On the three-way flop of , Rocco Palumbo in the small blind and Sergey Lebedev in the big blind checked. Connor Drinan bet 20,000 on the button and both his opponents called. After the turn, action checked to Drinan once again and he bet 60,000. This time, only Lebedev called.
The river completed the board and Lebedev checked. Drinan bet 100,000 and received a quick call to turn over the for a straight. Lebedev shook his head and paid off Drinan with an upset face.
Ivan Luca opened to 12,000 and Mike McDonald three-bet to 30,000 from the hijack. In the next position over from him, Mustapha Kanit then four-bet to 78,000. The remaining players folded and action was back on Luca who moved all in for his remaining chips. McDonald folded and Kanit called.
Mustapha Kanit:
Ivan Luca:
Kanit was ahead, but Luca picked up outs on the flop, with any king giving him a straight. However, the on the turn meant that he was drawing dead to Kanit's full house, and the on the river sealed his fate.
Vladimir Troyanovskiy raised to 13,000 from early position and Julian Thomas called in the small blind, as did Stanley Choi in the big blind.
On the flop, the action checked to Troyanovskiy and he bet 20,000. Thomas folded and Choi called before both remaining players checked the turn. After the river, Choi checked, Troyanovskiy bet 48,000 and Choi called to quickly muck once he was shown by Troyanovskiy.
Tobias Reinkemeier got it all in preflop holding pocket queens against Steve O'Dwyer's pocket aces. No help for Reinkemeier on a board, ending the German's run in this tournament.
Jason Mercier opened for 16,000 and Christopher Kruk shoved for 175,000. Big blind Sylvain Loosli over shoved from the big blind and Mercier folded.
Christopher Kruk:
Sylvain Loosli:
The board ran out an uneventful and Kruk made his exit. Kruk started the day with about half a million, but things didn't go his way today and he busted after just one level of play.
Moritz Dietrich raised to 18,000 from under the gun. Directly to his left, Connor Drinan three-bet to 45,000. From the small blind, Adrian Mateos made a four-bet to 125,000, resulting in folds from both Dietrich and Connor.
Hand 2
In the next hand, Mateos opened to 18,000 on the button. It was Dietrich's turn to three-bet this time, as he made it 60,000 from the big blind. Mateos sized out another four-bet, and as soon as the chips hit the felt Dietrich mucked his hand.
Anthony Zinno raised to 18,000 and Daniel Negreanu three-bet to 55,000 from the cutoff. Zinno folded and said he had pocket sevens while Negreanu showed his . "What are you doing man. I could have gone back to bed already," Negreanu joked.
Hand 2
Vladimir Troyanovskiy raised to 18,000 and Julian Thomas as well as Stanley Choi in the blinds called. The trio checked down the board of entirely and Thomas announced a set, showing . Choi mucked and Troyanovskiy showed his for a flush. "I knew it, set under flush," Thomas said with a grin on the face.
Hand 3
Christian Christner raised to 18,000 and Martin Kozlov in the cutoff as well as Zinno in the big blind called. On the flop, Zinno checked and Christner continued for 32,000. Kozlov folded, Zinno called. On the turn, Zinno checked again and then folded to a second bet worth 65,000 by Christner.
With 102 entries (78 unique players and 24 reentries) the prize pool came to €4,897,530. Prior to the event's start, the plan was to pay out 20 percent of the field, but after several players complained it was reverted back to the old payout structure of paying out 15 percent of the players with the 15 percent being the cap. 13 players end up with a min cash or better.
Manuchehr Ahadpur Khangah limped in for 8,000 from middle position. Anton Astapau limped in right behind him, and Timothy Adams completed the small blind. Philipp Gruissem shoved around 140,000 from the big blind, which got Khangah out of the way. Astapau thought for a while and called, and Adams folded.
Philipp Gruissem:
Anton Astapau:
After the board ran out , Gruissem knocked the table, not directly realising that he had, in fact, chopped the pot. It drew some friendly laughs from his fellow tablemates as Gruissem pulled his stack back.
"Not fair," laughed Astapau. "I trapped it so well."
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, Rocco Palumbo in the small blind and Sergey Lebedev in the big blind checked. Connor Drinan bet 20,000 on the button and both his opponents called. After the 
turn, action checked to Drinan once again and he bet 60,000. This time, only Lebedev called.
river completed the board and Lebedev checked. Drinan bet 100,000 and received a quick call to turn over the 
for a straight. Lebedev shook his head and paid off Drinan with an upset face.
flop, with any king giving him a straight. However, the 
on the river sealed his fate.
turn. After the 
river, Choi checked, Troyanovskiy bet 48,000 and Choi called to quickly muck once he was shown 
by Troyanovskiy.
and Kruk made his exit. Kruk started the day with about half a million, but things didn't go his way today and he busted after just one level of play.
. "What are you doing man. I could have gone back to bed already," Negreanu joked.
entirely and Thomas announced a set, showing 
for a flush. "I knew it, set under flush," Thomas said with a grin on the face.
flop, Zinno checked and Christner continued for 32,000. Kozlov folded, Zinno called. On the 
