Tom Vogelsang had gotten his stack of 45,500 in from the small blind and was at risk against Erik Seidel in the hijack.
Tom Vogelsang:
Erik Seidel:
The two were flipping, and the flop kept Seidel in front although Vogelsang picked up additional outs with a gutshot draw. The turn vaulted Vogelsang ahead, and the river confirmed the result.
Action was picked up on the river in a heads-up pot between Erik Seidel in the big blind and Paul Newey in middle position on a board of .
With around 27,000 in the middle, Seidel led out with a big bet of 25,000. Newey went in the tank for over a minute before putting out a single green 25,000 chip for a call.
"Board," Seidel said to announce he was playing the board, leading Newey to turn over the winner with for ace-high to go with the double-paired board.
"I was afraid of that," Seidel said as he mucked face-down.
PokerNews picked up the action on a flop in which Joris Ruijs had shoved his remaining 30,000 chips over Ashkan Fattahi's 8,500 continuation bet. With 49,500 in the middle, Fattahi deliberated but eventually slid his hand into the muck.
With this pot, Ruijs is back up to 25 big blinds with two levels left to play.
Although the hand details are unknown, Andras Nemeth was seen raking in yet another pot after scoring a knockout as Renan Aziz Alves was making his exit from the table. The Hungarian player moved up to the top of the leaderboard with the pot, and is hungry to continue his early climb before the mystery bounty portion of the tournament begins tomorrow.
After losing most of his stack in a previously reported hand, Hassan Nashar moved all in for 55,000 from the small blind on top of a late position limp. Teun Mulder re-shoved a stack of 70,000 from the big blind to get the hand heads-up.
Hassan Nashar:
Teun Mulder:
Nashar was hesitant to reveal his holding and tossed his cards to the dealer once the board ran out to give Mulder the winning hand, at which point the dealer turned the hand face-up. Nashar was eliminated but wasted no time buying in on his second and final bullet and was seated at the same table right next to Mulder.
It was deja vu a few hands later as Nashar pushed his starting stack into the middle and was once again looked up by Mulder, who had lost some of his newly added chips in a previous hand after folding to a four-bet shove from Sam Grafton to make himself the effective stack.
Teun Mulder:
Hassan Nashar:
Nashar was quick to show his hand this time but once again failed to improve as the board ran out to leave himself with crumbs. Before PokerNews could catch up, the Gambia-based action player was out of the tournament.
Berndt Gleissner opened the action by limping in middle position for 2,000, only to face a raise to 7,000 from Andras Nemeth in the seat to his left. The small blind, Hassan Nashar, also decided that he wanted to see a flop and Gleissner flicked in the call.
On a flop of all three players checked around.
The turn was the and Nashar led 19,000 from the small blind. Gleissner folded and Nemeth made the call.
With a pot of 63,000 in the middle, a hit the river and Nashar showed no sign of slowing down firing a bet of 38,500 which was quickly called by Nemeth.
Nashar slowly slid his hand, face down, into the muck and Nemeth scooped a 140,000 pot without having to show his hand.
On a flop, Erik Seidel was in the cutoff and ended up getting his remaining stack of approximately 45,000 in against Orpen Kisacikoglu in the big blind.
Erik Seidel:
Orpen Kisacikoglu:
Both players flopped two pair, but it was Kisacikoglu in the lead. The turn and river changed nothing and Seidel was forced to re-enter, while Kisacikoglu added to his growing stack to move towards the top of the leaderboard.