Thomas White raised to 1,500 from the cutoff, Achraf Ben Salah three-bet to 4,500 from the button and was called by both Andreas Hildebrand in the small blind and White.
The flop came , both Hildebrand and White checked. Ben Salah bet 4,500, Hildebrand raised to 13,500 and White shoved for about 60,000. Ben Salah thought about it for a while and then called. Hildebrand folded.
Thomas White:
Achraf Ben Salah:
White had flopped a set of eights and Ben Salah had two pair, aces and kings.
The rest of the board was completed with the on the turn and the on the river and White earned a big double-up.
The 172 remaining players have just gone for their last 15-minute break of the day. When they return, they will have to play three more levels of 45 minutes each.
Robin Hegele raised to 1,800 from the cutoff and was called by the player in the small blind and Karl Snow in the big blind.
They all checked through the on the flop to the on the turn. The player in the small blind bet 2,000, Snow folded and Hegele called.
The river completed the board with the and they both checked again. The small blind tabled for the pair of fours on the board with the ace-kicker. Hegele had him beat though with the pocket for two pair and the pot.
Within a short period of time, Christian Nofal has had to leave his seat at the table. He first had to pay off Paul Redolfi when he ran his into the of Redolfi and the board ran out .
After that Peter Ralbovsky raised to 2,000 from the under-the-gun position. Andrei Grimberg called and Nofal was all-in for 2,400. Another player and Ralbovsky and Grimberg called.
The 3,000 bet of Grimberg on the flop made the others fold.
Christian Nofal:
Andrei Grimberg:
They both hit a pair of jacks on the flop but Grimberg had the better kicker with the ace.
The rest of the board ran out to not provide any help to Nofal and he was sent away from the table.
The board read and the player in the small blind had checked. Fabian Gumz had reentered earlier and was back at the same table but in the 1-seat instead of the 5-seat earlier. Sitting in the big blind, he decided to bet 5,600. The player in the small blind eyed Gumz's stack and after having taken some time to consider all his options, he decided to fold.