Felipe Ramos raised to 25,000 from the button and was called by the player in the small blind and James Akenhead in the big blind.
The flop came and they all checked through to the on the turn. The small blind and Akenhead checked once more. Ramos bet 75,000 and the others both folded.
Chi Zhang raised to 25,000 from mid-position and was called by Michael Sklenicka in the hijack.
The flop came , Zhang continued with a bet of 19,000. Sklenicka called again.
The turn brought them the , Zhang now check-raised to 265,000 on the 75,000 bet of Sklenicka who called.
The river completed the board with the , Zhang now shoved for 736,000 in total. Sklenicka considered all his options for a while and in the end, he called. Zhang tabled for a pair of nines. Sklenicka however, he had the better hand with for two pair, kings and queens. As Zhang had less than Sklenicka, the €50,000 Super High Roller champion has been sent to the cashier to reenter in this flight or in one of the two flights tomorrow.
Mustapha Kanit finished in second place in yesterday's €50,000 Super High Roller for €500,000 and just took his seat at one of the new tables that have been opened. On his right, he has Vladimir Troyanovskiy who also tends to play the high rollers at all the poker festivals.
Ole Schemion has just registered and has also been sent to their table. Usman Siddique has also entered the field and is at the same table as Kenny Hallaert.
Christian Nofal raised to 27,000 from the hijack and was called by Vladimir Troyanovskiy in the cutoff. Mustapha Kanit three-bet to 112,000 from the button. Nofal called and Troyanovskiy folded.
The flop came , Nofal check-called the 70,000 bet of Kanit.
They both checked through the on the turn to the on the river to complete the board. Nofal checked once more. Kanit bet 360,000 and Nofal just smiled. He looked at Kanit and smiled even more.
"The turn?" he asked Kanit and then he folded.
Kanit looked at his cards again and then decided to show the . He then later claimed to have had king-jack.
Csaba Sztreborny raised to 35,000 from the hijack and was called by Aliaksei Boika, on the button. The player in the big blind raised to 115,000 and both Sztreborny and Boika called.
The flop came , the big blind bet 115,000, Sztreborny called. Boika shoved all in for 716,000 in total. The big blind needed about three minutes before the clock was called on him and he folded. Sztreborny also needed some time to consider what to do.
After about 90 seconds, the clock was called on him by a player not involved in the hand. The floor came over and the dealer explained the situation. The floor gave Sztreborny 1 minute to take a decision. Sztreborny called after about thirty seconds.
Aliaksei Boika:
Csaba Sztreborny:
Boika had flopped a flush draw and Sztreborny top pair. The turn and the river completed the board with the . No help for Boika as he was sent away from the tournament area.