On the turn, Christoph Vogelsang checked in the cutoff and Haralabos Voulgaris bet 25,000 from one seat over. The German called and then did so again for 50,000 on the river. Voulgaris showed and trips queens was enough to scoop the decent pot.
Aidyn Auyezkanov was first to act and made it 5,000 from first position. It folded around to Isaac Haxton on the button and he three bet to 15,000. Both blinds released, Auyezkanov made the call.
Auyezkanov lead out for 2,500 on and Haxton called. Auyezkanov continued to bet small on the turn (3,000) and river (2,400). Haxton called his opponent down and showed the winner. Auyezkanov tabled , but the pot went to Haxton with the .
Fedor Holz had hit top pair on the flop but Murad Akhundov made a straight on the river to receive a full double up through the German. Holz shoved the next hand for his last 15,000 and Mark Teltscher one seat over gave it some thought before making the call, everyone else folded.
Holz:
Teltscher:
"That was obvious," Holz said and Teltscher joked back "well I have to create a show." The flop came and Holz said "that was obvious too" and he held up thanks to the turn and river.
Yingui Li was the last player among the Satellite winners to not have shown up yet, but the Chinese just walked in to take his seat next to Igor Kurganov.
On the three-way river , David Peters checked in the small blind as did Stephen Chidwick in the hijack. Guram Andronikashvili bet 22,000 from the button and Peters called, Chidwick however looked up his opponent and was shown for a failed bluff attempt.
The struggle of Erik Seidel and his short stack has come to an end while Andrew Pantling just check-raised the turn from 16,000 to 35,000. Gerard Pique called, then folded to the shove on the river. Pantling flashed pocket threes for middle set and both players are now pretty much even in chips.
Dan Shak had just lost a big pot when paying off the of Sergey Lebedev on the river of a board and then the Russian raised to 7,500 from under the gun. Shak called and they headed to the flop. Shak checked, Lebedev bet 5,000 and then faced a check-raise to 20,000 by Shak.
Lebedev folded and the Russian asked "Revenge?", Shak just laughed. "Revenge, how is that revenge?"
Ivan Luca, who finished 8th in the €100,000 Super High Roller yesterday, has been eliminated from the tournament. He raised to 6,600 from first position and got three bet to 20,000 by cutoff Dominik Nitsche. Action folded back to Luca and he pushed for around 80,000. Nitsche instantly called.
Ivan Luca:
Dominik Nitsche:
Nitsche found no trouble with the board coming . Luca was eliminated, but bought right back in for another shot. Around the same time of Luca busting, Ramin Hajiyev bought in for the first time.
At the end of this level, a short break takes place to remove the T-100 chips from the tournament. Registration will stay open for another level though and that also gives all players a chance to take advantage of the single reentry option.