In a battle of the blinds, Norbert Berent and Michael Addamo were at it with the latter at risk of elimination holding . Berent had and found a gutshot on the flop. The turn left just the four tens in the deck as outs for Berent, but a blank showed up as final community card and Addamo doubled.
Andrea Cortellazzi raised to 55,000 from under the gun and Markus Durnegger called on the button. On the flop, Cortellazzi continued for 71,000 and Durnegger called. The fell on the turn and Cortellazzi fired a second bet worth 155,000, again Durnegger called.
After the river, Cortellazzi made it 405,000 to go and Durnegger called after plenty of consideration. Cortellazzi turned over the for a set of tens, Durnegger mucked and dropped a ton of chips.
Sam Grafton raised and Jose Quintas three-bet to receive a call from the Brit.
On the flop, Grafton checked from early position and Quintas bet 115,000 from the cutoff. Grafton called and the turn was checked by both. After the river, Grafton bet 310,000 and Quintas folded.
The cards of Erik Friberg were already in the muck when his stack was sent over to table neighbor Stephen Malone. Friberg had defended his big blind against a raise by Malone, who was in under the gun, and then shoved the flop with for top pair.
Malone called with the and the turn and river were blanks for Friberg.
Short stack Diego Zeiter shoved for 230,000 and Vojtech Ruzicka called from one seat over on the feature table. Mikhail Molchanov then reraised all in for 885,000 and Ruzicka called to put two opponents at risk.
Zeiter:
Molchanov:
Ruzicka:
The board came and the stack of Zeiter was chopped up, he was sent to the rail.
Pavel Veksler opened to 55,000 from under the gun, saw Miroslav Forman make it 155,000 from the small blind, but Alexey Romanov ramped it up even more to 275,000 from the big blind. that was enough for Veksler to slam his entire stack into the middle (571,000) and when Forman folded, Romanov called it off.
Pavel Veksler:
Alexey Romanov:
The flop of gave Veksler the lead and prompted Forman to announce to his friends that he folded pocket nines. The turn of and river of kept Veksler ahead and gave him a priceless double up.
The last 38 players have been sent into a 80-minute dinner break. They will return for two more levels of 90 minutes each at approximately 8.30 p.m. local time.
. Berent had 
and found a gutshot on the 
flop. The 
turn left just the four tens in the deck as outs for Berent, but a blank showed up as final community card and Addamo doubled.
, Stephen Malone checked in the big blind and Alexandru Baron in the hijack bet 64,000, Malone called.
turn, Malone led for 65,000 and Baron called before both checked through the 
river. Malone showed 
flop, Cortellazzi continued for 71,000 and Durnegger called. The 
fell on the turn and Cortellazzi fired a second bet worth 155,000, again Durnegger called.
for a set of tens, Durnegger mucked and dropped a ton of chips.
flop, Grafton checked from early position and Quintas bet 115,000 from the cutoff. Grafton called and the 
river, Grafton bet 310,000 and Quintas folded.
for top pair.
turn and 
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ended his chances. 
