On the three-way flop of , Maxim Panyak bet 2,150 from early position and Ivan Banic called whereas the third player in the hand folded. The turn saw Panyak check and call a bet worth 5,700 before checking again the river. Banic now made it 12,800 to go and that forced a fold from Panyak.
While the duo remains with the biggest stacks at the table, Ema Zajmovic is not far behind and they also face the likes of Andre Akkari and [Removed:17] as well.
With a completed board of , Schemion shoved his last 16,000 in the middle, around a pot-sized bet. Serhal Erdat played slightly less than that and ended up calling the shove.
The German showed for a straight, Erdat mucked and headed for the rail. Schemion is up to 48,000.
On a flop, Giovanni Lena committed his stack of 18,000 to the pot and Sam Grafton looked him up.
Giovanni Lena:
Sam Grafton:
Grafton had plenty of outs to knock out Lena, but the and river bricked for the Brit. Lena quickly ran over to a neighboring table and loudly celebrated the double-up.
Among those to join the list of today's casualties were Joao Simao, Scott Margereson, Vladimir Troyanovskiy and Claas Segebrecht. Freddy Deeb had been nursing a short stack for quite some time and ran out of chips as well.
Uruguayan high roller Francisco Benitez opened the action from middle position with a raise to 1,000. Adi Alkalay, like Benitez in middle position, three-bet to 3,200 and just Benitez called.
Benitez check-called a bet of 2,800 on and the hit the turn. That card would proof to a big one, as the money was soon going in. Benitez check-raised Alkalay's 6,300 bet to 13,600 and called the shove for 34,850 total.
Adi Alkalay:
Francisco Benitez:
The river paired the board, giving Alkalay the winning full house. Benitez parted ways with a large portion of his stack.
Sergio Aido opened for a raise and got one caller before the big blind shoved all in for just 6,575. Aido reraised to chase away the third player and get heads up.
Aido:
Big blind:
The flop was safe enough for Aido, but a opened up a possible flush. The completed it, and Aido sent over a double.
Koray Aldemir bet 1,900 into a pot of 5,500 on a board, and Noah Vaillancourt, who had checked in middle position, called him. Vaillancourt checked the river, and Aldemir bet again for 5,000. Vaillancourt responded with an all-in shove, and Aldemir dumped his holding after briefly thinking.
Team PokerStars Pro Jake Cody had to part with 90% of his stack after a massive clash with Vicente Delgado. With the board reading , Cody had checked to his adversary. Delgado went all in for 40,875 total, an overbet to the 35,000 pot.
Cody tanked for several minutes and eventually made the call with for just second pair. It was a brave hero-call from the Brit, but Delgado held for the turned set of fours to launch himself up the leaderboard. After the dust had settled, Cody was left with just 12 big blinds.
Several of the early big stacks have plummeted in the counts and fell down to starting stack or even below that. As for [Removed:17] and Elvin Muratovic, they are done for the day and may jump in one of the several side events still.