Leon Louis in the hijack raised it up to 1,300 and Ronit Chamani moved all in from one seat over. Louis asked for a count and called when it was deemed to be for around 16,000.
Chamani had the and held one overcard and live suit against the of Louis. The board came and Chamani was eliminated for the second time on Day 1b.
Joining the action on the turn, Glen Garaway bet 8,000 and Thomas Muehloecker called from one seat over. The came on the river and Garaway moved all in. Muehloecker double-checked his cards and called all in for 20,500.
Garaway turned over the and Muehloecker had rivered a full house with the to double.
The cards of Huseyin Houssein were already in the muck while he paid off the 23,200 of Fabio Miranda. The Portuguese held the winning hand with on a board of and confirmed that it had been a flip against ace-king.
The same table also features Andrew Hulme, who was not unhappy to be seated with Terry Jordon.
One table over, Tuomo Niskanen and Ramlal Basdeo battled with the former check-calling a bet on the flop. Niskanen bet the turn for 5,000 and Basdeo raised big to more than 23,000. Niskanen was covered by that and folded. Basdeo flashed the with the words "that was a bad turn card, I wanted the two of spades."
In a four-bet pot with 30,000 in the middle, Iaron Lightbourne and his opponent from Croatia invested another 10,500 on the flop. Akinnugba checked the out of the blinds and his opponent checked back to see the on the river. Lightbourne now bet 34,000 and his opponent reluctantly folded.
Dominik Nitsche and Chris Moorman were among the big names to jump into Day 1c and the current chip leaders are Raul Martinez and Domenico D'Amore. The latter won a massive pot against Manuel Bardon to get up to a six-figure stack.
Nine tables remain on Day 1b and another 60 players have already taken a seat in 1c with Conor Beresford among the notables.
Raul Martinez is no longer the chip leader as he sent over a big chunk of his stack to Ciprian Paunescu. The Romanian was kind enough to provide the details, as he doubled through Martinez and sent short stack Seung Hun Ko to the rail.
According to Paunesco, he raised the button to 1,700 and Martinez called, Ko jammed only 3,600 in the big blind. Paunescu reraised to 7,600 and Martinez clicked it back top 22,600, which Paunescu called. On a flop, Martinez bet 9,000 and Paunescu called.
The came on the turn and Martinez checked the stack of his opponent, then moved all in for effectively 45,000. Paunescu used two time banks and called with , Martinez only had and Ko showed . A blank river kept the Romanian in the lead and he skyrocketed into the big stack.
"I used two time banks! Damn, what a call," he said, all smiles before taking a short break from his table.
Terry Jordon raised big to 3,000 and Fabio Miranda three-bet to 6,000, which Jordon called. On the flop, Jordon shoved for 14,000 and Miranda called with the for top pair. Jordon had some outs with his , but bricked off on the turn and river.
In a three-way pot that also included the two Finns Toni Ojala on the button and Tuomo Niskanen in the big blind, the latter check-folded a bet on the flop. On the turn, the stacks of the remaining two players went in and Ojala found himself behind with the , as his opponent had flopped the wheel with ace-five.
Ojala spiked the on the river to improve to a full house and soon after Ojala sent another player to the rail to boost his stack further. Among the other current big stacks is also Sebastian Jancso, who sits a few tables over with Dominik Nitsche and Sofia Lovgren.
Down to around 16,000, Sofia Lovgren ended up all in and at risk before the flop with the and she was called by Yangshou Hu with the . Lovgren picked up a straight draw on the flop and the turn was not much of a change. The river was a blank and the 888poker team pro was eliminated.