Ryan Riess opened to 250,000 with the and Manig Loeser defended out of the big blind with the to flop top pair on . Loeser checked and Riess bet 125,000, which Loeser called.
After the turn, Riess picked up a ton of equity and Loeser checked, which prompted a bet of 250,000 by Riess. Loeser called and the river brought no action to see Loeser scoop the last hand of the level before heading into a 20-minute break.
Wei Huang made it 280,000 in the small blind with and Nicola Grieco defended . Grieco called 150,000 on the flop before turn and river went check/check.
Ryan Riess opened the action with a raise to 250,000 with in the cutoff and Wei Huang called on the button with , as did Nicola Grieco in the small blind with .
The flop gave Huang top pair and the action checked to him, which prompted a bet of 250,000 by Huang. Grieco called with his underpair and Riess elected to fold.
On the turn, Grieco checked and Huang bet 475,000 to win the pot right there.
Manig Loeser raised to 270,000 on the button with and Wei Huang defended the big blind with . The got checked by both players, which allowed Huang to hit the turn for free.
Huang checked his top pair, Loeser bet 300,000 with the double gutter and overcard, and Huang called. The on the river bricked for Loeser. Huang decided to lead out for 305,000 and Loeser folded the queen-high.
Viktor Katzenberger raised to 260,000 with and picked up a call by Ryan Riess with the on the button. Nicola Grieco called out of the big blind with after using a time bank and the flop fell .
All three players checked to see the turn and once again all players checked. Grieco rivered the best pair with the and no betting action meant that Grieco added further chips to his stack.
Manig Loeser opened to 240,000 with first to act and Katzenberger defended in the big blind. A flop of gave Loeser top set and Katzenberger checked to the German, who bet 390,000 to force a quick fold.
Ryan Riess raised the button with to 250,000 and Nicola Grieco defended the big blind with . Grieco check-called 150,000 before the turn and river got checked down. Riess took it with his pair of treys.
Ryan Riess opened the cutoff to 250,000 with the and Wei Huang just called on the button with the . Nicola Grieco had the in the small blind tossed in raising chips to make it a three-bet to 705,000.
Riess folded and Huang moved all in, Grieco beat him into the pot for his last 3,005,000.
The board came and Grieco doubled to join the top of the leader board alongside Manig Loeser.
First, Manig Loeser raised to 410,000 in the small blind with and Ryan Riess defended with . The flop was and Riess folded to a 290,000 bet.
Loeser would be the only one not to play the next hand. Nicola Grieco limped in with under the gun, Viktor Katzenberger limped along with , Riess completed and Wei Huang checked his option with .
Katzenberger flopped a set on and it was checked around. Huang was the one to bet out for 250,000 on the turn, Katzenberger smooth-called in position and the others folded. On the river, Huang check-folded to a bet of 660,000.