Anatoliy Zyrin's stack vanished after he got it in with the versus on a board of and immediately announced his re-entry. His seat was barely empty when Barny Boatman arrived with a fresh stack as well, having busted in the first attempt.
Georgios Koliofotis was cut down to just 2,000 after a big clash at the end of the previous level. On a flop he bet 400 and the button called. Koliofotis bet the pot on the turn for 1,350 and was called before firing 2,000 on the river. His opponent raised to 5,000 and Koliofotis called to muck when being shown .
Vivian Saliba was sat on the same table as the only other Brazilian in town, which is no other than Felipe Ramos, and immediately won a few small pots without showdown to boost her stack. Ramos on the other hand lost two third of his stack early on and may have to re-enter shortly.
On the three-way flop of , Kenny Hallaert bet the pot of 2,000 and a short stack on the button called all in for less, while Alexander Lakhov folded.
Hallaert turned over and the short stack flipped over . The turn gave Hallaert top two, but the river improved the short stack to trips eights.
New tables are being opened momentarily and one of them saw Sander van Wesemael bet the four-way limped turn of for 325 out of the small blind. The big blind and Marek Blasko from under the gun called, Roland Israelashvili from one seat over folded. The river was checked and all three players checked, van Wesemael was first to show and turned over for ace-king high. Blasko eventually raked in the pot with .
Roland Wirth started well and just sent two opponents to the rail in consecutive hands. The first one was in fact reduced to all but 25 chips after being unable to beat Wirth's on the river of a board and left the table to forfeit his miracle chip and a chair.
The next hand, Wirth raised to 300 and Vivian Saliba three-bet to 1,000. Wirth made it 2,500 to go and Saliba called. On the flop, Wirth bet 5,000 and Saliba called before calling all in on the turn.
Robert Wirth:
Vivian Saliba:
The river was a blank and Saliba was covered to head straight to the registration desk for the next bullet.
John Racener is apparently on his third bullet while Ryan Hughes ran his second entry up to almost six times the starting stack early on. Kenny Hallaert emerged as second big stack with more than four times the starting stack while other new entries include Pierre Neuville, who busted in the MONSTER STACK in 11th place.
Barny Boatman raised to 400 and Felipe Ramos three-bet to 1,400. Alexander Lakhov four-bet the size of the pot with little behind and Boatman joked "okay I gamble" before moving all in after Ramos' and Lakhov's friendly chatter about the re-entry format ensured that all three stacks would go in preflop.
Felipe Ramos:
Alexander Lakhov:
Barny Boatman:
"Oh, I have two suits," Boatman said after discovering the hands of his opponents and the board ran out to give the defending champion two pair. Ramos was the shortest stack with 4,325 to bust and Boatman had 7,650 to cover Lakhov. It is very likely that Ramos and Lakhov will be joining the action again shortly.
Ethem Tosun was part of a three-way all in after a flop of and managed to bump his stack back to where he started with after chopping with against two opponents that held and . The turn and river were blanks and thw two nut straights split it up.
Mike Leah and Jan-Peter Jachtmann got into a raising war on the flop and the pot-sized bet of the German for 1,500 was raised by Leah, who left himself around 2,700 behind. Jachtmann called and then folded on the turn when Leah moved all in. Leah showed with a big grin and added "and a flush."
In the meanwhile, Ryan Hughes has added another stack to his growing tower and is the early chip leader.
The first three levels levels are done and dusted, and the screens show 75 players out of 105 entries remaining. They have been sent into a 20-minute break and the raising massacre at the tables will move over to the free buffet for now.
versus 
on a board of 
and immediately announced his re-entry. His seat was barely empty when Barny Boatman arrived with a fresh stack as well, having busted in the first attempt.
flop he bet 400 and the button called. Koliofotis bet the pot on the 
river. His opponent raised to 5,000 and Koliofotis called to muck when being shown 
.
, Kenny Hallaert bet the pot of 2,000 and a short stack on the button called all in for less, while Alexander Lakhov folded.
. The 
turn gave Hallaert top two, but the 
river was checked and all three players checked, van Wesemael was first to show and turned over 
turn and 
