Dmitrii Vasilev limped in the small blind and Sylvain Loosli raised all in for 23,000. Vasilev called with a certain confidence and the cards were turned over.
Michael Soyza was all in and at risk with the against the of Piotr Nurzynski. The board came and they chopped it up. "I'll take it," Soyza joked.
Scott Margereson also ended up all in and at risk, and he doubled through Sylvain Loosli. It all started with a raise to 1,700 by Loosli, and Margereson three-bet to 6,000 from one seat over. Loosli eyed the stack of the Brit and called. On the flop, Loosli check-called a bet of 4,200 and check-called all in after the appeared on the turn.
Scott Margereson:
Sylvain Loosli:
Loosli needed to fade hearts and a jack, but the on the river improved Margereson to a flush.
Six of the scheduled ten levels on Day 1 of the €10,300 are completed and the remaining 66 players out of 91 entries have been sent into a 20-minute break. After the next two hour session, the 75-minute dinner break will take place as of approximately 9 p.m. local time.
Bahram Chobineh doubled through Mustapha Kanit to claim a big stack and Kanit got very few chips back off Chobineh's table neighbor Sirzat Hissou. On the river of a queen-high board, Kanit bet 5,000 and Hissou called to get shown for middle pair on the flop and two pair on the turn.
Andre Akkari and Igor Kurganov both busted and re-entered subsequently, and Anthony Zinno joined just before the end of the level.
Gerard Piqué was the first player to bust and re-enter, and he has subsequently become the first player to bust on his second bullet. On the three-way flop of , Piqué checked out of the big blind and James Romero bet 1,000 from the under-the-gun position. Piotr Nurzynski called on the button and Piqué called, too.
The on the turn was checked by all three players and Piqué then moved all in for around 16,000 on the river. Romero used one time bank and called, Nurzynski folded.
Pique tabled and Romero had that beat with to send the Spanish football star to the rail.