The live-streamed feature table includes Phil Hellmuth and the action can be viewed on a security delay of 30 minutes. Hellmuth has bumped his stack to the average after starting mighty short of that, while Tudor Popa has the biggest stack right there.
There was a raise to 6,500 from early position and call from the hijack with the action on Sander van Wesemael in the big blind. He three-bet to 22,500 and his opponent in early position four-bet shoved all-in for 112,600. The player in the hijack folded and van Wesemael called after taking his time on the decision.
van Wesemael:
Opponent:
It was a race situation and the flop came . Van Wesemael was still behind but the on the turn quickly gave him the lead. The river was the van Wesemael eliminated his opponent.
Steven Stephan, who finished runner-up to Andrej Desset in the €225 partypoker Grand Prix Main Event in Rozvadov in April 2017, was all in for 33,000 and saw Peter Boros at risk for 41,000. Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier looked them both up with the superior stack and best hand.
Steven Stephan:
Peter Boros:
Bertrand Grospellier:
The board came and Stephan tripled up, while Boros won the small side pot to remain on five big blinds.
Dmytro Khakhalyev moved all in for 54,000 from the cutoff and Van Tiep Nguyen reshoved out of the small blind to see Khakhalyev already expose his cards. However, Tezer Cetindag in the big blind was still to act and eventually folded.
Dmytro Khakhalyev:
Van Tiep Nguyen:
The board came and that was it for Khakhalyev.
One table over, Pavel Stolar raised to 6,500 and called the three-bet to 27,000 by Catalin Pop in the small blind. Both checked the flop before Pop check-called a bet of 25,000 by Stolar on the turn. The duo checked the river and Stolar won the pot with , much to the displeasure of Pop who mucked his cards with force. Jan Mach is now the player with the most chips on their table.
Vojtěch Škalák raised to 6,000 and Dov Peterfreund moved all in for 74,000, which caused Rifat Gegic to reshove from late position and forced out all opponents including Skalak.
Dov Peterfreund:
Rifat Gegic:
The board came and Peterfreund doubled.
One hand later, Vardan Lapayan shoved for 59,000 and Manuel Fischer reshoved from the small blind.
Vardan Lapayan:
Manuel Fischer:
Fischer could all but laugh, having made the same move as Gegic the hand before, and the board of let the player from Georgia double up as well.
The pot had a little over 65,000 in it and the board read . Brandon Cantu was in the big blind and led out for a casual 35,000. His opponent went into the tank for a couple minutes before eventually making the call.
Cantu turned over for a straight and his opponent sent his cards to the muck. Cantu racked up a stack of over 200,000 and then got moved tables, now sitting to the left of Bertrand Grospellier.
On the flop of , Michal Mrakes checked and called a bet of 8,000 by Liang Feng to see the on the turn. Both players checked this time and Mrakes bet the on the river for 10,000. Feng called and Mrakes showed , which prompted in a dry smile by Feng who revealed his .
Below are further assorted big stacks of local players.
Markus Kuhnen found himself heads-up with Krzysztof Dulowski on a flop of . Kuhnen checked from early position and Dulowki fired 9,000 into a pot of around 22,000. Kuhnen made the call and the peeled off on the turn.
Kuhnen checked again and Dulowski continued for another 26,500. Kuhnen called and the completed the board. Kuhnen checked for the third time and Dulowski fired a third bullet of 47,000. Kuhnen eventually called and Dulowski tabled for a broadway straight.
. Van Wesemael was still behind but the 
on the turn quickly gave him the lead. The river was the 
van Wesemael eliminated his opponent.
and Stephan tripled up, while Boros won the small side pot to remain on five big blinds.
and that was it for Khakhalyev.
turn. The duo checked the 
and Peterfreund doubled.
let the player from Georgia double up as well.
, Michal Mrakes checked and called a bet of 8,000 by Liang Feng to see the 
on the river for 10,000. Feng called and Mrakes showed 
. Kuhnen checked from early position and Dulowki fired 9,000 into a pot of around 22,000. Kuhnen made the call and the 
