The chipleader of the tournament is none other than Pierre Neuville. The former November Niner won a big pot off David Urban, in which Urban check-raised on a board. Neuville had bet 2,900 and Urban made it 9,200, which Neuville called in position.
On the river, Urban bet 11,000, leaving himself with nearly the same behind. Neuville went all in and Urban folded his hand. With a big grin, Neuville flashed the and scooped up the pot.
Shortly after, Urban shoved pocket threes in the pocket tens of Tomas Söderström and lost the remainder of his stack.
The board read and action was on JL. The German bet 13,500 into a pot of over 15,000, leaving himself with just 15,000 behind. Luca Stevanato and Martin Staszko both took their time before folding their hands.
The high rollers will be playing eleven levels of 40 minutes today. Late registration will be open up until the start of Day 2, where players will receive a stack of 25 big blinds if they opt to jump in at the last possible moment.
On a flop, Eugene Katchalov bet 1,700 and got the newly entered Luca Stevanato as the only caller. The on the turn prompted a big 5,200 bet from the Ukranian, but Stevananato wasn't backing down yet and came along.
The on the river connected massively to the board. Even with the draws coming in, an unfazed Katchalov continued his aggression with a bet of 12,000. That was sufficient, as Stevanato finally raised the white flag and surrendered his hand.
Tomas Jozonis opened to 500 on the button. Aviv Meiri three-bet to 1,800 from the small blind and Jozonis four-bet to 4,000. Meiri wasn't done yet, as he cut out a five-bet to 8,000. Unfazed, the Lithuanian put in another raise, making it 14,500 to go. After some consideration, Meiri came along with the call to play a six-bet pot with his opponent.
The flop was and Meiri checked. Jozonis bet 8,500 and got a call from the Israelian. The dealer burned and turned the and Meiri checked again. This time, Jozonis simply moved all in for 20,925.
Meiri intensely stared down his opponent and took minutes to come to a decision. Eventually, with a pain-staken face, he open-folded .
"This would be a good time to show a bluff. Show a six!", [Removed:197] laughed.
Jozonis didn't show anything, though, and silently raked in the big pot.
No less than five players paid 600 to see a flop of appear. All players checked, which prompted Marian Fridrich to bet 1,000 on the turn. Francisco Araujo made the call in position.
The landed on the river and both players checked. Araujo showed and the Argentinian qualifier took down the pot.