Adrian Mateos raised to 12,000 and Pavel Plesuv three-bet to 32,000 from one seat over. The action folded back to Mateos and he called. The flop then came and Mateos checked, Plesuv bet 26,000 and that ended the hand right there. Julian Thomas chopped another pot right before with queen-jack versus queen-jack on a jack-high board, besides that nothing much is happening.
Philipp Gruissem raised to 14,000 and Ekrem Sanioglu called in the small blind, Igor Kurganov called in the big blind. On a flop of and the turn, all three players checked. The appeared on the river and was checked to Gruissem. He bet 45,000 and Sanioglu folded, Kurganov eventually called.
Gruissem rolled over for the nut flush and Kurganov mucked. "Ahh, nut flush, where is your queen-high flush now?" Gruissem joked to Sanioglu, and Joao Simao chimed in with a "you blocked it."
Kurganov dropped to less than 10 big blinds and is the shortest stack at the moment along with Timothy Adams.
Since at least two of the four tables saw players run their shot clock down consequently to the last second before making their decision, tournament staff has decided to stop the clock and wait for the current hand to end. Then, they announced that the tournament will continue in hand-for-hand mode five off the money.
Murad Akhundov got through with a three-bet shove for 94,000, as Pavel Plesuv as initial raiser and the rest of the table folded.
Sylvain Loosli raised to 14,000 from the hijack and Thomas Muehloecker called on the button. On the flop, both players checked and the appeared on the turn. Loosli bet 18,0000 and Muehloecker called before the appeared on the river. Loosli now checked and Muehloecker bet 51,000, picking up a call by Loosli and rolling over for two pair to claim the pot.
Over on table one, Ekrem Sanioglu raised to 16,000 and Javier Gomez Zapatero defended the big blind. The flop, Gomez Zapatero check-called a bet worth 28,000 and the turn and river were checked. Gomez Zapatero showed for two pair and won the pot.
Charlie Carrel raised to 13,000 in early position, Julian Stuer three-bet to 48,000 in late position, Carrel four-bet to 110,000 and Stuer called. Both players checked the flop. Carrel bet 75,000 on the turn and Stuer called.
The river was the and Carrel quickly checked. Stuer took around twenty seconds before announcing all-in for his remaining 95,000. Carrel couldn't find a call and folded his hand.
The players have started walking around the tournament area, checking out the other tables after they have acted, and the upcoming bubble tension is slowly but surely increasing.
Steffen Sontheimer scooped a decent pot just now after his raise was called by Daniel Dvoress. The latter checked the flop and Sontheimer checked behind. Dvoress then bet the turn and the river. The second bet was for 60,000 into 90,000 and Sontheimer called.
Dvoress rolled over for a busted straight and flush draw, and Sontheimer claimed the pot with .
Daniel "Jungleman" Cates is like a rare Pokemon who'll pop up in random places around the world when you least expect it. There was no sign of Cates in the €100,000 Super High Roller, the Main Event or Day 1 of the €25,000 High Roller; so it was quite the surprise to see him stroll into Day 2 of the High Roller.
"I was in Macau at that time," Cates said. "It was just too hard to make it here.
"There was also a game in Hong Kong. There were some things going down there."
Luke Schwarz, who challenged Doug Polk to a heads-up duel in Las Vegas, is the first player out after the break. Schwartz open-shoved 76,000 in middle position, Dario Sammartino reshoved all in on the button and the blinds got out of the way.
Luke Schwartz:
Dario Sammartino:
Schwartz flopped a gutshot to go with his queens but that would be it: . The Brit finished in 33rd place, six before the money.
and Mateos checked, Plesuv bet 26,000 and that ended the hand right there. Julian Thomas chopped another pot right before with queen-jack versus queen-jack on a jack-high board, besides that nothing much is happening.
and the 
turn, all three players checked. The 
appeared on the river and was checked to Gruissem. He bet 45,000 and Sanioglu folded, Kurganov eventually called.
for the nut flush and Kurganov mucked. "Ahh, nut flush, where is your queen-high flush now?" Gruissem joked to Sanioglu, and Joao Simao chimed in with a "you blocked it."
flop, both players checked and the 
appeared on the turn. Loosli bet 18,0000 and Muehloecker called before the 
appeared on the river. Loosli now checked and Muehloecker bet 51,000, picking up a call by Loosli and rolling over 
for two pair to claim the pot.
flop, Gomez Zapatero check-called a bet worth 28,000 and the 
turn and 
river were checked. Gomez Zapatero showed 
for two pair and won the pot.
flop. Carrel bet 75,000 on the 
and Carrel quickly checked. Stuer took around twenty seconds before announcing all-in for his remaining 95,000. Carrel couldn't find a call and folded his hand.
. The Brit finished in 33rd place, six before the money.
