Among the most recent players to join were Steven Watts and Benny Glaser. Both ended up on the same late reg table, Watts as former football striker and Glaser as multiple WSOP bracelet winner both very popular on the UK circuit.
Glaser just bet a flop of for 1,100 and his sole remaining opponent check-raised to 3,500 in order to force a fold from Glaser.
On the three-way flop of , Soran Talan in the small blind checked and Domien Fierens bet 1,500 in the hijack. Julien Sitbon raised to 5,100 and Talan called, Fierens folded.
Talan then bet the turn for 8,500 and Sitbon almost immediately moved all in. Talan asked for a count and the shove was for 32,000 in total, sending the Swede into the think tank. "I show you one card if you want, you choose," Sitbon said in table chat and added soon after "I don't bluff you."
After a while, Sitbon asked the other players if it was long enough to call the clock or not, but resisted in requesting it. "I don't want you to make a mistake, take your time," the Frenchman said. Another player called the clock a minute later and Talan folded, he picked one of the cards as promised by Sitbon and the was exposed.
"Eight nine, that's good right?" while dragging in a big pot.
Half a dozen players have been eliminated in the third level of the day and among them were Michael Gilbert and Tomasz Kozub, while Matt Perrins entered recently. Egi Adriaans is in trouble with fewer than one third of the starting stack remaining.
Paul Dunne opened to 750 first to act and picked up two callers including Aaron Woodcock. Out of the small blind, Daniel Samson three-bet to 3,750 and Yoann Amaudry called in the big blind. Dunne squeezed to 10,000 and that receiced calls only from Samson and Amaudry.
On the flop, action checked to Dunne and his shove went through uncalled, Amaudry open-folded the . Dunne also showed his cards, flipping over the . The table also features Belgian veteran Walter Buss.