Christian Sperrer checked the heads-up flop of out of the big blind with around 450,000 in the pot and Miroslav Lelek bet 175,000 from the cutoff. Sperrer check-raised to 500,000 with around 725,000 behind and Lelek tanked. The clock was called on him, but he folded immediately after the one minute countdown started.
In the first hand, the stacks went flying between Timur Caglan in the hijack and Adrian Buzan on the button and it soon became apparent why, as two monster hands clashed.
Buzan:
Caglan:
The board ran out and Buzan doubled for 750,000, then walked over to Caglan and apologized for the suckout.
Caglan doubled back up to one million against Ondrej Vlasanek with versus when his flopped top pair against second pair held up on a board of .
Xavier Vidal moved all in from under the gun and the action folded back around to Tony Veille in the big blind. He peeked at his cards and called right away for his last 790,000.
Veille:
Vidal:
The board of left Vidal with less than one big blind and he was forced all in next.
Hand 2
Igor Hudacek limped in from the cutoff and Veille called in the small blind, as Vidal was already all in. On the flop, Veille check-folded to a bet by Hudacek.
Vidal:
Hudacek:
The turn and river failed to improve the Spaniard and he was eliminated.
Ondrej Vlasanek raised to 150,000 from the cutoff and Jochen Werner then three-bet to 425,000 out of the small blind. Vlasanek moved all in and Werner called for around 1.3 million.
Werner:
Vlasanek:
The board ran out and Vlasanek paired his queen to eliminate Werner and become a contender for the chip lead.
After a raise, Antonio Rubiano Prada just flat-called in the hijack and Sebastian Bensch then moved all in out of the small blind. The initial raiser folde,d but Prada quickly called.
Bensch:
Prada:
The board ran out 510s,5d,4c,3h,10h] and the kicker played to send Bensch to the rail in 23rd place.
Martin Bartoš raised to 110,000 from the cutoff and short stack Irakli Janjgava moved all in for around 350,000 from one seat over, the players in the blinds folded.
Janjgava:
Bartoš:
The board ran out and Bartoš scooped the pot with nines and sevens, Janjgava is eliminated in 24th place.