The action was folded around to the hijack who raised to 1,600 and Ivo Donev three-bet to 4,500 from the cutoff. The blinds folded and the hijack made the call to see the flop of .
Both players checked to the on the turn and the hijack checked again. Donev made a delayed continuation bet of 5,000 and his opponent made the call. The river brought the and the hijack checked for the third time. Donev checked behind and tabled . His opponent showed and Donev acknowledged that he got lucky on the river to pair his ace.
Joining the action on the turn, Krasimir Yankov bet 6,800 and Maximilian Grünberger on the button raised to 15,000. Yankov called and checked the river, Grünberger checked behind. Yankov turned over the for a full house and won the pot.
The same table also features big stack Artan Dedusha and one table over is Arturs Scerbaks behind a tower of chips. Scerbaks just proceeded to knock out a short stack for 11,000 with versus , the board came .
Aleksandar Tomovic has been eliminated and walked out of the tournament past the table of Maciej Kondraszuk and Ivo Hermans. Those two were at it and a pot of 22,000 emerged until the river. Hermans moved all in for 48,000, more than twice the pot, and Kondraszuk was sent into the think tank.
The clock was called on him and with five seconds to go, Kondraszuk folded. Hermans raked in the pot without showing his cards or any emotions.
The 272 remaining players out of a 431-entry strong field have been sent into a 20-minute break in which the T-25 chips will get raced off. Three levels of 45 minutes each remain for tonight and the registration will close once the cards are back in the air for Day 2.
On a flop of , three players got all their chips in the middle with Gregor Greko being one of them. Greko had the best hand with for top set, and was up against and .
The turn brought the giving the shortest stack the nut flush. The river was the and Greko was unable to improve his hand. He was able to win a small side pot of around 12,000 but Greko will be returning from the break with a short stack.
Aleksandr Pantiakhin raised to 1,500 first to act and Aviv Meiri three-bet to 4,500, which Pantiakhin called. After the flop, both players checked and Pantiakhin check-called a bet of 5,000 on the turn. The fell on the river and the Russian bet 10,000.
Meiri gave it plenty of consideration and folded the . "You really fucked me on the river. Excuse my language," the Israeli said.
After a good start, the stack of Peter Siemund dwindled all the way down to half of the initial dotation and that was partly due to a recent hand against Aleksei Ivanov. On the flop, Siemund bet 3,000 and Ivanov called.
After the turn, Siemund checked and called a bet of 5,500 before the river and Siemund was first to show his . Ivanov turned over for better two pair and that won the pot.
There was a raise to 1,500 from the hijack and Dawid Paczka three-bet to 4,100 from the cutoff. His opponent called and the flop came . The hijack checked and Paczka continued for 3,000. His opponent made the call and the landed on the turn.
Again, the action was checked to Paczka and he fired again for 6,500. His opponent thought for a moment but then sent his cards to the muck. Paczka's relentless pressure forced his opponent to fold and earned him another pot.
Slowly but surely the field is getting thinned out with some 280 players out of 426 entries remaining. Petr Targa and Ralf Schwaneberg were spotted on the same table in a side event and Martin Wrulich also exited the tournament area. As far as Jiri Horak is concerned, he busted and bought back in.
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on the turn and the hijack checked again. Donev made a delayed continuation bet of 5,000 and his opponent made the call. The river brought the 
and the hijack checked for the third time. Donev checked behind and tabled 
. His opponent showed 
and Donev acknowledged that he got lucky on the river to pair his ace.
turn, Krasimir Yankov bet 6,800 and Maximilian Grünberger on the button raised to 15,000. Yankov called and checked the 
river, Grünberger checked behind. Yankov turned over the 
for a full house and won the pot.
versus 
, the board came 
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flop, both players checked and Pantiakhin check-called a bet of 5,000 on the 
. "You really fucked me on the river. Excuse my language," the Israeli said.
flop, Siemund bet 3,000 and Ivanov called.
for better two pair and that won the pot.
