Alain Riss moved all-in for 48,400 over the top of a opening bet to 7,500 from Giovanni Di Ceglie. It looked a tough decision for Di Ceglie, and he cursed as he threw his cards away.
Riss smiled, and decided to relieve his opponent's stress-levels, by turning over his hand, just .
"Every time I've folded to you, it's been a good hand too," sighed Di Ceglie. "It's hard but at least I was right!"
The €1,100 Main Event saw a total of 609 entries and the top 72 spots will get paid with the min cash being worth €2,100. The winner will take home €110,000 for his efforts, representing the lion's part of the €584,640 prize pool.
Ramlal Basdeo and Roberto Perez got their short stacks in and Perez was the one at risk. Both players showed suited ace-king and Perez was asking for spades.
Roberto Perez:
Ramlal Basdeo:
The flop was the exact opposite, and Basdeo indeed completed a flush thanks to the turn. This made the river meaningless and Perez was eliminated with a smile on the face. "Yesterday I cried, today not," Perez added.
Hristian Panchev raised to 7,000 and picked up one caller before Marco Regonaschi three-bet to 29,000 out of the blinds. He picked up both callers and then bet the flop for 43,000. Panchev moved all in and the third player in the hand folded, while Regonaschi quickly called.
Marco Regonaschi:
Hristian Panchev:
The turn was a sweat for the Bulgarian, but the river bricked and Regonaschi stood up to tell the good news in Italian to some friends on another table. With that, Regonaschi jumped into the lead.
Marco Regonaschi is crushing his table and just raised again, a standard pop to 7,100. The player who moved all-in over the top of his opening bet this time, Andres Vinas had six figures and that was enough to get Hamza to fold, for a rare occasion as he's busted scores in these first levels.
Vinas shows and she racks up 115,000, but it is Marco Regonaschi who is killing the room.
Alessio Sardone made it 6,500 to go from early position. Play was folded round to Alexey Dubrovkin in late position, who called. The flop of saw Dubrovkin check, but when Sardone bet 5,200, Dubrovkin was all-in. Sardone called it off.
Alessio Sardone:
Alexey Dubrovkin:
The turn of and river sent Dubrovkin home, but he was up on his feet waiting for the axe to fall well before the board completed.
Ema Zajmovic doubled her short stack early on but busted before the end of the second level of the day. Bruno "Foster" Politano, the last 888poker ambassador, was also among the casualties and he was joined on the rail by Paul Testud and Gordon Huntly.
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flop was the exact opposite, and Basdeo indeed completed a flush thanks to the 
turn. This made the 
river meaningless and Perez was eliminated with a smile on the face. "Yesterday I cried, today not," Perez added.
flop for 43,000. Panchev moved all in and the third player in the hand folded, while Regonaschi quickly called.
turn was a sweat for the Bulgarian, but the 
and she racks up 115,000, but it is Marco Regonaschi who is killing the room.
saw Dubrovkin check, but when Sardone bet 5,200, Dubrovkin was all-in. Sardone called it off. 
and river 
sent Dubrovkin home, but he was up on his feet waiting for the axe to fall well before the board completed.
