Jan-Peter Jachtmann was eliminated by Ryan Hughes while Eddie Ochana had already re-entered with a fresh stack. Also new in the field are Viliyan Petleshkov, Ismael Bojang and Robert Auer amongst others.
Ryan Hughes raised to 1,200 and picked up three callers including Jan-Peter Jachtmann in the small blind. On the flop, all four players checked through. The turn was checked to the player on the button and he bet 2,000, which was called by Jachtmann and Hughes before Jachtmann's bet of 10,000 on the river won the pot without resistance.
"I barely have you covered," John Racener said while his were still tabled, his opponent was all in with and the board lay completed with . The stacks were briefly counted and Racener indeed had his opponent covered to continue the roller coaster ride.
Rex Clinkscales was also able to build his stack in the first few levels of the day and has a similar stack right now, albeit with fewer swings than his fellow American.
According to the screens there are already more than 100 players registered and the latest additions to the field include Krzysztof Magott, Michal Mrakes, Sebastian Langrock and Fahredin Mustafov. Magott finished 6th in the €550 Pot-Limit Omaha Event #2 and is looking to score an even better result this time around.
Alfredo Vega Meister and Francisco Quevedo were among those to fire a second bullet after having previously been eliminated.
The big stack of John Racener has suddenly melted and the American was left with fewer than the starting stack, a swing of almost 100,000. Georgios Koliofotis confirmed what had happened, as the German with Greek roots was the one that won the massive clash.
After a raise to 1,000 and a three-bet to 2,700, two players called and Koliofotis raised the pot to 16,500. No fewer than opponents including Racener called and the flop brought all diamonds. Koliofotis and Racener went at war with the former having floppedf the nut flush, and Racener had for the inferior flush and gutshot straight flush draw.
Alfredo Vega Meister busted in a three-way all in when his for a wrap on the flop was no good. Bianca Jacobs with and John Racener with were also in the pot and the turn and river run out saw Racener double through Jacobs in the bigger side pot for 48,400.
One table over, Mikko Hirvonen busted a second time in just three levels and sent his stack over fo Willm Engelke.