On the flop of , three players were all in and at risk, and Tobias Schaaf was the shortest stack of them and tabled . He faced and the of Stanislav Wright, and the turn and river failed to improve Schaaf. "I thought there would be no action on this one," Wright joked and remains the far biggest stack on his table after chopping up Schaaf's stack with the third player in the hand.
Barny Boatman check-called a bet on the flop before check-shoving the turn and his sole opponent Krasimir Yankov eventually called and tabled pocket jacks. Boatman rolled over for the flopped nut flush and the river was a blank to let the Brit double.
The crazy re-entry madness has an end for now as the remaining 88 players have been sent into a 20-minute dinner break. The registration will remain open until the cards are back in the air, and until now a field of 178 entries has emerged.
Action will resume at approximately 9.45 p.m. local time.
An additional 13 players jumped in before the cards went back in the air with Peter Bstieler, Sergio Fernandez and Georgios Zisimopoulos all as new entries. Phil Hellmuth re-entered, as did Jeff Lisandro and Ryan Hughes. Hellmuth was seated on the same table as Eli Elezra.
According to the screens, there were 191 entries in total and a prize pool of €366,529 has emerged, however those numbers are yet to be officially confirmed.
Thomas Pedersen raised to 4,800 from under the gun and the big blind called. Both players checked the flop and the big blind check-raised all in after the turn. Pedersen called all in for his last 15,400 and tabled for the straight and diamond flush draw.
His opponent wanted the board to pair with , but the river was a blank.
Aaron Duczak and Christopher Back were less fortunate than Pedersen and busted from different tables in quick succession.
A few days ago, Andreas Klatt won Event #2 €550 Pot-Limit Omaha but he won't be adding a second bracelet during the festival, at least for now. Willm Engelke raised to 3,500 and Klatt moved all in for his last 9,000 from the small blind. Once it was back on Engelke, he Quickly called and Klatt asked "Do you have Aces or kings? The way you played so far, I highly doubt that," and Engelke grinned back with a "I have some of everything."
Andreas Klatt:
Willm Engelke:
The flop of gave Engelke a flush draw and Klatt was drawing dead on the turn, making the river a formality.
Rex Clinkscales doubled his short stack with versus after the chips went in on a flop of , and the turn and river gave the American a flush.
After two players limped, Igor Sharaskin raised to 10,000 and Alexandre Viard three-bet the pot to 36,000, which only Sharaskin called. On the flop of the stacks went in and Viard was the player at risk with for 55,700. Sharaskin had a big draw with , but the turn and river failed to improve the Russian.
Soon after, Sumit Supra was all in at the same table with against the of Rifat Palevic and the board came to five Supra a straight on the river.