Hands #1-6: Not a Great Start for Glæsel
Hand #1: Rasmus Glæsel opened for 135,000 with . Aleksei Opalikhin, in the hijack, called with . The flop came and Glæsel bet 150,000 with his flopped set. Opalikhin folded right away.
Hand #2: On the button, Michael Gentili found and raised to 130,000. Small blind Christian Harder woke up with and three-bet to 425,000. The big blind folded, and so did Gentili.
Hand #3: Aleksei Opalikhin was first to act and raised to 135,000. Rasmus Glæsel called from the big blind with and check-called 160,000 on . The turn came the and now Glæsel check-folded to Opalikhin's 290,000 bet.
Hand #4: Christian Harder raised to 135,000 from the button, followed by small blind Rasmus Glæsel who three-bet to 325,000 with . Big blind Aleksei Opalikhin found and glanced at his neighbor's stack. The Russian player eventually four-bet to 700,000. Harder folded, and so did Glæsel after some time in the tank.
Hand #5: Rasmus Glæsel raised from the button, making it 130,000. Both blinds folded.
Hand #6: Christian Harder was in early position with and raised to 140,000. Cliff Josephy was in the small blind and moved all in for 1,120,000 with . Harder folded, sending Josephy the pot.