As we enter Level 12, the tournament director reminded the players that this is the last level of registration.
This is the last chance for players to register or re-enter Day1a.
Day 1a will proceed until level 14 is completed.
Level: 12
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 1,600
The board read 
with Jonathan Gruber having bet 18,000 into a pot of 30,000.
His opponent was Kevin Recous who had then shoved for 91,200. Gruber tanked before eventually calling.
Kevin Recous: 
Jonathan Gruber: 
Recous had flopped the nut flush and had redraws to a Royal Flush. Gruber was hoping to river a full house, but the 
bricked and Recous doubled to over 400,000.
Meanwhile, tablemate Daniel van Os is hovering around 250,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
249,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
|
210,000
210,000
|
210,000 |
|
7,500
7,500
|
7,500 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
174,000
144,000
|
144,000 |
|
160,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
155,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
25,000
-23,000
|
-23,000 |
|
18,000
-37,000
|
-37,000 |
Gal Aviv raised to 3,200 from under the gun and Renat Bohdanov three-bet him from the next position, making it 8,600.
Action folded around to Aviv, who made the call and both players saw the flop of 
.
Aviv checked, Bohdanov bet 5,300 and Aviv called.
The turned 
paired the board and Aviv checked again, only to see Bohdanov fire a bet of 14,500. Aviv folded his hand and Bohdanov moved close to the 300,000 mark.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
290,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Level: 11
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 1,600
Ernst Schnelzer limped in middle position and called a shove for 30,000 from Nor Souphannaro.
Nor Souphannaro: 
Ernst Schnelzer:
Souphannaro called for a jack, but the 
board didn't help him and he was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
95,000
61,000
|
61,000 |
|
|
Busted |
A player raised to 2,500 and Rene Petersen three-bet all in for 21,000. Mark Rostron was in the cutoff and four-bet all in for 66,000. It folded to Christina Solli in the big blind.
She asked for a count and went deep into the tank, apologising to the table. Eventually she folded, as did the original raiser.
Petersen sheepishly turned over 
, as did Rostron showing 
and Solli pulled a face.
The board ran out 
and the two chopped the pot.
"You win?" Rostron asked Solli.
"Yeah, yeah," replied Solli.
"Thank you for folding," said Rostron. "It was good for me!"
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
140,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
|
67,000
-43,000
|
-43,000 |
|
22,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
Athanasios Andrianopoulos opened the action from middle position with a raise to 2,500. Iliyan Mutafov made it 7,500 from the button and John Jantzen did not waste any time before moving all-in for 19,600.
Andrianopoulos asked for a chip count, then looked at Mutafov's stack and elected to fold and when action returned back to Mutafov he made the call quickly.
Jantzen: 
Mutafov: 
The board run out 
giving the rivered straight to Jantzen who moved to 45,000, while Mutafov was left with 40,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
45,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
40,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
