A total of 895 players made for a prize pool of €4,340,750. €810,400 of that is reserved for the winner which will be crowned in four days time. The first player to cash takes home €9,120, making the eight-handed final table guarantees you a payday of €76,000.
Jannick Wrang opened to 3,800 and was called by the player in the small blind before Alex Bilokur raised to 9,600 in the big blind. Only Wrang called and they saw the flop of .
A continuation bet of Bilokur for 7,500 was called by Wrang and the Russian then check-called a bet of 11,800 on the turn. With the as final community card, Bilokur checked again and eventually paid off the 16,000-bet of Wrang to muck when the Dane flipped over for a full house.
Rasmus Agerskov opened from under the gun and Ami Barer moved all but his last 2,000 chips into the middle of the table out of the small blind. Agerskov called the bet of 45,000 and Barer then shoved the remainder of his stack on a flop of . Agerskov called with pocket kings and Barer failed to improve with as two blanks completed the board.
Vladimir Troyanovskiy opened for 3,500 from middle position and was met by a three-bet to 8,800 from Dennis Kaj Smit on the button. Both blinds folded, Troyanovskiy called, and it was heads-up action to the flop, which came down . Troyanovskiy check-called a bet of 10,200, and then check-folded to one of 18,600 on the turn.
Despite losing that hand, it's been a good day thus far for Troyanovskiy; in fact, both he and Kaj Smit have chipped up on Day 2.
Walking up the escalators we noticed Gerald Karlic eating a sandwich along with Tom Hall and Ami Barer, though it was still 10 minutes until the next break. Karlic must have had busted as he was previously short-stacked when his got cracked by the of an opponent. The opponent's flush draw turned into the runner runner nut straight and Karlic paid off an overbet on the river to fall down to 16,000.
The remainder of the stack went in with against pocket sevens and the Austrian didn't improve anymore.
Andrea Benelli was all in for around 20,000 in chips with and already took his belongings when his opponent turned over his . However, the board ran out and Benelli chopped the pot.
On a board of we saw Sam Trickett bet out 22,000 from the big blind. His opponent, Michail Karapanos from Greece in early position, made the call after some thinking.
The fell on the river and Trickett grabbed a big tower of 5,000 chips, added an evenly big tower of 1,000 chips, and slid them forward. The bet easily covered Karapanos and the Greek thought for some time before calling.
Trickett showed for flopped trips. Karapanos mucked, but his was flipped open by the dealer as stated in the TDA rules.
Koray Aldemir opened to 3,600 from the cutoff and the player on the button made it 7,600 to go. Pascal Hartmann and Ben Dobson in the blinds both folded and sop did Aldemir after some consideration.
One table over, Ludovit Fischer limped from the small blind and Juan Antonio Riera Roig checked his option. On the flop, Fischer check-called a bet og 2,000 and did so again for turn for 4,500. The river completed the board and Fischer checked, the Spaniard checked behind. Fischer turned over and the nut flush won the pot.
Upon asking about his stack size, Riera Roig laughed and said that friends had also texted him about the huge stack according to a previous update. However, it appears to be a mistake in the media numbers as the Spaniard had peeked at 100,000 chips and is just below that mark now.