Three players were piling chips in on a flop, with a player on the button having 3,800 in front of him and a player in early position having called before Marton Czuczor jammed for about 22,000. The player on the button tanked around two minutes before dropping in calling chips, and the third player folded.
Czuczor:
Opponent:
Czuczor had a few cards to fade since his opponent had a straight flush draw and could also hit a set to take the lead, but the and runout gave the Hungarian a boat.
A number of players who have busted the Single-Day High Roller have taken seats in the Main Event, including David Peters, Igor Kurganov, and Michael Rocco.
Ari Engel's stack size is steadily going in one direction — up. In a recent hand, Engel called from the button a preflop raise of 900. Both players in the blinds tagged along to see a flop. The action was checked around to Engel on the flop. He bet less than half the pot for 1,750 and took down the pot when he received no resistance with the other three players folding.
Some other stacks from around the room include Ben Farrell with 60,000, Fatima Moreira de Melo with 26,500, William Kassouf with 17,000 and last year's EPT Prague Main Event winner Hossein Ensan off to a good start today with 72,000.
Czech Republic's Vítězslav Čech has one of the bigger stacks around the room. Before the break, Čech thought he was firing in a preflop raise for 750, however, he didn't notice an opponent earlier raised to 900. According to the tournament rules, Čech was forced to call the bet.
Čech and his opponent were heads-up on the flop. Čech bet 1,000 when the action was checked to him. His opponent opted to raise the action to 3,100 which Čech called.
Čech's opponent led out with a bet of 5,600 after the appeared on the turn, which Čech called. The completed the board on the river. Čech's opponent led out again, this time for half of his remaining chips for 13,000. Čech had his opponent covered and reraised him all-in which he called. Čech shipped a huge pot and eliminated his opponent when he turned over for a full house while his opponent held for two pair.
Heading into the break, Čech found himself with a six-digit stack of approximately 102,000.
Niall Farrell and Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Selbst are sitting across from each other at a table on the far side of the room. Selbst's stack is a little lower than earlier at around 37,000 after she was initially off to a fast start. Meanwhile, Farrell is also having trouble getting anything going in the first half of the day.
In a hand just before the break, Farrell was facing a bet from his opponent for 5,000 with the pot at around 10,000 board showing . He tanked for a few minutes before calling. His opponent turned over , while Farrell tossed his hand into the muck. While he didn't expose his hand, he did share with the table that he had pocket tens. After the hand, Farrell's stack was less than half the opening stack with 13,500 left for him to try to run it up with.
Four levels down, four more to go. The next and last break will be for 75 minutes for dinner. Play should end sometime around midnight local time for the day.