Fernando Pons has been spotted in the field and he just lost a minor pot against Gaetan Lheureux, who check-called a bet of 200 on the 
turn. They checked the 
on the river and Lheureux tabled the 
for jacks and nines to win the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
28,000 | |
|
26,000 | 26,000 |
There was a pot of 2,000 in the middle when the dealer spread a flop of 
. Lukasz Grossmann checked under the gun and the player on the button bet 800. Grossmann check-raised to 3,200 and his opponent called.
The turn came the and Grossmann checked again. His opponent fired 2,500 and Grossmann check-raised once more to 7,600. His opponent moved all in for about 30,000 and Grossmann called with his last 13,000.
Lukasz Grossmann: 
Opponent: 
Grossmann was ahead with his set of jacks. The 
completed the board and Grossmann doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
36,000 |
Vitaliy Li called the shove of Gertjan Albers for 11,500 on the 
river and mucked an ace when Albers turned over the 
for quads. As a result, Albers moved back above the starting stack while Li dipped below that.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
34,000 | 34,000 |
|
22,000 | -8,000 |
The first few players have been sent to the rail on Day 1a after their 300 big blinds vanished in thin air. Among them were Mikael Koistinen and Claus Carlsen, and they can re-enter in any of the remaining three starting days to take another shot at running up a stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 100
Maxim Colom limped on the cutoff and Vincent Thys limped as well from the button. Giovanni Salvatore checked from the big blind.
A flop reading 
was dealt and action checked to Thys who bet 600. Salvatore called but Colom folded.
The turn brought the and Salvatore checked. Thys fired 800 and Salavatore check-called.
The 
completed the board and Salvatore checked once more. Thys threw in a bet of 2,500 and Salvatore snap-called. Thys turned over 
for a flush and Salvatore sent his hand to the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
35,000 | |
|
27,000 | 27,000 |
Michal Lubas fired two barrels on a 
board in a heads-up pot against Antal Roth and the latter check-folded the turn when facing a bet of 1,000.
Aurelie Reard has also scooped an early pot as well. Her table started three-handed and she limp-called the button when her sole opponent in the small blind raised to 400. The flop brought and the small blind check-folded to a bet worth 700.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
31,000 | 31,000 |
|
31,000 | 31,000 |
|
29,000 | 29,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
Pedro Cairat has won this very event two years ago for €432,178 after he came out on top of a field of 4,557 entries and he is aiming for a repeat victory. The start into day was not as pleasant for the Argentinian as he lost a bigger pot to Walter Treccarichi. More than 14,000 were in the middle and both ended up checking down the 
turn and the river.
Treccarichi tabled the and won the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
37,000 | 7,000 |
|
24,000 | 24,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 |
