On the button, Vladimir Troyanovskiy raised to 4,000. He found a call from Daniel Negreanu in the big blind, and the flop came . Negreanu checked, Troyanovskiy bet 4,000, and Negreanu called.
The turn was the , and both payers checked to see the land on the river. Negreanu led with a bet of 10,000, and Troyanovskiy folded.
Nick Petrangelo raised to 4,000 on the button, and Fabian Quoss reraised to 14,000 out of the small blind. Petrangelo called, and the flop produced the . Quoss bet 16,000, and Petrangelo called.
The turn was the , and Quoss fired 33,000 this time. Petrangelo gave it up, and Quoss won the pot.
From under the gun, David Peters raised to 4,000. Dario Sammartino reraised on the button to 11,500, and the blinds folded to put action back on Peters. He made the call, and off to the flop they went.
The flop was checked by Peters. Sammartino bet 10,000, and Peters folded.
On the flop of , we witnessed Max Silver check-call a bet of 4,500 from Martin Kabrhel. On the turn, Silver check-called 6,500, and then the river brought the to the table, making for quads on the board. Silver checked again, Kabrhel bet 31,500, and Silver called after quite some tanking. Kabrhel showed for the nuts, and Silver mucked, unable to match the ace kicker of his opponent.
David Peters, coming off a win in the €10,300 High Roller at EPT Malta for €597,000, has just been eliminated.
On the flip side, Jason Mercier has just entered. He finished runner-up in this event two years ago for €1,115,700, and is going to try to one-up that here this year.
Phil Ivey opened for 5,500 from under the gun, and Stephen Chidwick called on the button. Daniel Colman also called from the big blind, and the flop came . Colman checked to Ivey, who followed his preflop aggression with a bet of 10,000. Chidwick called, and Colman folded. The on the turn prompted Ivey to bet 30,000, and again Chidwick called.
The completed the board, and Ivey stared at Chidwick for a bit before asking him to commit 75,000 of his 120,000-chip stack. Chidwick called, but mucked after Ivey showed the for a flopped set of jacks.
Not much later, Chidwick opened with a raise, and Colman called from the small blind. Jason Koon called from the big blind, and the three players took the flop. Action checked to Chidwick, and the Brit continued for 7,500. Colman called, and Koon folded.
Both players checked the turn, and the popped up on the river. Colman checked, and instantly called Chidwick's 18,000-chip bet. Chidwick showed the , but would end up only getting half of the pot, as Colman showed the other two aces — .