Martin Kabrhel won another small pot against Quirin Zech and the next hand saw Elliot Smith heads-up against Renato Nowak on the flop 
. Both players checked and Smith then bet the 
turn for 1,500, which Nowak called. The 
river triggered a bet worth 5,000 by Smith and Nowak paid him off to muck to the 
of the Canadian.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
120,000
12,200
|
12,200 |
Martin Kabrhel opened to 1,600 and was called three ways to see the flop of 
. Here, the action checked to Quirin Zech and the German bet 3,500, only Kabrhel called. The Czech check-called a bet of 8,200 after the 
turn and then double checked his cards when the fell on the river. Kabrhel bet 16,625 and Zech quickly folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
120,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
|
||
|
113,000
10,325
|
10,325 |
Czech high stakes expert Martin Kabrhel joined the competition on the eight seat of the secondary table and immediately won the first hand by stealing the blinds and antes.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
101,000 | |
|
|
||
Level: 5
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
203,375
2,625
|
2,625 |
|
174,800
20,200
|
20,200 |
|
128,675
28,675
|
28,675 |
|
126,650
1,150
|
1,150 |
|
|
123,325
26,675
|
26,675 |
|
|
107,800
200
|
200 |
Paul Newey opens up to 1,300 on the feature table with 
before Mothes three-bets the pot to 3,600 with 
. Newey calls setting up the flop of 
, which both players opt to check.
Newey stabbed at the pot with a bet of 4,800 holding bottom pair after the 
the turn and Mothes called. On the river came the which Newey check/folded after Mothes attempted to extract value with a bet of 12,300.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
105,450
35,875
|
35,875 |
|
90,025
5,000
|
5,000 |
The players have been sent into their second 20-minute break of the day while the feature table carries on with hands on a security delay of 30 minutes.
In the hijack seat, Elliot Smith raised to 1,200 and Franco Cantarella three-bet to 3,200 from one seat over to get a call by the Canadian. Both players checked the flop 
and Smith then bet the 
turn for 2,500. Cantarella raised to 6,500 and was called before Smith checked the 
river.
Cantarella fired 16,300 and that almost got Smith to fold, though the Canadian ended up calling after plenty of consideration. Smith announced ace-queen and Cantarella said that was good before getting shown 
. Cantarella didn't show his inferior cards and revealed in the chat after the end of the hand that both had a gentleman's agreement and did the same several times before.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
125,500 | |
|
|
108,000 |
On the feature table, Pierre Mothes opened the action with for 1,200 under the gun. Besim Hot called from the small blind with 
, and Aleksandar Tomovic called with from the big blind.
The flop of 
was of no help to any of the players. None-the-less, Mothes made a standard continuation bet of 2,200 chips after the action was checked to him, which Tomovic called after Hot laid down his hand.
The 
came on the turn, giving Mothes a flush draw, and Tomovic drawing to two outs for a gut-shot straight. Tomovic once again checked and Mothes fired a second bullet for 4,600 chips which Tomovic called.
On the river came the . Tomovic opted to bet 9,000, knowing this was the only way for him to take down the pot. Mothes smelled weakness and raised the action to 26,800. After Tomovic quickly folded, Mothes shared his bluff with the better hand.
Renato Nowak on the button called a squeeze by Elliot Smith to 2,000 out of the big blind and they saw the heads-up flop of 
. Smith quickly continued with a bet of 2,000 and was called before checking the turn. Nowak now fired 5,500 and received a call before the 
on the river slowed down all action and resulted in two checks.
Nowak flipped over and that won the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
206,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
|
83,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
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