Anton Michlmayr was all-in and at risk with for his last 91,000, with the player in the big blind tabling and, in a less-than-classic 50/50 situation, they were off to the races.
The dealer spread an flop, with both players hitting a decent piece, but as the dealer burned and turned the , Michlmayr's flush draw was running out of time. He needed a spade, but instead the river gave his opponent two pair when the landed, dragging in another tidy stack of blue 10,000-value chips and casually popping them on top of his towers, while Michlmayr left the tournament area, with a little over two and a half hours to decide whether he would like to play Day 1d.
Martin Karch opened under the gun by throwing in three brown 5,000-value chips, before the dealer pointed out that to make the minimum raise, he would need to wager an additional 1,000. By the time he had organised what was now a legal raise, the player in middle position had called, and action had folded around to the big blind who made up the rest.
Three players took the flop, with the big blind leading right out for 25,000. Karch quickly moved in for his remaing 65,000, with the player in middle position folding and the big blind quickly called. Karch was disguedt to see that his was no good versus the big blind's for top two pair, but he could still find an ace, queen, 10 or running cards to find a way out of this situation.
The on the turn was about as big of a brick as the dealer could possibly find. That is, until he put the on the river, with Karch quickly leaving the tournament area to join the back of the queue for Day 1d, starting in 15 minutes.
Action on table 40 folded around to Robert Galka in the hijack, who limped in for 6,000, before Burak Erpolat shoved next to act for his last 36,000. With both blinds getting out of the way, Galka shrugged and called off the rest, tabling his .
Erpolat wasn't in terrible shape with his , although the flop did afford Galka a couple more outs. The double-paired the board on the turn but the , while pairing Erpolat's hand, gave Galka the straight as he dragged the pot.
Manuela Richter raised to 13,000 from the cutoff and was called by the player on the button and Bodo Sbrzesny in the big blind.
All three players checked through the on the flop. The dealer turned the on which Sbrzesny proceeded to bet 18,000. Richter folded but the player on the button called.
The on the river completed the board, both players checked through on this card. Sbrzesny's opponent showed for a missed straight draw. Sbrzesny himself had which landed him two pair, kings and sevens, and the pot.
Our 150 remaining players are taking a short 15-minute break while the floor staff colour up the 500-value chips.
Don't forget day 1d will kick off in one hour's time, at 7pm. We are also running a hyper-turbo starting at 1030pm, with tomorrow morning's 10am hyper-turbo being the last chance for anyone not already through to Day 2
The floor staff were called over to place a 45-second clock on Tomche Spasek, as his tablemates felt he had already taken plenty of time over his decision.
He was looking at a board, with about 95,000 in the middle, facing an all-in from Andreas Roder totalling 68,600. With 15 seconds left on the clock, Spasek announced "call," prompting Roder to whip over the nuts: . Spasek went to muck his hand, which met with some disapproval. "I want to see that hand!" requested Roder, as the dealer revealed Spasek had made the call with .
Roder managed to pick up maximum value with his flopped quads, and he is now well back in it, dragging a 230,000-chip pot his way.
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for his last 91,000, with the player in the big blind tabling 
and, in a less-than-classic 50/50 situation, they were off to the races.
flop, with both players hitting a decent piece, but as the dealer burned and turned the 
, Michlmayr's flush draw was running out of time. He needed a spade, but instead the river gave his opponent two pair when the 
landed, dragging in another tidy stack of blue 10,000-value chips and casually popping them on top of his towers, while Michlmayr left the tournament area, with a little over two and a half hours to decide whether he would like to play Day 1d.
flop, with the big blind leading right out for 25,000. Karch quickly moved in for his remaing 65,000, with the player in middle position folding and the big blind quickly called. Karch was disguedt to see that his 
was no good versus the big blind's 
for top two pair, but he could still find an ace, queen, 10 or running cards to find a way out of this situation.
on the turn was about as big of a brick as the dealer could possibly find. That is, until he put the 
on the river, with Karch quickly leaving the tournament area to join the back of the queue for Day 1d, starting in 15 minutes.
, although the 
flop did afford Galka a couple more outs. The 
, while pairing Erpolat's hand, gave Galka the straight as he dragged the pot.
on the flop. The dealer turned the 
on which Sbrzesny proceeded to bet 18,000. Richter folded but the player on the button called.
. Spasek went to muck his hand, which met with some disapproval. "I want to see that hand!" requested Roder, as the dealer revealed Spasek had made the call with 
.