Picking up the action on the 
flop, Gerhard Brimmers and Kenneth Thomsen invested 1,700 each before the 
turn was checked. Thomsen bet the 
river for 4,000 and Brimmers called. Thomsen showed 
and Brimmers had that beat with 
and tapped the table before raking in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
57,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
On the three-way flop of 
, Mihael Jeraj bet 700 and the small blind called before Antoine Profit raised to 2,000 from the big blind. Only Jeraj called and the 
turn was checked through. After the 
river, Profit checked and eventually called a bet worth 1,500 by Jeraj, then mucked when he was shown 
.
Despite losing this small pot, Profit appears to be current chip leader with several others having already doubled their stacks.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
68,000
68,000
|
68,000 |
|
68,000
38,000
|
38,000 |
|
60,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
60,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
There were four players that saw a flop for 550 each. The dealer fanned the community cards of 
and the action was checked around to [Removed:237] on the button who fired out a bet of 1,500. Felip Ramos called from the small blind and the other two players folded.
The turn brought the 
and Ramos checked again. Horni fired another 2,500 into the middle only to have Ramos check-raise to 7,000. Horni made the call and the landed on the river. Ramos bet 15,000 and Horni wasted little time before calling. Ramos tabled 
but Horni had him beat with 
. Ramos was left with just 1,600 and will have to spin it up if he wants to avoid re-entering.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
59,300
59,300
|
59,300 |
|
1,600
-24,400
|
-24,400 |
|
||
Level: 5
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
Fabrice Halleux busted on his first bullet today and is back in for attempt number two, now facing High Roller champion Fahredin Mustafov who he still remembers from last night.
Mustafov raised to 600 on the button and Halleux called. On the 
, Halleux check-called a bet of 500 and did so again for 2,500 on the 
turn. The 
fell on the river and Halleux checked the third street in a row. Mustafov bet 5,000 and that won the pot without resistance.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,500 | |
|
23,500
23,500
|
23,500 |
On the three-way flop of 
, the player on the button bet 700 and was called by Georgios Zisimopoulos in the small blind. Timur Caglan, who won the 2016 PokerNews Cup in Rozvadov and finished second in the same tournament a few weeks ago here at the King's Casino, check-raised to 1,700 in the big blind and that picked up a call by Zisimopoulos only.
The 
turn saw a check-call by Zisimopoulos for 2,500 before the Greek checked again the river. Caglan made it 4,000 to go and avoided a showdown after the fold of his opponent. Zisimopoulos is already on his second bullet while €5,300 High Roller third-place finisher Robert Schulz was waiting to be dealt in at the end of the hand.
Viliyan Petleshkov also walked into the tournament area with a ticket in the hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
35,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
||
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
There were still five live hands in play on the turn with around 11,000 in the middle already. The board read 
and the action was checked to Maxim Lykov in middle position. He made a bet of 4,000 and was called by the hijack, Armen Zakaryan in the small blind, and the big blind.
The river brought the 
and Zakaryan led out for 8,000. The big blind folded, Lykov called, and the hijack folded. Zakaryan tabled for a straight and Lykov's cards hit the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
77,000 | |
|
48,000
-22,000
|
-22,000 |
|
||
On the flop, Sebastian Langrock called a bet of Maxim Lykov and the turn was checked to the German in the cutoff. Langrock bet 800 and Lykov called before the 
river was checked. Lykov showed and Langrock won the pot with 
. Both players are now almost even in chips while Felix Schulze, Jan-Peter Jachtmann and Pierre Neuville were among those to enter recently.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
70,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
55,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
|
43,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
|
||
|
40,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
|
||
|
40,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
32,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
|
||
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
||
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
27,500
-2,500
|
-2,500 |
|
25,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
||
|
22,500
-15,500
|
-15,500 |
|
|
||
Sander van Wesemael and Roman Cieslik are among the big stacks midway through Day 1b while Tomas Fara was spotted at the cashier, purchasing a re-entry for the tournament. The Dutchman confirmed that it was him who knocked out Fara.
According to van Wesemael, he three-bet an open raise by the player in under the gun to 1,400 and Fara four-bet to 4,100 from the small blind. Only van Wesemael called and did so for 5,000 on the 
flop. After a 
turn, Fara shoved for more than 20,000 with pocket aces and van Wesemael called with 
for the straight, leaving his opponent drawing dead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
75,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
72,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000
1,500
|
1,500 |
|
|
||
After a raise to 600 from middle position and a cal from the cutoff, Anatoliy Zyrin three-bet to 2,500 on the button. The small blind called as did the original raiser. The flop fell 
and the action was checked to Zyrin who continued for 3,000. The small blind called and the player in middle position folded.
The turn was the and the small blind led out for 4,000. Zyrin called to see the hit the river. His opponent shipped all-in for 7,725 and Zyrin went into the tank for a couple minutes. After counting his stack numerous times, Zyrin finally made the call. His opponent turned over and Zyrin showed . Zyrin's pair of nines took down the pot and eliminated his opponent.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
44,500
14,500
|
14,500 |
|
||
