Jan Suchanek and Artur Koren each put 3,000 in on a flop and Suchanek bet 7,000 more on the turn out of the big blind. Koren thought briefly and mucked.
Suchanek took the pot, but he's still well below his peak, when he was sniffing the 100K range.
Two hands in a row Kjell Dyb took on two shorter stacks and lost one of those encounters while recovering most of the chips the very next hand. First he took on Mark Vos for 11,800 with versus and Vos doubled thanks to a board of .
Next, a short stack shoved from under the gun with the and Dyb called with the . The board came and the pot was sent to the Norwegian.
While Louis Salter may not have as much of a poker resume as his big brother Jack yet, the young Brit slowly but surely makes a name for himself and has already cashed for more than $1.1 million on the live circuit. Jack made it through to Day 2 with 68,300 on yesterday's second flight and Louis is on the best way to top that tonight.
After three-betting preflop, Salter called the shove of his table neighbour on the flop for more than 16,000 and was shown the . Salter had that dominated by far with the and the board completed with the blank turn and river.
We found Josh Reichard facing an all-in shove worth about 25,000 with on the felt. He put in the calling chips and saw he was facing the flopped nuts in . Reichard had outs with but the river was not enough improvement to overtake the set.
The dealer announced all in and a call at the table of Walter Treccarichi and a quick look revealed the turn of a board with the Italian in the showdown, having an opponent at risk for 16,475 with for turned two pair. Unfortunately, Treccarichi only had two outs as his opponent held the for a set, and the on the river was of no help to cut down his stack considerably.
A short-stacked player committed his last 2,500 from middle position and Dietrich Fast called on the button. The player at risk held , but was dominated by Fast's .
The board ran out and Fast patted the table as a goodbye.
Martin Jacobson was in the big blind and checked a flop and his middle-position opponent checked back. Jacobson bet 4,000, about twice the pot, on the turn, and he got action. He bet big again on the river with 14,000 but faced an all-in shove moments later. The former world champ instantly released.
Artur Koren's stack skyrocketed to the top of the leader board while former big stack Jan Suchanek struggles with less than the starting stack. Other new big stacks include Ludovic Geilich, Scott Margereson and Victor Teng.
Koren would have had even more chips if his had dealt the final blow to a short stack for 13,400, but the player at risk held up with thanks to a board of .