Laszlo Bujtas opened for 5,400 early and Niall Farrell made it 19,200 in the small blind. Bujtas peeled and they saw a flop. Both players checked. Farrell checked the and Bujtas bet 20,000. Farrell called. The river brought a and another check from Farrell. Bujtas moved in for what turned out to be 79,200 effective. Farrell called about 15 seconds later.
Farrell:
Bujtas:
Ship the double to the €25K champ, who put a dent in Bujtas' huge stack.
Markus Durnegger (big blind) and Gianluca Speranza (button) built a pot of about 100,000 on a board of . Durnegger bet 53,000 on the end and Speranza called without much delay. Durnegger said something and seemed less than inclined to turn his hand over.
"You going to show your hand or not?" Speranza asked.
Durnegger obliged by showing and Speranza tabled .
We found Kevin MacPhee in a blind versus blind raising war that ended with MacPhee's small blind opponent all in for about 60,000 with . MacPhee had and the board ran out dead for him, so the defending champ lost a little under half of his stack.
The board read and the pot had about 25,000 in it. Vlad Darie had bet 16,000 from the big blind and Ivan Luca was up for a decision from the mid-position. He called.
The river completed the board with the , now Darie bet 58,000 and Luca tanked. In the end, he folded.
Matas Cimbolas had what appeared to be a three-bet to 14,000 in front of him and was deep in the tank in the cutoff. That's because Pierre Neuville had 34,000 out on the button. Someone called a clock, and Cimbolas announced a reraise to 72,000 just as his five-second countdown was about to expire. Neuville folded after about a minute.
Ryan Riess' table is being moved to the TV table now so he will be on the live stream in about 30 minutes. Seated at the same table are players like Philipp Zukernik, Ioannis Angelou-Konstas, Maria Ho and Julian Stuer.
Two players checked to Nick Petrangelo on a completed board of . He moved all in for about 64,000. One player mucked but Nicky Romanello in the cutoff was stickier. He got the count and then verbalized a call. Petrangelo softly knuckled the table and slid the dealer his cards: . Romanello showed .
flop. Both players checked. Farrell checked the 
and Bujtas bet 20,000. Farrell called. The river brought a 
and another check from Farrell. Bujtas moved in for what turned out to be 79,200 effective. Farrell called about 15 seconds later.
and Speranza tabled 
and the board ran out dead for him, so the defending champ lost a little under half of his stack.
, now Darie bet 58,000 and Luca tanked. In the end, he folded.
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