Arlie Shaban opened to 2,100 in middle position and Oliver Weis defended from the big blind. The flop came and Weis check-called a bet from Shaban.
The turn was the and both players checked to the on the river. Weis led out with a bet of 2,600 on the river and Shaban quickly called. Weis knuckled the table and Shaban tabled for the winner.
On the next hand, Shaban raised to 2,100 again and Ante Jukic re-raised to 5,500 in the cutoff. Shaban called and they went heads-up to a flop of .
Shaban check-called bets of 2,700 on the flop and then 6,700 on the turn. The river was the and both players tapped the table. Shaban showed but Jukic held for the better kicker.
Marle Spragg opened to 2,200 from early position and found calls from Stewart Chantler on the button and Marcello Del Grosso in the big blind.
All three players checked the flop before Chantler and Del Grosso tapped the table again on the turn. Spragg fired 6,500, which was called by Chantler while Del Grosso got out of the way.
Spragg then moved all in on the river, producing a fold from Chantler to take it down.
The board read , the pot was swelled to over 60,000, and Lewis Spencer was the first to act. He eventually decided to check and sent the action over to his heads-up adversary, Luis Faria.
After some thought, Faria slid out a bet of 11,500 which resulted in a hasty fold from Spencer. Faria was pushed the pot to grow his stack to almost 100,000.
Marius Kudzmanas opened to 2,000 from the cutoff and the action folded to Conrad Simpson in the big blind. Simpson called to see the flop and check-called a continuation bet of 2,000 from Kudzmanas.
Simpson then led out on the turn for 3,500 and Kudzmanas called to the river.
Simpson led again for 5,500 but quickly faced a raise from Kudzmanas to 22,000. Simpson took some time before tossing in the call and mucked when Kudzmanas tabled for a flush.
Alban Beysson opened to 2,100 in early position and Jamie O'Connor three-bet to 6,300 on the button. PokerStars Ambassador David Kaye then four-bet to 15,500 from the small blind and Beysson and O`Connor both folded.
The very next hand, Beysson again opened to 2,100 and O'Connor again three-bet to 6,300. It was deja vu as Iosif Spulber then four-bet jammed a stack of 45,000 from the big blind. Beysson got out of the way and O'Connor tanked for over a minute before calling with a bigger stack.
Iosif Spulber:
Jamie O'Connor:
"Wow!" reacted Alexandra Botez.
"Slow roll!" Spulber joked about O'Connor's tank.
The flop came to give Spulber the lead and he held for a double after the runout.