The field is growing further and two familiar faces could be found among the most recent entries. Luke Haward can always be identified quite easily, as he tends to wear very colorful clothes, and today is no different. The other notable is Leon Louis, who sat down over on table five to make it even more of a feature table.
Well-known Indian actress Minissha Lamba was also seated on the table of John Hesp and Albert Sapiano, and she was able to build an early profit. As for Sapiano, he has been eliminated and sent over the majority of his stack to Hesp before re-entering.
Ronit Chamani has also bought back in, which makes it two re-entries in the second level of the day with 64 players seated.
A big clash happened over on table four when Mark Cox and Huseyin Houssein got their stacks in with the flop showing . Cox was ahead with the and Houssein held the for the overpair and nut flush draw. The turn left Cox with one out, and the river reduced the stack of Cox to around 6,000.
"On the turn you could get away with it," Houssein said.
In the meanwhile, Albert Sapiano has busted for a second time and sent his stack over to High Roller finalist Carlos Sanchez Diaz.
On the turn, the stacks of Domenico D'Amore and his opponent went into the middle and the Italian had a stronghold in the hand, having tabled for the nut straight. His opponent was at risk for around 10,000 with the and needed running cards to avoid elimination. The turn and the river were not sufficient and D'Amore raked in the pot.
Toni Ojala bet the river for 700 and Krzysztof Pregowski raised it up to 3,000. Ojala was in the think tank and used one time bank, while his opponent asked for his nationality and talked through pretty much all possible options.
Eventually, Ojala folded and said he had two pair, mentioned he was from Finland.
"Do you want to see?" Pregowski asked and Ojala nodded. He was shown the and asked what the other card may be. Ojala called out an ace and was right, as the river for a wheel was also revealed.
John Hesp lost a three-way pot with some 10,000 in the middle when he held on a board . One player mucked and the third player in the hand revealed for the better kicker.
"I should have bet," Hesp nodded and remains on a big stack early on Day 1b.
Neculai Radu more than made up for his mediocre start and turned a full house with to chip up. One table over, Carlos Citara flopped a set and further improved to quads with pocket fours to shoot up the leaderboard.
Carlos Sanchez Diaz final-tabled the £2,200 High Roller and quickly doubled his stack on Day 1b of the £1,100 Main Event also. Just now he added even more chips to his growing tower and appears to be the current chip leader.
With the completed board showing and 4,000 in the middle, the Spaniard faced a bet of 800 and raised it up to 7,100. Without hesitation, his opponent called and Sanchez Diaz rolled over for two pair to claim another juicy pot.
Soon after sitting down, Iaron Lightbourne doubled through Neculai Radu. The cards of Radu were already in the muck and Lightbourne had tabled, the board showed .
Just before the end of the third level, Mark Cox was all in and at risk with the . His opponent held the and the board of saw Cox ended up second-best to kings and jacks.
At the end of the level, the players were sent in a 15-minute break and there are 77 players out of 85 entries remaining, which includes five re-entries.