On the flop, Michiel Brummelhuis check-called a bet worth 1,000 by his table neighbor and did so again for 2,100 on the turn. Both players opted to check the on the river and Brummelhuis was first to show after the button, revealing . The top pair was good enough to win the pot and help the former November Niner above starting stack.
Other notables on his table: Matas Cimbolas and Timothy Adams.
Hrazem Aanquich's biggest score came off the win in a side event of the Master Classics of Poker back in 2010 and he is now sitting at a table with Ludovic Geilich. The Scot is slightly below the initial stack whereas Aanquich got twice the amount.
Steven van Zadelhoff raised to 600 and Samy Kamal three-bet to 1,625 from two seats over. The Dutchman then four-bet to 4,300 and snap-called all in for 14,000 once Kamal had shoved his six-figure stack.
Ari Engel knocked out his table neighbor after spiking trips with on a flop while the opponent got his stack in throughout all streets with .
Then, there was a raise to 525 from early position and four players called including Farid Chati and Engel. On the flop all four players checked. The came on the turn and the initial raiser bet 1,550. Only Chati called before facing a final barrel worth 3,400 on the river. Chati gave it a lot of thought and then tossed in the chips with to catch a bluff by his opponent, who held the .
Only eight players have been eliminated so far with the screens showing 140 out of 148 participants remaining on Day 1b. Along with the 100 entries of yesterday, the overall field now stands at 248 and should still increase further in the upcoming hours.
After the end of this level, there will be a one-hour dinner break.
Niko Soininen raised to 500 from the button and just Keith Hawkins called from one seat over. On the flop , the Brit check-called a bet of 500 and the two of them checked the turn. Hawkins' bet of 1,500 on the river won the pot uncontested and he bumped his stack up slightly.
Matthew Miller finally had reason to cheer up again. He fired two small bets on the turn and river of a board and Ping Lin check-called the last bet worth 2,000. Miller flipped over and that was good enough to win the pot. "I had them four times now. Two for two!" Miller said to the rest of the table.
In a four-bet pot, Samy Kamal checked from the cutoff with the flop reading . The player on the button then bet 4,200 for half the pot and that enforced a fold from Kamal, who still has everyone on the table outchipped by far.
On the three-way flop of , Vlado Banicevic moved all in for 7,000 after a bet of 700 and High Roller runner up Jer El Salsero as well as the third player in the hand called. The on the turn got Salsero's remaining stack in with the for third pair and a straight draw while the third player in the hand called him off with .
Banicevic was looking golden with and tripled thanks to the river.