On a flop of 
, Manuel Bardon checked and called a bet of 1,300 by Domenico D'Amore on the button. Bardon check-called another bet worth 2,100 on the 
turn and the 
river brought a bet of 7,000 by the Spaniard.
D'Amore called and mucked the when Bardon flashed 
for two pair.
Two players were eliminated on the table of Tuomo Niskanen. The first one lost all but a few chips with ace-king against the 
of Alejandro Perez Torres and was all in the next hand. All four callers checked down the board 
and the player at risk showed 
. Perez Torres held 
as the winning hand and finished the job he had started.
Right after, Niskanen won a big pot off Iurie Cudrinschi when he called a raise with 
and flopped top and bottom pair. According to Niskanen, Cudrinschi check-raised the flop and bet the turn and river. Niskanen called and Cudrinschi showed ace-five for inferior two pair on the river.
Cudrinschi had some 15,000 left and busted right after.
Fabio Miranda and Scott Blumstein were waiting for more players as they had just registered and a new table opened. Once a third player sat down and Kevin Allen was moved over, the cards were in the air for the 2017 WSOP Main Event champion.
Also in action is High Roller champion Tom Hall, who jumped in at the start of the level and sits next to Luke Haward.
Niveau: 4
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 300
Just before the end of the third level, Mark Cox was all in and at risk with the 
. His opponent held the 
and the board of saw Cox ended up second-best to kings and jacks.
At the end of the level, the players were sent in a 15-minute break and there are 77 players out of 85 entries remaining, which includes five re-entries.
Soon after sitting down, Iaron Lightbourne doubled through Neculai Radu. The cards of Radu were already in the muck and Lightbourne had 
tabled, the board showed 
.
Carlos Sanchez Diaz final-tabled the £2,200 High Roller and quickly doubled his stack on Day 1b of the £1,100 Main Event also. Just now he added even more chips to his growing tower and appears to be the current chip leader.
With the completed board showing 
and 4,000 in the middle, the Spaniard faced a bet of 800 and raised it up to 7,100. Without hesitation, his opponent called and Sanchez Diaz rolled over 
for two pair to claim another juicy pot.
Neculai Radu more than made up for his mediocre start and turned a full house with to chip up. One table over, Carlos Citara flopped a set and further improved to quads with pocket fours to shoot up the leaderboard.
Further chip counts can be found below.
Toni Ojala bet the 
river for 700 and Krzysztof Pregowski raised it up to 3,000. Ojala was in the think tank and used one time bank, while his opponent asked for his nationality and talked through pretty much all possible options.
Eventually, Ojala folded and said he had two pair, mentioned he was from Finland.
"Do you want to see?" Pregowski asked and Ojala nodded. He was shown the and asked what the other card may be. Ojala called out an ace and was right, as the river for a wheel was also revealed.
John Hesp lost a three-way pot with some 10,000 in the middle when he held 
on a board 
. One player mucked 
and the third player in the hand revealed 
for the better kicker.
"I should have bet," Hesp nodded and remains on a big stack early on Day 1b.
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