John Kabbaj took down a four-way pot on the flop by betting the pot to help himself back above starting stack while Mikkel Plum has not been running good early on yet. In a three-way flop of he gave up against a bet of Dimitri Holdeew and showed his cards high enough to table neighbor Claus Carlsen, it was a pair of kings with ace and queen.
Joining the action on the flop , Claus Carlsen bet 2,000 and was called by Dimitri Holdeew on the button. The on the turn saw the Dane fire another bullet worth 5,000 and again Holdeew called, without much hesitation as well. The on the river then triggered a final barrel worth 5,000 by Carlsen with just 11,000 behind and Holdeew called after some consideration.
The Dane immediately mucked and forfeited more than half of his stack in this attempt.
Vadim Markushevski is the first player to reenter the tournament and has been seated at the left of fellow Belorussian Vasili Firsau now. Markushevskiy started on the right of Firsau and drew the same table again where John Kabbaj now claims his previous seat.
Besim Hot has been eliminated. Five-ways to the flop , Jesper Hougaard check-called a bet of 2,000 by Hot and all the other players in the hand folded. The turn saw a bet of 5,000 by Hot and a call by Hougaard before the Swiss announced all in blind. An on the river gave Hougaard the nuts with and Hot's set of aces with the for the nut flush draw on the turn were no good anymore.
2009 World Poker Tour Cyprus winner Thomas Bichon is among the four new players that entered the competition in the new level and he sits next to Jan-Peter Jachtmann.
Ioannis Papadopoulos is next to John Kabbaj while Artur Schreiner and Pavel Binar are next to each other on the third tournament table.
Miltiadis Kyriakides pushed the turn of a board to enforce a fold from Besim Hot with the Swiss mucking the for two pair. "Wow you fold that?" Kyriakides laughed and showed him the for inferior two pair.
Over on the third table, the dealer announced a seat open and the cards were already rushed away while the chips are pushed to Jerome Sgorrano. The Belgian was involved in a five-way pot to a queen-high flop with two diamonds. One player bet 1,100 and just Sgorrano called before a hit on the turn. Sgorrano check-raised from 2,600 to 6,750 and was called before leading the river for 6,500.
His opponent shoved for 22,000 and the Belgian tank-called with for top set, the other player was semi-bluffing with two pair.