The board read and Luiz Ferreira was heads-up with Sasa Lalos with around 30,000 in the middle. Ferreira checked from the hijack and Lalos bet 22,500 on the button. Ferreira check-raised to 45,000 and Lalos called.
The river was the and Ferreira checked again. Lalos thought for a minute before making a bet of 37,000. Ferreira wasted little time before check-raising again, this time for all of the chips. Lalos instantly sent his cards into the muck and Ferreira scooped the pot.
With plenty of chips already in the middle in a battle of the blinds to the turn, Andrei Boghean checked over to Marek Blasko, who bet 70,000 and was called. On the river, Boghean checked once more and Blasko moved all in for around 124,000.
Boghean folded and Blasko flashed his cards to a friend one table over. "You can almost make a straight with that, right?" he joked and then showed the to everyone on his table.
Romain Lewis and Jakob Miegel were involved in a pot containing around 52,000 when the board read . Lewis, third earlier this series in the €550 PLO, bet 35,000 and Miegel slid in a call.
The river was the and Lewis fired a hefty 100,000, two-thirds of Miegel's remaining stack, and the German waved the white flag rather quickly.
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The registration is now officially closed and the total number of entries has now been locked at 534 entries which is five more entries than last year. This also means that the €5,000,000 prize pool has been surpassed and the total prize pool after taxes now stands at €5,073,000.
The payouts will be confirmed and published as soon as they have been announced.
These are some of the players that have reentered or are brand new to the tournament:
The fourth level of the day has completed and the players are now being sent on a 60-minute dinner break. There are currently 528 total entries with just 236 players remaining. Late registration will remain open through the entirety of the dinner break.
While you wait for the action to return check out the latest edition of The Chainsaw Report!
Kristen Bicknell raised to 5,000 in the cutoff and Martin Finger three-bet to 17,200 on the button, which was called by big stack Robert Skopalik in the small blind and initial raiser Bicknell. On the flop, action checked to Finger and he continued for 17,000, this time only Skopalik called.
The turn was checked through and Skopalik also checked the river. Finger bet 75,000 with 22,000 behind and Skopalik moved all in to force a very expensive fold from Finger, Skopalik flashed for a full house.
Two tables over, another Czech was involved in the action and that happened to be Tomas Rous. He moved all in after the turn and Norbert Szecsi snap-called from one seat over. Rous turned over for the nutflushdraw and Szecsi held the for top pair and top kicker. The river was a blank and Rous busted just before the dinner break.