Eugene Katchalov is back in action to try and finish one spot higher and lift the High Roller trophy this time. Roman Cieslik and David Urban also recently joined to build the field further. €5,300 King's High Roller champion Vladimir Troyanovskiy has not been spotted yet, but it is hard to imagine that the Russian will pass up on another opportunity.
Paul Skipper had previously shoved and claimed the pot without showdown, before now getting it in with . [Removed:170] looked him up with the and the board came and Laurinaitis took out his cell phone to snap a picture.
After a raise to 700, three players including Jiri Horak in the small blind called, while the one seat that previously belonged to Daniel Ulvrell, was empty. Horak checked the flop of and the action went back to the first cold caller, who bet 1,000. Besim Hot in the cutoff folded, and just Horak called.
Both players checked the turn, before the river paired the board and also completed a possible back door flush draw. Horak now led 4,400 and that won the pot uncontested.
The seat of Aviv Meiri was occupied by another player and Marcin Jaworski had a decent stack. The Pole confirmed what happened, taking all chips of Meiri.
According to Jaworski, he opened to 800 from the button and Meiri in the small blind as well as the big blind called. On the flop, it was checked to Jaworski and he continued for 1,500, which only Meiri called. Meiri then check-called another 3,000 on the turn before leading the river for 6,500.
Jaworski moved all in for 22,500 and Meiri called with only to see Jaworski turn over for the nut flush.
Claudio Monteforte and Mikhael Bernchtein have been eliminated as well.
Claudio Monteforte was among the early chip leaders, but he has since cooled down a lot and kept losing pot after pot. The latest hand saw him call a bet by Eric Mor, who was sat in the big blind, for 1,650 on the turn. Jonas Lauck was also in the hand, but folded from the cutoff.
Both then checked the river and Monteforte showed his first. Mor was relieved and flipped over to claim the pot, starting a massage right after.
Erkan Soenmez raised to 800 from the button and Stefan Schulze called in the small blind, Andrey Andreev also called in the big blind. On the flop, the action checked to Soenmez and he continued for 1,800 on the turn. Only Schulze called and the river was checked through.
Schulze showed the and that was good enough to win the pot.
PokerStars Team Pro Marcin Horecki was all in previously for around 18,000 to scoop a pot, but has since been able to build a stack again to move back up nicely.
The first three levels are done and according to the screens, there are 63 out of 65 players remaining. They are heading into the first 15-minute break of the day.