Joris Ruijs opened to 5,000 and Benjamin Pollak pushed all in for little more, which Cristian Egues in the big blind called and Ruijs also came along. On the flop, Egues shoved and Ruijs called all in for less.
Benjamin Pollak:
Joris Ruijs:
Cristian Egues:
The on the turn improved Egues to trips, and the river even gave the Spaniard a full house to eliminate two opponents.
After his previous double up, EPT13 Malta €25,750 Super High Roller champion [Removed:17] then took care of Marc MacDonnell.
it was a flip with the of MacDonnell against the of Yan and the board ran out to eliminate the Irishman. Other players that followed to the rail were Xiaoyang Luo, Przemyslaw Piotrowski, Gaetano Brignone, Pratyush Buddiga and Morten Mortensen.
Mikalai Vaskaboinikau is still on track to better his third place in this very event one year ago after just having sent Yang Zhang to the rail. Zhang open-shoved for around 25,000 from the small blind and Vaskaboinikau snap-called.
Yang Zhang:
Mikalai Vaskaboinikau:
The board came and the kings held up to eliminate Zhang. Right after that, the table broke and all players were sent to different tables, the tournament screens show 64 hopefuls remaining.
There were 115 unique players and 29 re-entries to create a field of 144 entries and a total prize pool of €1,396,800. The top 20 spots will be paid at least €18,160 whereas the winner can look forward to a payout of €335,200 and the elusive High Roller trophy.
At one point on Day 1 Adrian Mateos was the chip leader in this tournament. Now he's out.
On a board of Mateos overbet it all in for 55,400 into a pot of 40,000, but Roman Korenev looked him up and made the call with . Mateos was holding for live cards and a straight draw, but the river was a brick, and Korenev dragged in the pot.
Shortly after Mikita Badziakouski left this €10,300 High Roller as well. On a board of the Belarusian bet 25,000 into Stephen Chidwick and left himself only 11,800 behind. Chidwick pushed a tower of chips over the betting line to put his opponent all in, but Badziakouski folded to live another day.
It was short-lived however, as he busted a few hands later all in with against the of Pierre Neuville. Disaster struck on the turn, and that was it for Badziakouski.
Joining the action on the turn with around 32,000 in the middle, Marcin Chmielewski bet 16,000 from the hijack and Cristian Egues raised to 35,000 on the button. Chmielewski moved all in and the Spaniard asked for a count. The shove of his opponent was for 74,200 and Egues eventually called.
Marcin Chmielewski:
Cristian Egues:
The on the river was a blank and Chmielewski doubled.
Martin Finger's stack is more than halved while Felix Stephensen moved into the top spot at the respective table.
In a recent hand towards the end of the previous level, Stephensen raised to 4,500 on the button and Farid Jattin three-bet to 10,500 from the small blind, Stephensen called. On the flop, the action went check, check. On the turn, Jattin bet 10,000 and Stephensen called.
The on the river completed the board and Jattin checked. Stephensen bet 25,000 and Jattin reluctantly called to muck when shown by Stephensen.
Marcin Chmielewski raised to 5,000 on the button and Sam Greenwood shoved for his last 29,000 in the small blind. Cristian Egues just flat-called in the big blind and Chmielewski folded.
A player opened the action early before Farid Jattin three-bet from the button to 15,000. Martin Finger in the big blind shipped his 55.700 over the top, and after a short deliberation Jattin committed the chips.
Martin Finger
Farid Jattin:
The flop of was terrible news for Finger, and he quickly got up from his chair and shook his head.
The turn brought some hope for Finger in the shape of a flushdraw, and when the rolled off on the river, Finger's nutflush won the pot.
"I even stood up", Finger explained to the table afterwards in a grinning manner. "I must have learned from my opponents".
flop, Egues shoved and Ruijs called all in for less.
on the turn improved Egues to trips, and the 
river even gave the Spaniard a full house to eliminate two opponents.
of MacDonnell against the 
of Yan and the board ran out 
to eliminate the Irishman. Other players that followed to the rail were Xiaoyang Luo, Przemyslaw Piotrowski, Gaetano Brignone, Pratyush Buddiga and Morten Mortensen.![[Removed:17]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
Mateos overbet it all in for 55,400 into a pot of 40,000, but Roman Korenev looked him up and made the call with 
the Belarusian bet 25,000 into Stephen Chidwick and left himself only 11,800 behind. Chidwick pushed a tower of chips over the betting line to put his opponent all in, but Badziakouski folded to live another day.
turn, and that was it for Badziakouski.
on the river was a blank and Chmielewski doubled.
rolled off on the river, Finger's nutflush won the pot.