In the last hand before the break, Connor Drinan cemented his chiplead by winning yet another pot. On a board of Onur Unsal checked to Drinan, who quickly checked back. Hands on their backs, and Drinan's was enough to drag the pot against the Turks' counterfeited .
Drinan now has 120,000, while both Hari Bercovici and Christophe Larquemin have joined him in the 100k club.
Xiaoyan Luo started the action with a raise to 950 and Tom-Aksel Bedell three-bet to 2,800 from one seat over. In the big blind, Pratyush Buddiga four-bet to 7,500 and Luo folded, Bedell called.
The flop came and Buddiga bet 6,500. Bedell moved all in and Buddiga called.
Pratyush Buddiga:
Tom-Aksel Bedell:
The turn and river failed to improve Bedell and the stacks were counted. Buddiga was at risk for 41,750 and Bedell had that covered by just one big blind to remain with a mere dust.
Allan Sannier is in for the second bullet while Joris Ruijs has taken a seat that he won through a live Satellite. last but not least, James Akenhead has also signed up for the tournament as well.
Pierre Neuville had just won a middle-sized pot and wasn't done stacking yet when [Removed:17] raised to 1,000 from the button. Neuville called in the big blind and the flop came . Neuville checked, Yan bet 1,100 and Neuville called. Both then checked down the turn and the river.
Neuville showed and Yan chopped with . The New Zealander, known under his online moniker "MissOracle", remains with a short stack.
On a board of Caitlin Hall fired 8,100 from the small blind into a pot of almost 10,000. Martin Kozlov in the big blind couldn't quite make up his mind, but ended up calling it off to see Hall's had been turned into trips by the river. That was enough to scoop the pot.
Among the newest entries for Day 1 were Davidi Kitai, popular Twitch streamer Parker "tonkaaaaP" Talbot, EPT13 Malta €10,300 Single-Day High Roller champion Jakub Michalak and Koray Aldemir.
In a battle of the blinds Mikita Badziakouski led out for 1,000 on a flop before Theo Jorgensen called.
Turn was the , and this time it was Jorgensen who showed aggression betting 3,000. Badziakouski called.
River was the , and checked to once again, Jorgensen fired 8,000. Badziakouski spent quite some time mulling over that decission, cutting the 8,000 out of his stack, but not committing them. A few minutes later tablemate Jorryt van Hoof called the clock on Badziakouski, and with only one second left, the Belarusian player slid the chips over the line.
Jorgensen showed for a rivered full house, and that was good for the sizable pot.
In the small blind, Hari Bercovici raised to 1,000 and Ben Heath three-bet to 3,200, Bercovici called. On the flop, Bercovici checked, Heath bet 2,650 and Bercovici announced raise, but only put in 5,050. It was ruled as a min-raise to 5,300 and Heath didn't say any word, then tossed in two T-5,000 chips.
While the Brit said he meant to raise, he didn't announce it and it was just a call. On the turn, Bercovici checked, Heath bet 6,850 and received the call. The river then went check, check, and Bercovici turned over as winning hand, because Heath mucked.