Julian Thomas had just arrived and raised to 5,000. Stephen Chidwick moved all in for 58,600 in the small blind and Mustapha Kanit shoved over the top from the big blind, forcing out Thomas.
Stephen Chidwick:
Mustapha Kanit:
Chidwick was in need of help and picked up a massive draw on the flop. The turn locked up the double for him, making the river a formality. Dietrich Fast also sat down on this very table right after.
Jean-Noel Thorel had bet 25,000 on a flop and Rocco Palumbo moved all in for 95,300. Thorel immediately announced a call, however, John Juanda was yet to act behind Palumbo.
Juanda gave it some thought before calling, which technically meant Thorel's verbal declaration would stand as the action didn't change. The French genius didn't mind it and quickly put the rest of his chips in.
Rocco Palumbo:
John Juanda:
Jean-Noel Thorel:
"Let's chop it up!," laughed Juanda, who went in with the best of it. The on the turn, however, completed Palumbo's flush and left the others drawing dead, rendering the river moot. Thorel directly went for a reentry, Juanda was left with 10 big blinds.
Along with Jean-Noel Thorel, Benjamin Pollak and Koray Aldemir also re-entered on their second bullet to boost the field further.
Mustapha Kanit helped himself back to starting stack after winning a pot against Dietrich Fast.
Kanit's raise to 5,500 was called by Fast in the big blind, who checked and called a bet of 4,500 on the flop. The turn was checked and Fast check-folded the river to a bet of 22,000.
The action kicked off with a raise to 5,600 by Benjamin Pollak and Sam Greenwood from one seat over three-bet to 17,500. Pollak eyed the stack of the Canadian carefully before pushing forward his stack of T-5,000 chips and Greenwood quickly called all in.
Sam Greenwood:
Benjamin Pollak:
"Bad timing" sighed Pollak and saw the board run out , providing no help. Greenwood doubled for 78,800 and Pollak was left short with plenty of work ahead on the second bullet.
Christopher Kruk limped in from the small blind, Albert Daher raised to 8,400, Kruk limp-raised to 28,600 and Daher called rather quickly. Kruk continued 15,600 on the flop and Daher called.
On the turn, Kruk shoved and Daher immediately gave it up.
Five levels of 30 minutes each are done and dusted, and the remaining 30 players out of a 38-entry strong field have been sent into their first 20-minute break of the day. During that time frame, the T-100 chips will be raced off and the registration remains open for the next three levels and following break.
JC Alvarado and Daniel Dvoress signed up and sat down next to each other at the start of level six while John Juanda's comeback with a few big blinds only came not to fruition.. According to the screens, there are 32 players remaining out of 41 entries.
It's been a day to quickly forget for Benjamin Pollak, whose second attempt also came up short. Down to just 9,500, Pollak shoved in early position and received calls from both Xiaoyang Luo and Oleksii Khoroshenin.
The flop got checked by the active players. Khoroshenin bet 16,000 on the turn and Luo called. The river went check/check again.
Khoroshenin revealed , Luo mucked and Pollak showed . With the tournament being a single reentry, Pollak will not be back for a third attempt. Meanwhile, Ole Schemion has reentered and is back in.
On the heads-up turn of , Davidi Kitai checked out of the big blind and called a bet of 17,000 by Oleksii Khoroshenin on the button. Kitai also checked the on the river and Khoroshenin moved all in. Kitai counted his remaining 67,500 carefully and his shot clock ran down to three seconds before he folded.
flop. The 
turn locked up the double for him, making the 
river a formality. Dietrich Fast also sat down on this very table right after.
river moot. Thorel directly went for a reentry, Juanda was left with 10 big blinds.
flop. The 
river to a bet of 22,000.
, providing no help. Greenwood doubled for 78,800 and Pollak was left short with plenty of work ahead on the second bullet.
flop and Daher called.
turn, Kruk shoved and Daher immediately gave it up.
river went check/check again.
, Luo mucked and Pollak showed 
. With the tournament being a single reentry, Pollak will not be back for a third attempt. Meanwhile, Ole Schemion has reentered and is back in.
