Action folded to Francois Billard in the cutoff and he raised to 18,000. His neighbor Farid Yachou on the button three-bet to 4,300 and both blinds folded. Action was back on Billard and he four-bet to 15,100. Yachou called.
The flop came and Billard bet 15,600. Yachou called.
With the hitting the turn, Billard shoved for what appeared to be just over 50,000. Yachou didn't need much time making up his mind as he folded just about right away.
It remained unclear how Vicente Delgado had already squeezed to 20,600, but the Spaniard then faced the shove of Sergey Sergeev for 42,800 and called with the words "I have a five, I have to call" followed by one further single word when he spotted Sergeev's . Delgado only had and the board of let the Russian double.
Hand 2
One hand later, Sergeev raised to 1,800 and Samy Ouellani three-bet to 4,700 from one seat over. Sergeev called and the flop fell . Sergeev check-called a bet of 4,500 before the turn went check, check. On the river, Sergeev bet 7,700 and Ouellani called.
"You know what they say, deuces never loses," Sergeev announced and tabled the . Ouellani had that beat with and won the pot.
Orpen Kisacikoglu in fact doubled up before the break still and just took down a small pot after the players came back from dinner. He opened to 1,800 and picked up two callers in Jakub Michalak in the cutoff and the player on the button.
On the flop, Kisacikoglu continued for 2,700 and just the button called. On the turn, the action went check, check, and Kisacikoglu's bet of 5,700 on the river claimed the pot without showdown.
Soon after, Thi Xoa Nguyen was spotted leaving the same table after running out of chips.
According to Aleksandar Spadijer, James Akenhead became a big stack by cracking pocket aces for 91,450 with the in a preflop raising war. The flop provided two diamonds and a gutshot, the turn gave the for a flush and the river was a blank for the opponent.
With currently 315 entries made into the High Roller, it's equally as big as last year's event. With registration remaining open till the start of Day 2, that number is sure to increase to a new record.
On a board of we saw small blind Emil Patel bet out 5,000. Big blind Albert Daher folded, Daniel Dvoress called from early position and Konstantin Puchkov on the button folded.
The river came the and Patel checked. Dvoress moved in for 14,200 and Patel called. Dvoress showed for the nut flush and Patel mucked.
In a preflop raising war, Oleksii Khoroshenin invested all but his last 75 chips against Pasquale Grimaldi in the small blind and then called all in after a flop of . Grimaldi turned over for top pair, while Khoroshenin had .
The turn restored the preflop order and Khoroshenin doubled up his short stack officially after the fell on the river.
In the previous hand, Kenny Hallaert had fired one barrel against three opponents and a second against the sole remaining caller to claim the pot on the turn.
Right after, Hallaert raised again to 1,400 and just Vicente Delgado in the big blind called. On the flop, Delgado check-called a bet of 2,700 and both players then checked the turn. On the river, Delgado checked and Hallaert bet 5,200.
Delgado check-raised to 30,000 with 15,000 behind and Hallaert preserved his big stack by folding.
and Billard bet 15,600. Yachou called.
hitting the turn, Billard shoved for what appeared to be just over 50,000. Yachou didn't need much time making up his mind as he folded just about right away.
and the board of 
let the Russian double.
. Sergeev check-called a bet of 4,500 before the 
turn went check, check. On the 
. Ouellani had that beat with 
and won the pot.
for a flush and the river was a blank for the opponent.
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we saw small blind Emil Patel bet out 5,000. Big blind Albert Daher folded, Daniel Dvoress called from early position and Konstantin Puchkov on the button folded.
and Patel checked. Dvoress moved in for 14,200 and Patel called. Dvoress showed 
for the nut flush and Patel mucked.
.
flop, Delgado check-called a bet of 2,700 and both players then checked the 
river, Delgado checked and Hallaert bet 5,200.