Max Altergott defended his big blind against a raise by Ali Reza Fatehi and the latter was all in and at risk for his last 33,700 on the flop. Altergott quickly called with for top set while Fatehi had plenty of outs with the .
The turn was a blank, but Fatehi improved to a flush on the river to double.
Ivan Luca signed up not long ago and called a raise of Jean-Noel Thorel, while Ali Reza Fatehi on the button also came along. On the flop, Thorel checked and Luca bet 3,300. Fatehi moved all in and that forced two quick folds.
Soon after a raise by Fatehi from the hijack and Thorel defended his big blind. Thorel checked and called a bet of 5,600 by Fatehi on the flop, the turn was checked through. Thorel bet the river for 10,000 and Fatehi folded.
Mikita Badziakouski in the cutoff and Bryn Kenney on the button headed to the turn and the former checked, the latter bet 10,500 and Badziakouski called. The on the turn went check, check, and Badziakouski showed for top set to win the pot, then admitted in table chat he wasn't too happy about the run out of the board.
Picking up the action on the turn, Jean-Noel Thorel checked out of the big blind and Martin Kabrhel bet 16,000. Thorel moved all in almost immediately and Kabrhel asked the dealer to spread the pot. There were around 25,000 in the middle and Kabrhel had 59,200 behind.
"Sometimes you have to gamble," Kabrhel said and called.
Martin Kabrhel:
Jean-Noel Thorel:
The on the river was a blank and Kabrhel was eliminated for a second time, he won't be returning to the tables as all players agreed upon a single re-entry only.
Dan Shak raised to 4,000 on the button and Dominik Nitsche called in the small blind. Timothy Adams three-bet to 16,500 in the big blind and Shak moved all in, Nitsche folded. Adams called for around 132,000 and was barely covered as Shak had a stack of 135,000.
Timothy Adams:
Dan Shak:
Shak paired up on the while Adams picked up a ton of outs on the turn. However, the on the river was a blank and Adams headed straight to the cashier to buy in for his second bullet.
Adrian Mateos raised to 3,500 from the hijack and Max Altergott called on the button. The flop fell and a bet of 4,000 did the trick for Mateos. Altergott got the chips back the next hand when his raise from the cutoff was called by Felipe Ramos, who check-foplded the flop to a continuation bet.
Felipe Ramos and Ole Schemion registered right after the break and were seated next to each other, while the next big blind from that table will be moved momentarily.
There are 12 out of 15 players remaining and they have been sent on the first 20-minute break of the day. Registration remains open for the next four levels of 30 minutes each and the following break.
In the meantime, see how Vivian Saliba is doing at the Main Event Day 3.