In a battle of the blinds, Ole Schemion limp-called a raise to 4,800 by Stephen Chidwick and led the flop for 8,150, which Chidwick called. On the turn, Schemion bet 21,600 to pick up another call and jammed the river.
Chidwick had 87,776 behind and was not willing to call the shove of the German for 54,126.
Jason Koon opened to 2,640 and Justin Bonomo called in the hijack, as did Anatoly Filatov in the big blind. The trio checked the flop and turn. Filatov bet the river for 8,559 and Koon called with for the top pair, as Filatov won the pot with for a straight.
Andrii Novak raised to 2,000 and Bert Stevens defended the big blind after he had just sat down. On a flop, Stevens check-called for 4,125 and did so again for 10,313 on the turn.
The fell on the river and Stevens now check-jammed into a bet of 25,782. Novak called for the 39,242 he had behind and doubled with versus .
Jorma Nuutinen raised to 2,300 in the cutoff only for Bruno Volkmann to three-bet the button to 7,775. Nuutinen four-bet to 22,600 and picked up a call by his table neighbor.
The flop fell and Nuutinen bet just 8,700 to force a fold from Volkmann.
Several middle-sized pots were traded as the lead of Wiktor Malinowski and Adrian Mateos was shortened.
Stephen Chidwick was one player to take a bite when he battled with Malinowski. The heads-up min-raised pot was checked on the flop and Malinowski then bet the turn for 4,323, which Chidwick called. On the river, Malinowski's bet of 4,477 was called and Chidwick won the pot with versus .
Ole Schemion then three-bet to 11,200 out of the big blind and Andras Nemeth called on the button. Schemion bet the flop for 5,944 to earn a call and checked the turn. Nemeth fired a bet of 22,748 to pick up a call and Schemion then check-folded the river to a jam by Nemeth.