In the final hand before the break, Melika Razavi and Ramon Miquel Munoz got involved on a flop. Razavi bet 29,000, Miquel raised to 90,000, Razavi pounded back with a three-bet to 329,000, and Miquel snap-folded.
Timothy Adams is one of the biggest stacks, with the chip lead a closely fought contest at the moment (exact counts will be confirmed during the break).
He just won a pot after opening the button to 28,000 and was called by Ramon Miquel Munoz who defended his big blind. The flop was and Adams bet 18,000 when checked to, which Munoz called. Adams barreled for 80,000 on the turn and Munoz passed, leaving the Canadian to collect the pot.
Ludovic Geilich and Ariel Celestino were involved in a limped blind battle and the board was already when Celestino check-called a bet of 42,000.
The river was the and Celestino checked to Geilich again. This time he put in a big bet of 143,000. and Celestino went into the tank. All players started the day with five time bank cards and he was forced to use four of those.
He ended up folding his hand and the pot was pushed to Geilich.
Jorden Verbraeken raised to 24,000 from mid-position with and was called by Wiktor Malinowski in the small blind who held .
The flop came , Malinowski check-called the 55,000 continuation-bet of Verbraeken.
The turn was the , Malinowski checked again. Verbraeken barreled another bet over the line, now for 145,000. Malinowski took a few seconds and then made the call once more.
The river completed the board with the and they both quickly checked for Malinowski to claim the pot with the full house.
In a big blind versus button hand, Viktor Katzenberger bet 42,000 on an turn and Sammartino called. The river was the and Katzenberger elected to bet less than before, just 36,000, and Sammartino paid it off.
Katzenberger showed for top pair and the Italian mucked.
Manig Loeser has been quietly sat in the corner beavering away, chipping up bit by bit. He has improved his stack by a quarter of a million in the last hour, the last of it was in a pot against Fady Kamar. Loeser took the pot by leading for 55,000 on the river of an board and taking it down without showdown.