Action folded to Sam Greenwood in the small blind and he moved in to put the pressure on big blind Erik Seidel. Seidel didn't ned much time calling for around 150,000 with . Greenwood tabled .
The in the window was good enough for Greenwood as the entire board ran out . Seidel out, Greenwood in charge.
With 42 unique players and 13 reentries, the total entries for this event is 55. That makes for a $533,500 prize pool, that will be divided over 8 players.
Joao Simao (middle position) got his last 165,000 or so in before the flop with . He was in bad shape upon showdown as his opponent Ryan Riess had in the big blind. The board ran out and Simao exited in 17th place.
Benjamin Pollak shoved all in from the button and action folded to the big blind. Sam Greenwood asked for an exact count before making his decision. Pollak was all in for 292,000. Greenwood eventually decided to call.
Greenwood:
Pollak:
The board ran out and that kept Pollak in the lead with his ace-high that improved to a pair of eights.
"I knew I was gonna get punished," Greenwood said after the hand.
Matthias Eibinger opened with a raise to 32,000. Jean-Noel Thorel was in late position and he moved all in over the top for right around 150,000. Action folded back to Eibinger who called.
Eibinger:
Thorel:
The board ran out and the dealer began to chop the pot before realizing that Thorel had made a flush. He doubled up to over 300,000 while Eibinger dropped down to right around 150,000