Niall Farrell opened the action with a raise to 70,000 first to act and picked up two callers in Rob Yong and Joao Simao. The flop came and a bet of 125,000 by Farrell did the trick to force a fold.
Soon after, Farrell defended his big blind to a raise of 75,000 by Aymon Hata and check-folded the flop to Hata's continuation bet of 60,000. Farrell has just under the starting stack while Philipp Zukernik busted on his second bullet on a different table.
Pavel Binar raised to 75,000 from the hijack and was called by Jean-Noel Thorel in the big blind.
The flop came , Thorel check-called the 105,000 bet of Binar.
They both checked through the on the turn to the on the river on which they both checked again. Thorel tabled for a flopped pair of fours but Binar had the better hand with for a turned pair of tens and the pot was awarded to Binar.
Felipe Ramos busted on his second bullet while Christoph Vogelsang will be back shortly for attempt number two.
Vogelsang bet a flop of for 350,000 and Renato Nowak check-raised all in out of the small blind. Vogelsang called shortly after for the following showdown:
Christoph Vogelsang:
Renato Nowak:
Nowak's top pair with a flush draw improved on the turn and the river sent Vogelsang out for now. At almost the same time, Patrik Antonius took a seat to make it 48 entries in total.
Vladimir Troyanovskiy raised to 65,000 from the under-the-gun position and everyone folded to Daniel Pidun in the big blind who called.
The flop brought them the , Pidun check-called the 50,000 bet of Troyanovskiy.
The turn came with the , Pidun check-called again but now it was a 140,000 by Troyanovskiy.
The river completed the board with the , Pidun decided to change the action up a bit by now leading with a bet of 240,000. Troyanovskiy quickly glanced at Pidun and then looked at the board again. In the end, he decided to fold.
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On the heads-up flop of , Leon Tsoukernik moved all in for his last 460,000 and Joao Simao called from one seat over.
Leon Tsoukernik:
Joao Simao:
The turn and river were both blanks and Tsoukernik was eliminated. "Now I can play in this," he added and glanced over to the feature table live stream, on which the BIG GAME cash game will kick off later today.
Albert Daher raised to 60,000 from the under-the-gun position. Action folded to Steffen Sontheimer in the small blind who called. Bartlomiej Machon also called from the big blind.
The flop came on which they all checked. The turn brought them the , Sontheimer checked, Machon bet 100,000. Daher quickly called and Sontheimer got out of their way.
The river completed the board with the , Machon now checked. Daher bet 450,000 and now Machon needed some time to think. After a while, he decided to fold.
While Timothy Adams was eliminated, Pavel Binar and Daniel Pidun were involved in a pot that saw a board of emerge. Binar had bet the turn and eventually made it 135,000 to go on the river. Pidun gave it some thought before making the call and Binar shook his head before rolling over for a busted open-ended straight draw. Pidun had that beat with for ace-high and boosted his stack.
and a bet of 125,000 by Farrell did the trick to force a fold.
flop to Hata's continuation bet of 60,000. Farrell has just under the starting stack while Philipp Zukernik busted on his second bullet on a different table.
, Thorel check-called the 105,000 bet of Binar.
on the turn to the 
on the river on which they both checked again. Thorel tabled 
for a flopped pair of fours but Binar had the better hand with 
river sent Vogelsang out for now. At almost the same time, Patrik Antonius took a seat to make it 48 entries in total.
, Pidun check-called the 50,000 bet of Troyanovskiy.
turn and 
river were both blanks and Tsoukernik was eliminated. "Now I can play in this," he added and glanced over to the feature table live stream, on which the BIG GAME cash game will kick off later today.
on which they all checked. The turn brought them the 
, Sontheimer checked, Machon bet 100,000. Daher quickly called and Sontheimer got out of their way.
emerge. Binar had bet the turn and eventually made it 135,000 to go on the river. Pidun gave it some thought before making the call and Binar shook his head before rolling over 
