We noticed the huge stack of Tony Dunst and the players just behind him are not really unknown either: Anthony Gregg and Artem Metalidi. They just played a pot that saw them check down the board until the river, then Metalidi bet 525. Gregg check-raised to 1,750 and his opponent let go after some consideration.
One of the happiest participants in today's event is surely Mateusz Moolhuisen. Why you may ask? He is from the Netherlands and they beat Spain with 5-1 at the world cup. He was just involved in a hand where he called 500 on the flop but then folded on the turn after the opponent led for 1,100.
We noticed that the seat of Gaelle Baumann was empty and she three-bet with pocket kings to see an opponent call with eights and flop his set. The hand reached the river of a king high board and the Frenchwoman hit the rail. In seat nine we do have Thayer Rasmussen who just had a deep run at the WSOP and he is already off to a great start once again.
We didn't catch the action until the river but the pot was already quite big. The board showed and Farrell moved all in, Raskin called and showed . Farrell mucked but the dealer turned over since it was an all-in showdown, Raskin doubled up for 3,400 after the final community card.
Tamer Kamel just registered late after watching the football match Spain versus Netherlands earlier on and had a surprise on his new table. He just flat-called a raise to 300 and behind him a player made it 1,100. The initial raiser moved all in for 5,000 with and the Brit went over the top with pocket aces to enforce a tank fold from the other opponent. The aces held and the Brit is off to a great start.