On the river of a board , Dennis Wilke bet 75,000 and Sergio Ruiz called. Wilke briefly flashed his cards and mucked when Ruiz tabled for trips aces as the winning hand.
Faramarz Safari opened to 32,000 in the hijack and was called by Viktor Walter in the cutoff and Georgios Vrakas in the big blind. The flop fell which stirred up plenty of action and a long time to do so.
Vrakas checked and Safari continued for 58,000. Walter called and Vrakas thought for a moment before raising to 207,000. Safari went into the tank for nearly five minutes before he shoved all in for 465,000. Now it was Walter in the tank for well over five minutes as well. Vrakas eventually called the clock and Walter ditched his cards to the muck. Vrakas quickly called and the cards were on their backs.
Georgios Vrakas:
Faramarz Safari:
The turn was the to give Safari a set of kings and eliminate a few of Vrakas' outs. However, the still came on the river and Vrakas made the nut flush to double up through Safari, leaving him on crumbs.
Rainer Kempe may have folded in Artur Rudenkov's shove in the previous hand, however he picked the wrong time to shove on him.
Rudenkov opened from the button and Kempe shoved his small blind, with Rudenkov calling and opening his cards, before he even got a count from the dealer. Kempe saw his opponent open and was just waiting with his cards facing down. "I called", said Rudenkov to Kempe who replied, "I know, i am just giving you time to think about it and take back your decision". Rudenkov laughed and Kempe showed his cards to send the hand to showdown.
Action folded to Artur Rudenkov who limped from the small blind. Rainer Kempe raised to 35,000 from the big blind and Rudenkov responded by moving all in for 895,000. Kempe, with 215,000 behind, thought for a long while. Eventually the clock got called on him and before the countdown had even started, Kempe let it go.
Daan Mulders is leading the pack during the biggest part of Day so far, and his latest hand he became the first player to surpass two million chips.
The hand was on the river and Negjdet Avdylaj bet 133,000 with Mulders raising to 375,000 with on the board. After one minute, Avdylaj threw a chip in the middle to indicate the call, but mucked when Mulders showed for top set.
Artur Rudziankov raised to 17,000 from the cutoff and Julian Menhardt called from the small blind.
The flop fell and Menhardt checked. Rudziankov bet 20,000 and Menhardt check-called.
The dealer burned and turned the and Menhardt check-called another bet of 66,000 from Rudziankov.
The completed the board and Menhardt checked for a third time. Rudziankov tossed in a bet of 166,000 and Menhardt called. Rudziankov turned over for a rivered straight and Menhardt showed for a set of deuces before sending his hand to the muck.
On the river of a completed board of , Harry Ross bet and Jakob Madsen raised to 162,000 for nearly half of his remaining stack. Ross wasted little time before moving all in and Madsen quickly folded to drop below 25 big blinds.