Today will be the first time that players from all three starting flights come together, and continue on their quest to locking up a small piece of the €300,000 guarantee prizepool.
Leading the way is Michal Mrakes. Second in chips isAndrea Iocco, and third the British pro William Kassouf. However, there are plenty of other big names still in who will want to come close to toppling these three names off the top of the leaderboard by the end of the day including Team888 pros Natalie Hof, Chris Moorman and Dominik Nitsche.
Home interest is obviously going to be focussed on chipleader Mrakes, but there are still several players flying the Czech flag.
Today play is scheduled for twelve levels of 60 minutes long. Re-entry is open until the start of day 2, so we expect to see a small number of players join the fray as things get underway. Shortly thereafter the finalised prizepool will be released, and we will be able to see what exactly the remaining players are aiming for.
Dominik Nitsche was standing up and shaking Waldemar Starostin's hand. Nitsche was all in before the river against two other opponents, and eventually showed on a board. Starostin showed , took down the pot and eliminated the Team888 Pro.
After several hands without an elimination on the money bubble, Miroslav Forman raised to 15,000 from the hijack and Robert Ashelm three-bet all in for 140,000 from the big blind. Forman went into the tank as he looked across at action involving Niall Farrell at another table.
The floor staff reminded him that it was hand for hand and Forman nodded. Eventually Catalin Pop, who was seated at Forman's table called the clock on Forman. The tournament official explained the process to Forman, who in turn called the clock on the player whose action it was at Farrell's table.
With the clock running out Forman eventually called, but had to wait for the action to finish on the neighbouring table. When it did so the cards were turned over.
Ashelm:
Forman:
Ashelm looked in good shape for a double up on the money bubble, but the flop came . The board ran out and the remaining 55 players have all locked up €1,997 in prize money. For being bubble boy, Ashelm received a bluetooth speaker from the tournament organisers.
Catalin Pop raised from early position and Oanh Bui moved all in. In the next position was Simon Hoffmann, who was sitting on a stack of approximately one big blind. He went into the tank.
He played with his chips for a short while, and then sat back in his chair and folded his arms. The dealer reminded him that action was on him and Hoffmann nodded.
In the end Almedin Imsirovic called the clock on him. With the clock ticking down William Kassouf piped up: "You've made the pay-jump," he said pointing to the clock, "There are 38 left." With that Hoffmann moved all in and the remaining players, including Pop, all folded.
Bui:
Hoffmann:
The flop came giving Hoffmann a flush draw. "Everyone loves a sweat," said Kassouf. However, the turn was the and the river the meaning Hoffmann was eliminated.
"I like those kinds of sweats," said Bui, "The ones where I can't get eliminated I mean!"
William Kassouf moved all in for around 260,000 from the hijack. It folded to Ludovic Geilich in the small blind who called and showed . Kassouf held , and was in need of help.
The board ran out and the talkative Brit was eliminated in 23rd Place.
Frank Stumpf had been hanging around with a below five big blind stack for some time, and after Bernd Schonwalder moved all in from middle position, he called for his few remaining chips in the small blind. His were ahead of his opponent's , but Schonwalder hit his ace to eliminate his opponent in 12th place.
Roger Andersson moved all in from middle position for 323,000. Catalin Pop called from the cutoff and the cards were turned over.
Pop:
Andersson:
"We need a three," said Andersson, as Pop's cards were turned over. There was no three on a flop of , but the on the turn opened up straight, flush and straight flush opportunities to go with his three. However, the river was the and Andersson was eliminated in 11th place.
After a quiet period of time in which no player really upped the pace or forced the issue to try and reach a conclusion, Bartosz Szafraniec was all in against Niall Farrell.
The Polish player held and was ahead of Niall Farrell's .
The flop was a safe one for Szafraniec as it came , however the on the turn changed the dynamic, and the on the river sealed the deal for Farrell.
The players are now bagging up their chips ready for the final day tomorrow. Stay tuned to PokerNews for a full recap and chip counts.
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