Thorsten Schafer, fresh off his win of the €10,000 event in San Remo last month, has made a good start to his Day 1. The EPT regular has added a few thousand to his 30k starting stack, most recently calling a preflop raise to 425 on the button, then betting the threeway flop when it checked to him. One player called the 700 to see the turn, which both players checked. The double-pairing river saw a check-call of Schafer's 1,100 bet, but his opponent threw his hand (flashing the ) when Schafer showed .