Level 3
: Blinds 200/400, 400 ante
The first of two starting days continues a strong start as the field already grew to 203 entries. This includes several re-entries but a host of notables just entered not long ago as well, with the most familiar names listed below.
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50,000 | |
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50,000 | |
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50,000 | |
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50,000 | |
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50,000 | |
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50,000 | |
turn, Christopher Puetz opted to check. Georgios Tsouloftas made it 8,000 to go and Puetz called to then check again the 
on the river.
and was snapped off by Samuel Ju with the 
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runout provided no help to Grinberg and he was sent to the rail.
turn, Levente Pal bet 3,000 and Alexey Mishuk raised to 11,000. Janja Andelic cold-called and Pal then reraised to 29,000.
flop, Thomas Hofmann bet out of the small blind. Vasileios Chatzilazarou opted for a raise to 9,000 and Hofmann called. The 
river, Michael Ugucctoni was in the tank. He had some 13,800 behind and faced the far larger bet by Vinesh Kotecha. After some two and a half minutes, the Italian called and Kotecha tabled the 
for the second nut flush.
and then headed to the cashier, presumably to re-enter shortly.