David Camara Espejo (pictured) is the clear chip leader at the first break after he struck an early blow vs Srini Thavarajah on Table 2.The aggressive Sri Lankan had been employing his usual pre-flop ploy and it had already worked once against his Spanish foe, forcing him to fold a double belly buster straight draw with a hefty c-bet.
However, his advantage was not to last, as another pre-flop clash saw him lose over a third of his stack.
Srini had tossed in his standard open for 22,000 from early position and after some thought, Espejo 3-bet from the cut-off to 58,000.
Thavarajah responded with a 4-bet to 150,000 but when his rival near insta-shoved, he was left to tank for a few minutes before laying down his hand.
Meanwhile, Robert Haigh is back in chip magnet mode, dragging in a pair of big pots with trips.
First he caught the cards to take it down against Jose Luiz Lopez, before he also got the best of Nacho Guerra.
The man nicknamed Krusty had tried a move on the turn after the board came J♦A♠J♥-7♥ in a blind battle, but Haigh picked it off and showed down his trips to restore his stack to 380,000.
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