There was a raise to 1,000 from middle position and Jan-Eric Schwippert was the only player to call from the button. The monotone flop of hit the felt and Schwippert was faced with a bet of 1,200 which he called.
The turn was the and Schwippert was looking at another bet of 3,000. He still called and the paired the board on the river. Faced with a third barrel of 8,000, Schwippert used a time extension before dropping in a raise to 20,000. His opponent thought for a moment but decided to send his cards to the muck.
Cristinel Dumitru opened to 1,000 in the cutoff and Simon Brandstrom three-bet to 4,000 out of the small blind. Dumitru called and the flop came . Brandstrom put out a continuation-bet of 2,500 and Dumitru called.
The turn was and Brandstrom checked. Dumitru fired out 5,000 and Brandstrom called, bringing the river . Brandstrom checked again and Dumitru checked behind to take the hand to showdown.
Dumitru showed after checking behind, which proved to be second best as Brandstrom tabled for a straight to earn him the pot.
There was 4,400 in the middle from preflop action between Dimitar Yosifov in the big blind, Alexander Ivarsson in the hijack, and Krasimir Yankov, who was on the button. The flop came and Yosifov checked. Ivarsson bet 2,000 and Yankov called, putting action back onto Yosifov. Yosifov check-raised to 9,300 and got a call from Ivarsson and a fold from Yankov.
Action was then heads up as the turn fell . Yosifov checked and Ivarsson bet another 12,000, which Yosifov called. The river came and Yosifov checked one last time. and Ivarsson announced he was all in. Yosifov thought into a time extension and then made the call.
Dimitar Yosifov:
Alexander Ivarsson:
Yosifov's nines up were good against Ivarsson's sevens up and he scored the double as a result.
There was around 9,000 in the center on the river with a board displaying and action three ways between Stephen Chidwick in the small blind, Simon Brandstrom in the big blind, and Olek Okhotskyi in middle position.
Chidwick checked and Brandstrom made a bet of 6,500 that was called by Okhotskyi. Chidwick then check-raised to 25,000 and saw Brandstrom use a time extension en route to folding as well as Okhotskyi using two more of his own before sending his cards to the muck as well, earning the pot for Chidwick on the spot.
In a four-bet pot between Jinho Hong and Nick Marchington, the dealer fanned the flop of . Hong bet 8,500 from the cutoff into a pot of around 20,000 and Marchington called on the button.
The turn was the and Hong announced another bet of 22,000. Marchington still called and the completed the board. Hong pushed all in for 34,100 and Marchington used a time extension before making the call. Hong flipped over for a set of kings while Marchington was forced to show his .
Tsugunari Toma opened to 800 under the gun and received a call from Parker Talbot on his direct left. Action folded around to Asi Moshe on the button, where he three-bet to 3,500. Toma called and Talbot folded.
With action heads up, the flop came and Toma checked over to Moshe, who made a continuation-bet of 2,900. Toma made the call and the turn fell . Toma checked again and Moshe continued with a second barrel for 7,100, sending Toma into the tank. He used a time extension and in total thought for about 50 seconds before calling once more
The river was and Toma fired out 20,000. Moshe called. Both players tabled the same hand, with Toma showing and Moshe turning over to each earn half the pot with top two pair.
Uri Reichenstein opened the action with a raise to 1,000 in the cutoff and received calls from both Jiayu Ruan in the small blind and Tom Kunze, who defended his big blind. All three players checked the flop .
The turn came and Ruan led out with a bet of 1,800. Both Kunze and Reichenstein called. The river fell and Ruan checked to put action onto Kunze, who fired out a bet of 8,000. Reichenstein went into the tank, using one of his time extensions and a handful of seconds before tossing in a call. Ruan quickly called behind.
All three players tabled their hands at almost exactly the same time. Kunze showed and Reichenstein to both have the same three-of-a-kind hand. However, neither was good to the full house with that Ruan turned over. Another player at the table mentioned about Reichenstein and Kunze chopping, resulting in some laughter as both Reichenstein and Kunze stated in near unison, "No chop this time!"
Hand #2:
On the following hand, under the gun raised to 900 and Reichenstein three-bet to 3,000 in the hijack. The original opener asked to see Reichenstein's stack and then four-bet to 9,700. Reichenstein thought for a couple of moments and then shoved the last of his chips into the middle.
The under-the-gun player asked for a count and Reichenstein's stack was totaled to be 26,200 The player went into the tank, using one time extension as he made the decision to let his hand go to earn Reichenstein the pot with his preflop five-bet shove.
The board read with over 12,000 already in the middle in a three-way pot. Andras Nemeth was in the small blind and checked over to Nariman Yaghmai in the cutoff, who also checked. Laszlo Bujtas was on the button and last to act, and he made a bet of 4,200. Nemeth called to put action back on Yaghmai, who thought for about 25 seconds before sticking around as well.
The turn came and action checked to Bujtas once more. He thought for almost his entire shot clock and then slid out a bet totaling 52,000, enough to put both Nemeth and Yaghami all in. Both players folded and he took down the pot.
Nemeth and Bujtas exchanged a comment in a Hungarian before Nemeth switched over to English: "Show the eight of diamonds!" he said.
Bujtas turned over .
"Nine," said Nemeth in manner that seemed to confirm his suspicion that Bujtas was making that bet with an already-made hand.