Frederico Da Rocha was hiding most of his face behind a scarf and bet all the way through a flop, turn and [2h river. The second bet was worth 5,200 and ended up in a call, he then made it 15,000 to go and that eventually forced a fold.
Petros Theodosiou three-bet and was called by Sergio Andres Gonzalez Alvarez, as well as Pedro Miguel Rolim Guerreiro. A pot of 17,000 emerged to the and Rolim Guerreiro bet 6,500. Gonzalez Alvarez let his shot clock run down to zero seconds and then splashed in a raise to 17,500 in the cutoff.
The dealer called the floor to verify the automatic use of the time banks and by then, the situation was explained while Theodosiou on the button was to act. He opted to fold and Rolim Guerreiro called to get shown the for a straight, Rolim Guerreiro mucked .
One hand later, Rolim Guerreiro three-bet to 2,000 when facing a raise to 400 and a call. Gonzalez Alvarez was the only caller and called two barrels of 1,300 on the flop and turn. After the river, Rolim Guerreiro check-called a bet of 9,500 and was shown for a full house.
Day 1b is on track to surpass the number of entries of the first flight as the screens already show 145 entries in level two. Two players were already eliminated and many more will follow in the hours to come.
The big blind average in the €2,200 High Roller has dropped to just shy of 30 with six players remaining and Ignacio Molina is the dominating chip leader with more than two times as many chips as his nearest follower. Jose Manuel Planells and 888poker ambassador Sofia Lovgren have 13 and 15 big blinds respectively, but a double up would bring them right back into the middle of the pack.
The start into Day 1b had not been as promising for Marcin Jaworski but he just bumped his stack back up. Jaworski made it 8,000 to go on the turn and eventually found no resistance to drag in a healthy pot.
On a double-paired board of , three players invested 4,000 each including Marius Gicovanu, High Roller finalist Daniel Tafur and Adrian Baez. Gicovanu's cards were already mucked and Tafur showed for a full house, but Baez had that beat with the .
The first two levels are completed and the field size has increased to 157 entries of which 155 players remain. They have been sent into their first 15-minute break of the day.