Germany's Ibrahim Ogur, from under the gun, opened the betting with three-time the big blind raise to 450 and after two players folded, including Team PokerStars Pro Pierre Neuville folded Marko Neumann three-bet to 1,125. The only person prepared to pay this amount was Ogur so it was heads-up to the flop.
Ogur checked to Neumann who had adopted a pose not too dissimilar to the one EPT Tallin champion Ronnie Kaiser adopts when he is in a hand, his head tilted and rested on his right hand. Anyway, enough of that what about the rest of the hand? Neumann made a continuation bet of 1,625 and Ogur quickly called.
The was greeted with a check from Ogur and an increased bet of 3,650 from Neumann. Ogur instantly reached for chips and we fully expected a raise but alas he did not. Instead he checked.
The river was another ten, the and Ogur checked again but this time when Neumann bet 7,275 he slammed his cards into the muck; one unhappy Ogur.
From the hijack seat, Scott Seiver raised to 350. Play folded to Barny Boatman in the big blind and he three-bet to 1,125. Seiver tossed in the call and off to a flop they went.
The flop came down and Boatman bet 1,000. Seiver tossed out the chips to make the call and the dealer ran the on the turn. Seiver was faced with a bet of 2,000 from Boatman, but that didn't scare him off as he called again.
The landed a fourth club on the river and Boatman paused. He then moved all in for 8,925. Seiver tanked for a bit, asked the dealer to spread the pot, tanked a bit more, then tossed in the call.
Boatman pointed to him to signify that Seiver made the correct call and had it. Boatman showed the for just ace-king high. Seiver showed the for a queen-high flush and won the pot.
Boatman was eliminated, but sat in his chair for a little bit while Seiver collected the pot and stacked up his chips. He didn't seem to believe he was eliminated the way he was or that Seiver could make the call. Either way, he was out the door and Seiver climbed to 40,000 in chips.
Dermot Blain has had mixed fortunes so far today, first finding himself drop to around 20,000 and now he has 42,000 thanks to him being able to fade a flush draw.
The action was three-way on a flop, the big blind checked, the hijack checked and Blain bet 1,400 which sparked off a whole load of action! The big blind raised to 3,125, the hijack made it 6,000 to play then Blain shoved for 18,675. The big blind tank-folded and later claimed to have held and the hijack.
Hijack:
Blain:
The turn was the and the river was the and Blain flew up the chip counts to 42,000.
*thanks to Christian Zetsche for relaying this information to us
Today's ten levels are just the beginning of an arduous six day poker slog, but it's a journey the likes of Scott Seiver, Barny Boatman and Olivier Busquet have taken before. Who will last the distance, who will crash and burn?
The final number of players for today has come in at 243. The tournament has a cap of 1,300 players. We don't expect to reach that figure but we do expect tomorrow's field to be at least three times as big.
Germany's Marc Möbius was pitted against Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Selbst on the flop of . There were a few thousand chips in the middle already and Selbst fired a bet of 1,600. Möbius took some time, then fired back with a raise to 3,675. Into the tank went Selbst, thinking for a couple of minutes before reraising to 7,800. Within 10 or 20 seconds, Möbius raised all in. Selbst had just under 20,000 behind and made the call to put herself at risk.
Selbst:
Möbius:
The turn was the and paired the board, which meant Möbius couldn't hit a four to make two pair and win the hand. The river was the and gave Selbst the double up. She's now up to nearly 60,000 in chips and one of the largest stacks in the room.
flop.
was greeted with a check from Ogur and an increased bet of 3,650 from Neumann. Ogur instantly reached for chips and we fully expected a raise but alas he did not. Instead he checked.
and Ogur checked again but this time when Neumann bet 7,275 he slammed his cards into the muck; one unhappy Ogur.
and Boatman bet 1,000. Seiver tossed out the chips to make the call and the dealer ran the 
on the turn. Seiver was faced with a bet of 2,000 from Boatman, but that didn't scare him off as he called again.
landed a fourth club on the river and Boatman paused. He then moved all in for 8,925. Seiver tanked for a bit, asked the dealer to spread the pot, tanked a bit more, then tossed in the call.
for a queen-high flush and won the pot.
and the river was the 
and Blain flew up the chip counts to 42,000.
and paired the board, which meant Möbius couldn't hit a four to make two pair and win the hand. The river was the 
and gave Selbst the double up. She's now up to nearly 60,000 in chips and one of the largest stacks in the room.
