Dan Shak opened to 2,500 and Timothy Adams three-bet to 7,500 from one seat over, which Shak called. On the flop, Shak checked and a bet of 6,000 by Adams did the trick to force a fold and rake in the pot without further resistance.
Timothy Adams raised to 2,500 and Martin Jacobson called on the button. Steffen Sontheimer in the small blind three-bet to 12,500 and Adams called, jacobson looked over to Sontheimer who said "I started with 68." Jacobson folded and the remaining two players headed to the flop. Sontheimer continued for 8,500 and Adams called before a second barrel worth 18,500 on the turn won the pot uncontested for the German.
On the heads-up flop of , Adrian Mateos checked and called a bet of 8,000 by table neighbor Jean-Noel Thorel. The turn was checked through, as was the on the river, and Mateos showed for two pair. Thorel mucked and the pot was sent to the Spaniard.
Bertrand Grospellier started the hand with a stack of around 45,000 and raised to 2,500 from the cutoff. Dan Shak in then small blind three-bet to 8,000 and Grospellier called. On the , Shak continued for 10,000 and Grospellier called before the fell on the turn.
Shak slowed down and checked, and Grospellier moved all in for his last 27,200. Shak gave it some thought and called with for the open-ended straight draw while Grospellier rolled over for a set. The on the river completed a straight for Shak and Grospellier became the third casualty of the day.
Martin Kabrhel raised to 2,600 and Adrian Mateos defended his big blind. On the flop, Mateos checked and called a bet of 2,200 by Kabrhel. Both players subsequently checked through the turn and river and Mateos turned over . Kabrhel had that beat with and claimed a small pot.
Within quick succession, Bryn Kenney and Dan Shak entered the High Roller to bump the field to 15 entries. Kenney was involved into a bigger pot right away in a battle hijack versus cutoff and checked to Martin Jacobson on the turn. Jacobson bet 15,000 for around two third of the pot and that forced a fold from Kenney.
Adrian Mateos in the under-the-gun position and Martin Kabrhel in the small blind both invested 21,000 preflop and headed to a flop of . Kabrhel checked and called a bet of 14,000 by Mateos before checking again the turn. Mateos moved all in for 90,200 and Kabrhel asked for a count.
Kabrhel checked his own stack and he was in fact covered by the jam of the Spaniard, releasing his cards into the muck soon after. "Nice bluff right there," Kabrhel added and Mateos replied "thank you."
Dominik Nitsche busted in a limped battle of the blinds after missing a gutshot and Ali Reza Fatehi called his shove on the river with for a full house fours over fives on a double-paired board.
The fortune for Fatehi didn't last long, as he immediately lost a big pot to Jean-Noel Thorel. Fatehi bet the turn for 10,500 and Thorel called before the river completed the board. Fatehi bet 11,000 and Thorel raised to 25,000, which Fatehi called. Thorel rolled over the for queens and fives, and that won the pot.
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier sat down and raised to 2,200. Steffen Sontheimer three-bet to 6,600 in the cutoff and Martin Kabrhel's four-bet to 16,100 on the button forced quick folds.
Over on the other table, Ali Reza Fatehi doubled his short stack and raked in some more chips while Dominik Nitsche dropped to the bottom of the counts. Fatehi raised to 2,500 and Jean-Noel Thorel called in the bign blind. On the flop, Thorel check-called a bet of 3,000 before the turn and river were checked. Fatehi was shown by Thorel and mucked.
Nitsche opened to 2,000 and Adrian Mateos three-bet to 6,500 on the button, which Nitsche called. On the flop, Nitsche checked and quickly folded to a bet of 3,500 by Mateos.