With the cards on their back, Phethean looked in good shape holding against his opponent's . However, the flop of wasn't kind to him. The turn was the which gave him a straight draw to go with his queen outs. The river was the and Phethean let out a shout of joy as he doubled up against his opponent.
Igor Grytsak raised to 45,000 from early position. There were two callers in Ali Murat Cetinbilek and a player in middle position.
Alexander Romme then three-bet all in for 816,000. Igor Grytsak then moved all in for around 900,000. Ali Murat Cetinbilek then moved all in for around 500,000. The third player folded.
Romme:
Grytsak:
Cetinbilek
Cetinbilek was in pole position to triple up through his opponent as the flop came , but the on the turn caused a gasp to ripple around the table and the gathered crowd, and the river was the . Romme boosted his chips from 816,000 to well over 2,000,000 and is now the new chip leader with 33 players left.
Such is the speed of today's action, with only 150 players coming back, we are already down to 50 players left before the final break. As such, certain players slip under the radar. Uwe Fritzenschaft is one of them. A stocky man, he came through Day 1c with just 81,500 in chips. But today he has bloomed and now sits the proud owner of a seven-figure stack.
In this hand he opened to 36,000 from middle position and was shoved on by Peter Wagner on the button.
Fritzenschaft thought for a while before calling tabling . He was flipping against Wagner's , but an ace in the window changed all that. The board eventually ran out and Wagner was eliminated.
On a board of Igor Grytsak bet about 100,000 into a pot of about the same amount. His opponent tossed and turned for a while before eventually calling.
Grytsak showed having rivered top pair and his opponent slammed the table and counted out the bet to hand to his opponent.
Almost as a reward, Grytsak immediately started having a massage.
and Di Dio checked to his opponent who bet 65,000. Di Dio called.
. Di Dio checked, Zaplotnik bet 120,000 and Di Dio moved all in for around 1,000,000.
. The river was the 
and Zaplotnik doubled up.
against his opponent's 
wasn't kind to him. The turn was the 
which gave him a straight draw to go with his queen outs. The river was the 
and Phethean let out a shout of joy as he doubled up against his opponent.
, but the 
on the turn caused a gasp to ripple around the table and the gathered crowd, and the river was the 
. Romme boosted his chips from 816,000 to well over 2,000,000 and is now the new chip leader with 33 players left.
. He was flipping against Wagner's 
and Wagner was eliminated.
