On the heads-up flop of , Leon Tsoukernik moved all in for his last 460,000 and Joao Simao called from one seat over.
Leon Tsoukernik:
Joao Simao:
The turn and river were both blanks and Tsoukernik was eliminated. "Now I can play in this," he added and glanced over to the feature table live stream, on which the BIG GAME cash game will kick off later today.
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Vladimir Troyanovskiy raised to 65,000 from the under-the-gun position and everyone folded to Daniel Pidun in the big blind who called.
The flop brought them the , Pidun check-called the 50,000 bet of Troyanovskiy.
The turn came with the , Pidun check-called again but now it was a 140,000 by Troyanovskiy.
The river completed the board with the , Pidun decided to change the action up a bit by now leading with a bet of 240,000. Troyanovskiy quickly glanced at Pidun and then looked at the board again. In the end, he decided to fold.
Felipe Ramos busted on his second bullet while Christoph Vogelsang will be back shortly for attempt number two.
Vogelsang bet a flop of for 350,000 and Renato Nowak check-raised all in out of the small blind. Vogelsang called shortly after for the following showdown:
Christoph Vogelsang:
Renato Nowak:
Nowak's top pair with a flush draw improved on the turn and the river sent Vogelsang out for now. At almost the same time, Patrik Antonius took a seat to make it 48 entries in total.
Pavel Binar raised to 75,000 from the hijack and was called by Jean-Noel Thorel in the big blind.
The flop came , Thorel check-called the 105,000 bet of Binar.
They both checked through the on the turn to the on the river on which they both checked again. Thorel tabled for a flopped pair of fours but Binar had the better hand with for a turned pair of tens and the pot was awarded to Binar.
Niall Farrell opened the action with a raise to 70,000 first to act and picked up two callers in Rob Yong and Joao Simao. The flop came and a bet of 125,000 by Farrell did the trick to force a fold.
Soon after, Farrell defended his big blind to a raise of 75,000 by Aymon Hata and check-folded the flop to Hata's continuation bet of 60,000. Farrell has just under the starting stack while Philipp Zukernik busted on his second bullet on a different table.
, Leon Tsoukernik moved all in for his last 460,000 and Joao Simao called from one seat over.
turn and 
river were both blanks and Tsoukernik was eliminated. "Now I can play in this," he added and glanced over to the feature table live stream, on which the BIG GAME cash game will kick off later today.
, Pidun check-called the 50,000 bet of Troyanovskiy.
, Pidun decided to change the action up a bit by now leading with a bet of 240,000. Troyanovskiy quickly glanced at Pidun and then looked at the board again. In the end, he decided to fold.
for 350,000 and Renato Nowak check-raised all in out of the small blind. Vogelsang called shortly after for the following showdown:
turn and the 
river sent Vogelsang out for now. At almost the same time, Patrik Antonius took a seat to make it 48 entries in total.
, Thorel check-called the 105,000 bet of Binar.
for a flopped pair of fours but Binar had the better hand with 
for a turned pair of tens and the pot was awarded to Binar.
and a bet of 125,000 by Farrell did the trick to force a fold.
flop to Hata's continuation bet of 60,000. Farrell has just under the starting stack while Philipp Zukernik busted on his second bullet on a different table.
, Machon check-called the 65,000 bet of Becker.
on the turn to the 
