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Tobias Dassau gave it all he had to shift Mark Hirleman off his raise to 8k preflop. Hirleman in position had invested 8,000 as part of a raising war (leaving himself 31,000 behind) and Dassau pushed all in for 28,875 total. Hirleman considered this for a while, before making the call with 
and finding Dassau holding the 
. The board rolled out 
and with a polite table tap Dassau left the tournament.
PokerStars Team Online member Anders Berg has had a diminishing sort of day, his stack eroded until with under 10,000 the warning lights were flashing for his EPT life. Kenni Gren just gave him some oxygen, calling his 1,500 bet on the flop and his 6,225 all-in shove on the turn of a 
board. Gren shook his head when he saw Berg's 
for a flopped set which beat his 
, turning into a house on the 
river.
Level: 7
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 50
The last 15-minute break of the day is now underway. When players return, it's for two more one-hour levels and that's all for Day 1a.
In a multiway raised pot featuring around seven players, the flop had come 
and it was checked to Anton Wigg who bet 3,875. Benjamin Jensen flat-called and everyone else folded.
The seemed to make little difference and Wigg fired 7,650 this time with Jensen again calling. The 
river saw a huge 18,850 bet from Wigg and Jensen tanked for several minutes before finally folding. Last year's winner is already going well today.
Three players remained in the hand when we arrived on the turn of the 
board and there was around 10,000 in the pot; all three players (two gentlemen in the small blind and UTG+1 positions respectively, and Arnaud Mattern in the hijack) checked it around.
The river was the 
and the small blind checked again. Mr. UTG+1 bet 3,600 - but Mattern now raised to 11.650, leaving himself a scant 8,000 behind. The small blind folded pretty swiftly and although Mr. UTG+1 took a litle longer over it, he folded too.
Mattern is now back up above his starting stack, on 33,000.
Start-of-day table neighbours James Akenhead and Martins Adeniya both found themselves rather short last level. They've enjoyed mixed fortunes since then.
Adeniya has reversed his downturn and is now up to a very respectable 50,000. Most recently, we found Adeniya check-calling a bet from his one opponent on a flop before both players checked the turn. They saw a 
river and Adeniya now bet out 5,625, which his opponent called, but quickly mucked when Adeniya turned over 
for a full house.
Meanwhile over on the next table James Akenhead seems to have completely disappeared. Conclusion - busto.
Theo Jorgensen is back into the fight after doubling up with against 
, Jorgensen is back up to 33,000 after the board came 
.
Jan Brandejs might have been pleased with runner-runner trips after trying to bet his Seat 10 opponent off a flop with queen high, but it turned out to be costly for him.
It was probably looking bad anyhow as he bet 1,250 on a 
flop only to be raised by the button to 2,700. Back to Brandejs, who made it 6,400. This bet gave his opponent some pause for thought, but he called after a while.
Both players checked the 
turn, and on the 
river, Brandejs led out 9,225. This was called so fast the felt nearly caught fire and his 
was found to be lagging behind the nut flush - 
. The winner of the hand was disappointed he'd been slowed down by the pairing board, but was in all probability not getting any more out of it.
Well at least there is one Torres (take THAT Chelsea fans) who isn't firing blanks. Jan Brandejs had opened to 1,000 and Victorino Torres reraised to 2,300 next to him. Everyone else folded and Brandejs made the call to see a 
flop which both players checked. They also both checked the turn for a river where Brandejs fired out 3,700 but Torres now raised to 8,700. Brandejs instantly folded and Torres giggled, showing ...
