Day 1b has increased to 234 entries with very few seats open spread over two rooms and the third scheduled break of the day has kicked off after the end of level six. Around 199 players remain and get to pick up some fresh air for the next 15 minutes.
Level: 7
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
After her deep run in the €2,200 High Roller, Sofia Lovgren took a break before entering the Main Event and can now be found in the main tournament room. Other notables can be found below.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
210,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
200,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
185,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
185,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
180,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
160,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
140,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
125,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
110,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
100,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
87,000
87,000
|
87,000 |
|
70,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
|
45,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
A frustrating Day 1a ended with the elimination just shy of bagging and tagging for the Aspers Casino London tournament director John Scanlon. He walked into the tournament area during the break with a fresh stack and seat assignment, and the words "let's do this."
Marius Gicovanu re-entered and somehow ended up on the same seat, which he wasn't too upset about as his previous table image might get lighter calls as a result. Also in as of level seven is Frenchman Sonny Franco, who min-cashed the €2,200 High Roller.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
88,000
88,000
|
88,000 |
|
88,000
88,000
|
88,000 |
|
88,000
88,000
|
88,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
170,000
170,000
|
170,000 |
|
140,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
|
|
135,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
||
|
|
130,000 | |
|
115,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
|
105,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
|
|
102,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
|
||
|
100,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
|
|
90,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
|
68,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
45,000
43,000
|
43,000 |
Scotsman Deryck Barnes opened the action with a raise to 2,000 and Manuel Carballo Campana in the cutoff glanced over.
"It is 2,000," Barnes grinned and Carballo Campana then three-bet to 6,200, which Barnes called. On a flop of 
, Barnes c checked and faced a bet worth 9,200. That ended the hand right there as Barnes was not willing to invest any further chips.
He got some of them back soon after but remains below the starting stack for now. Carballo Campana has the most chips at the table ahead of Ebony Kenney.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
210,000
210,000
|
210,000 |
|
165,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
Abedel Douair in the small blind raked in the pot after sending Francisco Dominguez in the cutoff to the rail, who left the table with a "suerte", wishing everyone else good luck. Douair had flopped top pair with 
on a board of 
board while Dominguez had put his hopes on 
for a flushdraw.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
230,000
103,000
|
103,000 |
|
|
Busted |
The 2017 888poker LIVE Barcelona Main Event champion Luigi Shehadeh has been able to run up a profit after entering in the current level and he was just involved in a four-way pot to the 
flop. Action checked to Shehadeh and he bet 3,000, the button min-raised to 6,000 and the Italian was the only caller.
Nothing much happened on the 
turn and 
river, and the button scooped the pot with 
. Shehadeh could all but smile over the outcome.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
138,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
After running up a big stack early on Day 1a, Irena Macesovic came up short of bagging chips and will try to do better on Day 1b. She has already chipped up a lot again and was just now involved in an all-in showdown.
On the 
turn, Macesovic bet 12,500 and called the shove for not that much more. The player at risk tabled 
for top and bottom pair while Macesovic had outs with 
for the nut flush draw. Instead of a spade, the board completed with the to improve Macesovic to aces and treys.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
205,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
Level: 8
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
