Viacheslav Buldygin raised to 5,100 from under the gun and picked up four callers including Alexander Uskov, Ivan Luca, Ilya Bulychev in the small blind and Jean-Noel Thorel in the big blind. The flop came and Bulychev bet 8,000, which Thorel called. Buldygin folded, as did Uskov, before Luca raised it up to 22,700.
The action was back on Bulychev, and he used one time bank chip, then folded with six seconds left on the next clock. Thorel also folded and the pot was shipped to Luca, while Bulychev grinned over from the other side of the table with a "very nice" on his lips.
After winning a pot against Fedor Holz, [Removed:17] went to war with his fellow young gun again as they build a pot of about 50,000 preflop. Holz fired in 21,000 from the small blind on the flop, and Yan called. On the turn, Holz checked and folded to 30,000 from Yan.
Then, Daniel Negreanu rushed in and asked to be dealt in.
"There's unlimited rebuys in this?" he asked excitedly.
Indeed, Negreanu and his fellow players may fire as many times as they wish until registration closes.
In the first hand after sitting down, Negreanu raised to 5,500 from under the gun and Dominik Nitsche three-bet to 17,000 on the button. "You have like what, 80 behind?" Negreanu asked and Nitsche nodded. "You must have something good. I have the best hand, but I am gonna fold. I don't want to be rude and bust you on the first hand."
After his big double, Sergio Aido had peaked at half a million in chips and just took on [Removed:119] in a three-bet pot in a battle cutoff versus button. On the river, Bensadoun checked and Aido bet 32,000, which the Frenchman called. Aido briefly showed his cards, but Bensadoun ended up as the winner with for a straight.
Stanley Choi is off to a fast start, playing a part in reducing two nearby opponents below the starting stack.
Dario Sammartino and Max Silver checked out of the blinds on a flop, and Choi bet 12,000. Both blinds called. On the turn, Choi bet 30,000 and only Silver continued, with Sammartino sighing and mucking with some force. Two checks followed a river, and Silver turned over for top pair. No good though, as Choi had him outkicked: .
Mustapha Kanit and Mikita Badziakouski previously tangled in a few pots already and would do so again in the last hand of level five. Kanit defended his big blind against a raise by Badziakouski and check-raised the flop, which Badziakouski called.
On the turn, Kanit bet 15,000 and Badziakouski asked him for the stack behind with 10 seconds remaining on the clock. "Around 95,000," Kanit replied and the clock ran down to zero before the next countdown started. The Belarusian then raised to 40,000 and Kanit took more than the first 30 seconds to make a decision, before moving all in. Badziakouski ended up folding, but complained about the situation and the floor was called.
After the entire scenario had been explained, Badziakouski also had to forfeit one time bank chip as well after taking more than 30 seconds to act before his check-raise, and stormed out of the tournament area.
Rainer Kempe bought back in for his second bullet, while PokerStars Team Pro Igor Kurganov entered the competition at the start of level six with a fresh first stack.
[Removed:119] opened the hijack for 6,000 only for Sergio Aido to three-bet to 17,500 from the button. Both blinds released, Bensadoun called.
Bensadoun check-called 22,000 on and 52,000 on the turn before checking a third consecutive time on the river. Sergio Aido used a time bank chip to decide what to do and eventually bet 75,000. Bensadoun folded.
In the cutoff, Oliver Weis raised to 7,000 and Steve O'Dwyer three-bet to 33,000 in the big blind. "Do you have me covered?" Weis asked and O'Dwyer replied "I don't think so, I started with 230," before Weis called. On the flop, O'Dwyer bet 16,000 and Weis called before the fell on the turn.
O'Dwyer now checked and Weis bet 29,000, which the poker pro with Irish roots called. On the river, O'Dwyer checked again and Weis let the clock run down to three seconds before announcing a bet worth 89,000. O'Dwyer's shot clock all but ran out as well, and he made a painful expression on the face before calling.
Weis mucked his cards and O'Dwyer showed the before raking in the big pot, Weis just shook his head.
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and Bulychev bet 8,000, which Thorel called. Buldygin folded, as did Uskov, before Luca raised it up to 22,700.
flop, and Yan called. On the 
turn, Holz checked and folded to 30,000 from Yan.
river, Bensadoun checked and Aido bet 32,000, which the Frenchman called. Aido briefly showed his cards, but Bensadoun ended up as the winner with 
for a straight.
flop, and Choi bet 12,000. Both blinds called. On the 
turn, Choi bet 30,000 and only Silver continued, with Sammartino sighing and mucking with some force. Two checks followed a 
and 52,000 on the 
turn before checking a third consecutive time on the 
river. Sergio Aido used a time bank chip to decide what to do and eventually bet 75,000. Bensadoun folded.
flop, O'Dwyer bet 16,000 and Weis called before the 
before raking in the big pot, Weis just shook his head.
