According to tournament officials, Akin Tuna entered and re-entered in quick succession, and is now on his second bullet. In this hand he defended his big blind to a cutoff open and a small blind call and the flop came . The small blind and Tuna checked to the initial raiser who bet 1,000 and Tuna was the only caller.
The turn was the and Tuna check-folded to a bet of 5,000 from his opponent.
Shaun Deeb has joined the ever growing list of players to re-enter the €10,000 High Roller, however it remains to be seen if Timothy Adams will do so. Joining Deeb in the field are a whole host of players who have chosen Level 3 as the optimum time to join the tournament, including last year's third place winner Nick Petrangelo.
Dmitry Yurasov raised to 600 from early position and Luca Pagano three-bet to 1,200 from the next position to him. The player in the big blind Ilkin Amirov, who has spent the best part of the first two levels taking Dietrich Fast's chips, called as well, as did Yurasov.
The flop came and it checked to Pagano who bet 2,300. Both his opponents called. The turn was the and again both players checked to the Italian. This time he bet 3,300 and both his opponents called.
The river was the and all three players checked. Amirov showed for a pair of nines, and Yurasov for a pair of jacks, and all Pagano could do was muck.
With twenty minutes left in the second level of the day, the number of entrants has reached 300. Late registration is open until the start of Day 2, and each player is allowed a single re-entry into the tournament should they wish to have a second go.
Players are continuing to pour into the High Roller field. The latest additions are 2014 WSOP Main Event Champion Martin Jacobson, Team PokerStars Pro Andre Akkari and EPT 11 Monte Carlo final tablist Hady El Asmar.