Ivan Luca raised to 550 and Alexander Ivarsson, Sam Greenwood as well as Berthold Winz called. Kyle Frey on the button had other plans and made if 2,600 to go before the action went back to Ivarsson.
The Swede reraised to 7,000 and just Frey called. After the flop , Ivarsson checked and folded to a bet worth 6,500 by Frey.
Amidst all the early action in the €10,000 High Roller, Jean-Noel Thorel appears to be at the very heart of it. After eliminating Akin Tuna, he just doubled up tablemate Rocco Palumbo.
In a three-bet pot the pair saw a board of and Thorel check-called Palumbo's bet. On the turn of the , Thorel lead for three quarters pot and Palumbo called. The river was the and Thorel checked, Palumbo lead for 12,000 and Thorel jammed. Palumbo called and showed for a flopped straight, and Thorel attempted to muck his cards before being forced to show , and handing some chips over to the Italian
Artem Litvinov is usually very easy to spot in tournaments, as one simply does have to check for the one with the most table talk. But today, the Russian is rather silent and this may also be due to his bad start into the High Roller. Two coins are next to his stack but haven't been used yet to flip for a decision.
Mike McDonald bet the river for 900 after both players had checked the flop and turn. Litvinov then silently raised to 2,375 and McDonald called to get shown as winning hand.
Mike McDonald raised to 500 from the hijack and Luuk Gieles then three-bet to 1,550 from the cutoff. Artem Litvinov called in the big blind and so did McDonald. On the flop and the turn, all three players checked. The river was checked to Gieles and his bet of 3,100 enforced two folds.
Rocco Palumbo three-bet an open-raise and a call to 2,200 and then Akin Tuna, the initial raiser, wanted to squeeze in a further reraise. However, he threw in a T-5,000 chip first and the dealer then told him it was just a call. Tuna was slightly annoyed by then and checked behind the flop. Palumbo bet the turn for 2,000 and Tuna folded, getting shown the .
A few minutes later, Tuna was involved in another big pot and called a bet of 6,200 by Jean-Noel Thorel on the turn. Thorel continued for 6,500 on the river and Tuna shoved for what looked like 20,000. Thorel announced the call and the dealer asked him twice, because it sounded almost as like fold.
Tuna flipped over for a flopped straight and Thorel stood up from his massage, looked at the board twice and then roller over for a full house.
Berthold Winz lost a big pot early on to Nicholas Palma with the latter getting value from pocket queens and then got moved tables. On the river, Winz then bet 500 and Sergey Lebedev raised to 1,300. The German called and mucked when he was shown for two pair.
Aussie Millions Main Event Champion Ari Engel has broken out the four-bets in level one against Alexander Ivarsson. After Engel opened to 800 from the hijack, Alexander Ivarsson took it upon himself to three-bet from the big blind to 3,000. Engel took a moment to think before adding additional chips to his original bet and four-betting to 9,000. Ivarsson folded.
"You come to this table and four-bet my friends!" said Chance Kornuth, "To be fair, I'd four-bet him as well!"
Carlos Chadha raised to 650 and Luc Greenwood called out of the big blind. On the flop , Greenwood check-called a bet of 800 and did so again for 1,800 on the turn. The came on the river and Greenwood checked for a third time.
Chadha bet 4,200 and Greenwood snap-called by tossing in a T-1,000 chip to see his opponent turn over for top pair. Greenwood had that beat with and claimed the pot.