Afshin Fattahi raised to 10,000 from mid-position and was called by the player in late position and the big blind.
All three players checked through on the on the flop. The turn brought them the , the player in the big blind check-called the 11,500 bet of Fattahi while the player in late position folded.
The river completed the board with the on which they both checked. Fattahi's opponent showed for a pair of queens with Fattahi himself having for a rivered pair of jacks, which wasn't enough to collect the pot.
We joined the action in a three-way pot, looking at a board reading with roughly 15,000 in the middle. Rames Woli opened with a check from the small blind, with Dusan Vlaisavljevic leading the flop for 13,000. Johann Vlasits quickly put in a raise to 30,000, with Woli equally quickly getting out of the way.
Vlaisavljevic leaned back in his chair, seemingly unsure on his plan of action. Eventually he reached for his whole stack, totalling roughly 90,000, and pushed it over the line. Vlasits wasted little time making the call, revealing his as the dealer requests the cards be turned over. Pain washed over Vlaisavljevic's face as he tabled .
Only a 10 would keep Vlaisavljevic's tournament alive, but as the dealer paired the on the turn, and the bricked the river, it was Vlastis who would claim the pot and send Vlaisavljevic to the rail.
The tournament organization has finalized the numbers. There were 334 unique players with 80 re-entries, which means that there were 414 entries in total for the first flight here today in the Montesino Casino.
As the tournament will play down till 10% is left, 41 players will be in the money later today and advancing through to Day 2 tomorrow.
Surinder Sunar has taken his seat at the same table as Manuela Richter. Sunar is a British professional poker player which you might know from the Late Night Poker TV series.
Sunar has won several tournaments in his poker career with the first one on record in 1990 and the latest one in 2015. His lifetime career earnings totaling $4,656,181 up till now, spread over more than 200 live tournament cashes, means that he is one of the biggest names in our field today.
The players in seat 8, seat 9 and Afshin Fattahi in seat 1 were all-in. Fattahi and the player in seat 9 had pretty even stacks and they both had the other player covered.
Afshin Fattahi:
Seat 9:
Seat 8:
The board ran out - when the king hit on the river a "yes!" was exclaimed by Fattahi. The dealer counted out the stacks and the player in seat 9 was left with 5,200 while Fattahi started stacking all the chips he collected from this pot.
Just before the break there was a hand played on Table #18; the players in early position, cutoff and on the button all limped in. The player in the small blind completed and Manuela Richter, sitting in the big blind, opted to check.
The flop came , everyone checked up till the player on the button who decided to bet 3,800. Only Richter and the player in early position called.
The three players that were left in the hand checked through the on the turn.
The river completed the board with the , Richter checked and so did the player in early position. The player on the button however opened to 16,800. Richter called and the other player folded. Richter's opponent had to show first and he had for a pair of eights. Richter, however, had him beat with for a pair of jacks on the river.
Peter Fally leads the way after eight levels, with his stack of 218,000 marginally in front of Robert Stanislav Gruszecki's 216,000.
We close registration with 414 total entrants, meaning we will be playing down until there are 41 left, all of whom will collect themselves a €250 min-cash at the end of day.
on the flop. The turn brought them the 
, the player in the big blind check-called the 11,500 bet of Fattahi while the player in late position folded.
on which they both checked. Fattahi's opponent showed 
for a pair of queens with Fattahi himself having 
for a rivered pair of jacks, which wasn't enough to collect the pot.
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with roughly 15,000 in the middle. Rames Woli opened with a check from the small blind, with Dusan Vlaisavljevic leading the flop for 13,000. Johann Vlasits quickly put in a raise to 30,000, with Woli equally quickly getting out of the way.
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on the turn, and the 
bricked the river, it was Vlastis who would claim the pot and send Vlaisavljevic to the rail.
, everyone checked up till the player on the button who decided to bet 3,800. Only Richter and the player in early position called.
on the turn.
, Richter checked and so did the player in early position. The player on the button however opened to 16,800. Richter called and the other player folded. Richter's opponent had to show first and he had 
for a pair of eights. Richter, however, had him beat with 
