There was an open from the under-the-gun player and Tom Middleton, sat to his left, called. The player in the big blind decided to squeeze to 2,300 which saw the initial raiser fold but Middleton made the call.
The flop was and it was checked to Middleton who bet 3,200. He got the call and the turn card came the . Another bet of 7,500 from Middleton and his opponent stuck around to see the river card . Middleton bet again, a chunky 14,500, and got a call.
Middle turned over for the flopped set and his opponent nodded and mucked.
Dominik Panka was involved in a couple of pots just after play resumed. There was a raise to 450 when Ilkin Amirov made it 1,500 from the button and Panka called from the small blind as did the original raiser. A flop of saw Panka check for to a bet from Amirov.
Panka called an open from Amirov to 450 on the next hand and on a flop of he bet 750 when it was checked to him. They both checked the turn and river and Panka mucked when Amirov showed the .
Not much luck there for the Polish Pro but he still has above starting stack.
On the turn, Dimitar Danchev bet 5,225 and Jorma Nuutinen reluctantly called that shove with less than half the starting stack behind. The on the river completed the board and Danchev instantly moved all in to the send Finn into a world of pain. Nuutinen eventually mucked and still has 70 big blinds left.
On the three-way turn of board, the player in the big blind checked, Olivier Busquet bet 2,5600 from the cutoff and Dylan Hortin called from the button. The third player in the hand folded and Busquet then fired 7,000 on the river. Hortin grabbed his chips, had one blue and two red ones ready to call ... and then mucked his cards.