Justin Bonomo checked in the small blind and big blind Sean Winter set him in for about 130,000 on a completed board of .
"I've got a big hand," Bonomo said softly.
Nonetheless, he needed some thinking time before dropping in a stack of chips to call. Winter tabled for aces up and Bonomo revealed inferior two pair of before taking his leave.
James Romero opened to 9,000 in early position and was called by Dominik Nitsche on his left, Ben Heath in the cutoff, and Shyngis Satubayev on the button. The flop came and the action checked through to the on the turn and the on the river.
Finally, Nitsche was the first to take a stab at the pot with a bet of 30,000. Heath and Satubayev both folded but Romero looked him up. Nitsche tabled and Romero mucked his cards.
Near the end of the level, Henrik Hecklen, Kristen Bicknell, and Pavel Plesuv all hit the rail. The remaining 30 players are heading on another 15-minute break.
On a board reading , Mike Watson led out for 25,000 from the big blind into a pot of around 30,000. Rob Hollink was his opponent on the button who made the call. The river brought the and Watson made a small bet of 20,000 which Hollink called. Watson tabled and Hollink mucked.
In the next hand, the action folded to Kristina Holst on the button who shoved all in for 114,000. Watson asked for a count but folded and Tom-Aksel Bedell mulled it over in the big blind before making the call for his last 74,000.
Holst tabled which was ahead of Bedell's . The flop came and Holst's king-high was still best. The gave Holst two pair on the turn but it didn't mean much with Bedell still having two overcards and a flush draw. The dropped on the river to give Bedell a better two pair and a full double up.
Markus Durnegger and Max Silver were heads-up in a pot with the flop reading . Durnegger check-called a bet of 9,000 from Silver and the landed on the turn.
Durnegger checked again and Silver fired another 22,000 into the middle. Durnegger just called again and the completed the board. Both players checked and Durnegger turned over for the second nuts and Silver just laughed as he mucked his cards.
Preben Stokkan opened for 10,000 in middle position and Mike Watson made it 50,000 in the small blind. Stokkan continued to the flop. Watson bet 40,000 and Stokkan called. On the turn, Watson checked. Stokkan bet 40,000 and Watson called. On the river, Stokkan jammed just before his timer was up. Watson tanked enough to use a time extension then released, preserving his last 155,500.
Dominik Nitsche raised to 11,000 in the hijack and Martin Zamani defended from the big blind. The flop came and both players checked with three aces on the flop.
Zamani also checked the turn but Nitsche fired out a bet of 30,000. Zamani called and the completed the board. Zamani checked again and Nitsche shipped all in for around 125,000 effective. Zamani peeked back at his cards and made it look like he was going to call but quickly mucked his cards instead.
Ariel Celestino opened on the button for 11,500, Kelvin Kerber made it 40,000 out of the small blind and Christopher Kruk got a count of Celestino's chips before jamming. Celestino mucked right away but Kerber was just as quick to call.
Christopher Kruk:
Kelvin Kerber:
The board ran out and Kerber received a dub worth 174,500.