The players have been sent on their second 15-minute break of the day.
The players have been sent on their second 15-minute break of the day.
Dinesh Alt raised to 20,000 in the hijack, Frankie Cucchiara three-bet to 50,000 on the button, and Alt called.
The flop came A♦4♥J♦ and Cucchiara continued for 30,000. Alt called and they both checked the K♦ turn.
Alt then led out for 110,000 on the 2♦ river, and Cucchiara tanked for a few minutes before folding.
Lulei Hu opened from the cutoff to 20,000, and Vikrant Mangal called in the small blind.
On the 10♦6♣3♣ flop, Mangal check-called versus a bet of 28,000 from Hu.
The 10♥ turn paired the board, and Mangal checked once more. Hu fired out a bet of 78,000, only to be faced with a check-raise to 246,000 from Mangal, who left himself only 75,000 behind.
Hu went into the tank, and took a good two minutes before ultimately folding.
In a blinds confrontation, a pot of 80,000 had developed on a flop of 10♠10♦3♦.
Ran Ilani led out from the small blind with a bet of 25,000, and was met with a raise to 80,000 from Bastian Dohler in the big blind.
After some thought, Ilani folded.
Simone Pegolotti and Samir Nacer just got each of their stacks into the middle preflop with Pegolotti having slightly fewer chips and being the one at risk.
Simone Pegolotti: K♠Q♦
Samir Nacer: A♠K♣
Pegolotti needed a lot of help to beat the big slick of Nacer, but he was unable to find the assistance he required on the 7♦6♠6♦5♥2♦ runout. Nacer's ace-high won the pot, sending Pegolotti to the rail.
Georgios Tsouloftas three-bet to 100,000 in the big blind before Govert Metaal four-bet to 212,000 on the button. Tsouloftas then moved all in, and Metaal snap-called for 650,000.
Govert Metaal: K♠K♥
Georgios Tsouloftas: 8♠4♣
Metaal showed down two kings as Tsouloftas was caught making a big move. The 5♦5♠5♣ flop was no help, while the rest of the board ran out J♥2♣ and Tsouloftas handed over the double up.
Vlastimil Pustina opened from early position to 20,000, and received calls from Jonas Lauck on the button and Pierre Calamusa in the big blind.
The A♥5♦4♣ turn was checked to the 6♥ turn. Action was knuckled to Pustina, who fired out a bet of 55,000, leading to swift folds from both of his opponents.
Pascal Pflock was all-in for a sub 100,000 stack and at risk against Roberto Manfredi.
Pascal Pflock: A♦10♦
Roberto Manfredi: 4♠4♣
Pflock needed some help, and although he hit top pair on the A♥Q♥3♠ flop, the 4♦ followed on the turn to give Manfredi a set, the 5♥ river completing the board.