Michael Soyza opened to 13,000 from under the gun and Timothy Adams three-bet jammed all in for just over 80,000 in the hijack. The action folded back to Soyza who instantly called and Adams was at risk.
Michael Soyza:
Timothy Adams:
The board ran out and Soyza's pocket kings held up. Adams, who won the €25k Single-Day High Roller last night, will not be around for the money today.
Isaac Haxton raised to 18,000 from the cutoff and Matthias Eibinger shoved for 104,000 on the button. Richard Yong looked at his cards and decided to also shove. Seth Davies was sitting in the big blind and after glancing at his hole cards, he asked for a count. Yong was all-in for 134,000. Davies responded with a shove himself. Haxton asked how much Davies had behind and Davies confirmed it was 448,000 in total. Haxton took a few seconds and then decided to make the call, having all three of his opponents covered.
Matthias Eibinger:
Richard Yong:
Seth Davies:
Isaac Haxton:
The flop came to now put Yong in front of the rest as he hit a pair of kings.
The turn was the to not change things much except for giving Eibinger a gutshot to a straight.
The river completed the board with the to give Eibinger the straight indeed.
After paying Eibinger the 104,000, Yong had the next best hand and was paid the 30,000 he had left by Davies and Haxton.
After Yong was paid, it was Davies' turn as he had the better hand than Haxton and was left with 314,000 which he would double through Haxton, leaving Haxton behind with just under ten big blinds.
At one table, Ivan Leow pushed all in for around 100,000 in the cutoff and was called by Sam Greenwood. Leow tabled but ran into the of Greenwood. Despite hitting a queen on the flop, Leow was unable to improve any further and was sent to the rail.
Next door, Michael Soyza raised to 13,000 from early position and Richard Yong shipped all in for around 80,000 in the small blind. Soyza called and tabled against Yong's .
The flop came to give Yong a straight and flush draw but he was unable to hit on the turn and river.
The floor has just announced the prize pool details: There were 36 unique players, 22 reentries, totaling to 58 entries in total, creating a prize pool of €2,842,000. Eight players will be in the money for at least €112,540 and the winner will walk away with €844,080.
On his third bullet of the day, Seth Davies will have to finish sixth or better in order to make it a profitable day...and he's on the road to doing just that. After winning a big pot against Isaac Haxton earlier, Davies was back at it again.
Erik Seidel opened to 16,000 from under the gun and Davies three-bet to 45,000 on the button. The blinds folded and Seidel four-bet shoved all in for just over 200,000. Davies quickly called and tabled .
"Shit," Seidel said as he turned over . The rest of the table laughed but it was no joking matter when the flop came . The on the turn gave Davies a flush and Seidel was drawing dead to the on the river.
With that pot, Davies currently has the runaway chip lead with nearly four times the tournament average.
Isaac Haxton was down to less than 50,000 and he moved all in from middle position. Steve O'Dwyer made the call from the small blind and the cards were tabled.
Steve O'Dwyer:
Isaac Haxton:
The flop came and O'Dwyer took the lead with a pair of jacks. The on the turn left Haxton drawing dead to the on the river.