Marek Blasko reentered and drew the same table again but with a different seat. The Slovakian is squeezed between the two big stacks Alexander Mikhalev and Andriy Kushchenko. The new bullet is not crowned by success yet, as Blasko is below the starting stack again.
On the three-way flop of , Kushchenko bet 3,800 and Athanasios Zogkas in the small blind as well as Mikhalev from under the gun folded.
The next hand, Zogkas limped from the button and Mikhalev raised to 4,100, Zogkas called. On the flop, Mikhalev checked and then folded to a bet worth 6,000.
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Stefan Toelle's stack of more than 50,000 vanished after his failed to get there against the of Richard Schaaser. The very next hand, Hüseyin Arkun raised to 2,500 and Schaaser called from one seat over.
Arkun bet the flop, both then checked the turn. On the river, Arkun bet 3,000 and Schaaser quickly raised to 25,000. This forced a fold from Arkun, who flashed , and Schaaser returned the favor by showing his for a straight.
Ashot Oganesian raised to 2,800 and Bartel Kars called in the cutoff. "Bruce Balboa" then moved all in for 12,800 out of the small blind and Oganesian reraises all in. "How much is that?" Kars asked and Oganesian replied "around 65,000."
"Are you sure?" Kars added and Oganesian then counted before replying "67,200, and tomorrow Day 1b." After some brief consideration, Kars then called with the biggest stack of the trio to put two opponents at risk.
Bruce Balboa:
Oganesian:
Kars:
The flop of gave Bruce Balboa quads, while Oganesian held up thanks to the turn and river in order to claim the big side pot.
The players are heading into their second 15-minute break of the day and the green T-25 chips will be raced off during that time. In the meanwhile, the free buffet is calling and that is pretty much where everyone is heading to.
"Bet. All in. Call," the dealer announced with the flop reading . It was Scott Hanna who had bet, Viačeslavas Čugunovas who had shoved and Hanna who then called off with his shorter stack and the . Čugunovas had that beat with and stayed ahead, as the turn and river were insignificant.
"Good luck on the reentry" the player in the one seat added as little needle and Hanna just laughed. Also eliminated: Sebastian Langrock.
Serok Kilic has been eliminated. In a multi-way pot, he was trying to steal and got his stack in with the , putting a shorter stack on a pocket pair. That was indeed the case, but unfortunately Slobodan Mihaljovič next to him had a monster in and looked up both very quickly.
The board ran out and Mihaljovič eliminated Kilic and the other player with a set of queens.
, Kushchenko bet 3,800 and Athanasios Zogkas in the small blind as well as Mikhalev from under the gun folded.
flop, Mikhalev checked and then folded to a bet worth 6,000.
failed to get there against the 
of Richard Schaaser. The very next hand, Hüseyin Arkun raised to 2,500 and Schaaser called from one seat over.
flop, both then checked the 
turn. On the 
river, Arkun bet 3,000 and Schaaser quickly raised to 25,000. This forced a fold from Arkun, who flashed 
for a straight.
gave Bruce Balboa quads, while Oganesian held up thanks to the 
turn and 
river in order to claim the big side pot.
. It was Scott Hanna who had bet, Viačeslavas Čugunovas who had shoved and Hanna who then called off with his shorter stack and the 
turn and 
river were insignificant.
and Mihaljovič eliminated Kilic and the other player with a set of queens.