The button, small blind and Martin Urbanek in the big blind all limp into a pot. The flop then comes .
The small blind bets 5,400 and Urbanek calls. The button folds.
The turn is the and this time the small blind bets 12,500. Urbanek inquires as to how many chips his opponent has left before moving all in, covering his opponent.
They eventually call and show for middle pair, but Urbanek has them beat with . The river is the adding insult to injury, as the Czech player rivers trips.
Over the past half a level or so there have been a flurry of eliminations, with the tournament clock currently reading 38 players and the tournament staff are having a right handful balancing each of the tables.
In this hand Peter Wagner raised to 7,000 and Nicolas Sievers three-bet all in for 22,500.
Wagner called and showed , and Sievers .
The board ran out and Sievers, who eliminated the first player of the day, is now himself eliminated.
A player opened from middle position and Ruben Perez called in late position.
The flop was and the player in middle position bet 17,000 into a pot of 17,500.
Perez then moved all in for 143,000. This equated to just under 50 big blinds and elicited a 'What the fuck!' from his opponent so loud it elicited turned heads from the other three tables still playing in the Opening Event.
"You flopped a flush?" he asked before calling.
Perez turned over and some more expletives escaped his opponent's mouth as they turned over . The turn was the and the river the and Perez found himself raking in a monster double up.
After the second flight of the €225 Opening Event, 25 players join the 19 which advanced from Day 1B and will return on Sunday to continue to battle for a share of the €150,000 guaranteed prize pool.
Exactly 150 players started the day, and at the end of 15 levels of thirty minutes each, the 25 players are lead by Ruben Perez with 426,500.
He was helped with a late double-up when he flopped a flush on a board of with seven-four of spades against his opponent who had also flopped a flush holding six-three of spades.
Also with a healthy six-figure stack is Szymon Pieszczoch (220,500), Manfred Hammer (288,500), Christoph Bruell (238,500), Sebastian Langrock (240,500), Jan Vavreka (263,500) and Igor Grytsak (324,500).
Tomorrow there is a double dose of Day 1 action, as Day 1C starts at 13.00 and Day 1D at 17.00. Both flights of this event will be covered live on PokerNews. The plan will be again to play 15 levels, with each having 11 levels of re-entry.