Anton "storytellerA" Morgenstern raised to 1,250 in the cutoff and Andrew "ThatsGrim" Grimason three-bet the pot on the button to 4,500, which Morgenstern called. The flop brought and Morgenstern opted to check, which prompted a bet of 4,400 by Grimason.
Morgenstern used a portion of the time bank and folded.
Jose "2ducklings" Nascimento had just taken the vacated seat on the table and was involved in a four-bet pot for most of his chips when he faced Michiel "Easterdamnz" Van Elsacker. The remaining chips went in after the flop.
Jose "2ducklings" Nascimento:
Michiel "Easterdamnz" Van Elsacker:
Van Elsacker was ahead and fell behind on the turn but the river restored the preflop order.
Alexey "Schollar" Altshuller three-bet to 4,550 and was called by initial raiser Miguel "FreshlyBaked" Seoane. They got it in after the flop with Altshuller as the player at risk.
Alexey "Schollar" Altshuller:
Miguel "FreshlyBaked" Seoane:
The board completed with the turn and river as Seoane missed out on a second flushdraw.
The cards and chips are flying early on and the wild ride of Craig Timmis has ended on the first bullet. All the chips went in preflop as three players held pocket pairs in the following showdown.
Joao "naturalMENTE" Simao got his stack in after the flop when half of the short stack was committed by then already and he faced "Patches" from Norway in the below showdown.
Joao "naturalMENTE" Simao:
"Patches":
The wrap of Simao failed to connect on the turn and river.