Martin Thiel seems to be the only player over the 100,000 chip mark but he is followed closely by some big names. Sander van Wesemael is hot on his heels and eyeing up his stack along with Vladimir Troyanovskiy.
Peter Bstieler opened to 2,500 from under the gun and was called by the hijack and the small blind. The flop fell and Bstieler continued for 2,500. The hijack called and the small blind folded.
The turn was the and Bstieler checked to his opponent who bet 4,000. Bstieler called and the river landed the . Bstieler checked again and his opponent fired another 6,000. Bstieler sighed and made the call as his opponent showed for just queen-high. Bstieler turned over and was shipped the pot.
There was a raise to 2,600 from early position and Richard Baumann called from middle position. The flop came and the player in early position led out for 3,500. Baumann quickly moved all-in for 10,000 and his opponent called just as fast.
Baumann:
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The turn was the giving Baumann's opponent a flush draw but the on the river dodged everything. Baumann scored the double up to stay alive on Day 1C.
Aleksandar Tomovic was sitting just under the average chips but woke up with a premium hand. He managed to get all of his chips in the middle against the largest chip stack on his table holding . His opponent turned over and Tomovic was in great position to double up.
The flop came and Tomovic was still in the lead. The on the turn left his opponent drawing dead to the on the river. Tomovic found a full double up and is now poised to make the money with just 41 players remaining.
There was a raise to 4,000 from middle position and Vladas Burneikis three-bet to 8,000 directly to his left. The action folded back around to the original raiser who four-bet shoved all-in. Burneikis instantly called for his remaining 31,400 and the cards were tabled.
Burneikis turned over and his opponent held . The flop came and Burneikis was still out front with his pair of aces. The turn was the and the river landed the . Burneikis held on with his two pair and doubled up.