1,500 from the hijack and Viliyan Petleshkov three-bet to 4,400 in the cutoff. Plesuv made the call and the flop came . Plesuv check-called a bet of 3,100 from Petleshkov and the landed on the turn.
Plesuv checked again and Petleshkov fired another 10,700. Plesuv called to see the fall on the river. Plesuv checked for the third time and Petleshkov checked behind. Plesuv tabled and Petleshkov relinquished his hand. Ace-high was good enough to earn the chip leader another pot.
The tournament screens showed 23 players out of 29 entries remaining and the addition to the field was an already known face. Fahredin Mustafov became the second player to fire the optional second bullet and is back in with a fresh stack.
Sander van Wesemael opened to 1,400 from under the gun and Fahredin Mustafov called from middle position. Bernd Gleissner moved all-in from the cutoff for 17,600. The action folded back to van Wesemael who pushed all-in over the top and Mustafov called off his remaining 35,000 chips.
van Wesemael:
Mustafov:
Gleissner:
The board ran out and van Wesemael's set of tens was good enough to earn him the pot. He had both of his opponents covered, scoring a double knockout.
Joining the action on the turn, Vadzim Lipauka checked out of the big blind and Pavel Plesuv bet 5,600 in the cutoff. Lipauka check-raised big to 17,200 and was called by Plesuv before both players checked the on the river. Lipauka rolled over for the flopped bottom straight and that won the pot to almost even out the big stacks.
With around 8,500 in the middle, the board read . Aleksandar Tomovic led out for 6,500 from under the gun and Pierre Neuville raised to 17,500 from the hijack. Tomovic made the call and the landed on the river.
Tomovic checked and Neuville reached back for a bet of 23,000. Tomovic went into the tank for a couple minutes, knowing Neuville had been bluffing quite frequently. Eventually, Tomovic made the call and Neuville rolled over . Tomovic disgustingly threw his cards to the muck as Neuville climbed over the 100,000 chip mark.
Robert Schulz faced a raise to 1,500 by Bernd Gleissner and a call by Erez Hamerov before three-betting to 7,000. Both opponents called and the flop fell . Schulz continued for 6,000 and Gleissner called, while Hamerov folded.
After the turn, Schulz slowed down and check-called a bet worth 7,500 before checking again the on the river. Gleissner made it 17,800 to go with about as much behind and Schulz tossed in a chip for the call to rake in the pot uncontested, as Gleissner simply sent his cards into the muck.
While Vadzim Lipauka dragged in another bigger pot against Hossein Ensan without showdown, the one seat on that very table was empty and Dawid Paczka was missing. Aviv Meiri and Lipauka were kind enough to provide the details, and it was Pavel Plesuv who further added to his big stack.
According to Meiri, Plesuv's raise to 1,200 was called by Meiri and Lipauka before Paczka squeezed to 6,000 in the big blind. Only Plesuv called and Paczka bet the flop for 8,000. Plesuv raised to 18,000 and called the push of Paczka with the to see his opponent turn over for top pair. Another heart on the turn immediately left Paczka drawing dead to see Plesuv build an even bigger lead ahead of Lipauka and Felipe Ramos.
flop, Hamerov quickly checked and called a bet of 1,000 by Ruzicka. Both then elected to check through the 
turn and 
river.
and Ruzicka had that beat with 
. The stack of Hamerov has dwindled down again and he clearly showed frustration by throwing his remaining chips in the air while waiting for the next hand to be dealt.
landed on the turn. 
fall on the river. Plesuv checked for the third time and Petleshkov checked behind. Plesuv tabled 
and Petleshkov relinquished his hand. Ace-high was good enough to earn the chip leader another pot.
and van Wesemael's set of tens was good enough to earn him the pot. He had both of his opponents covered, scoring a double knockout.
landed on the river. 
. Tomovic disgustingly threw his cards to the muck as Neuville climbed over the 100,000 chip mark.
. Schulz continued for 6,000 and Gleissner called, while Hamerov folded.
on the river. Gleissner made it 17,800 to go with about as much behind and Schulz tossed in a chip for the call to rake in the pot uncontested, as Gleissner simply sent his cards into the muck.
flop for 8,000. Plesuv raised to 18,000 and called the push of Paczka with the 
to see his opponent turn over 
