Harry Lodge had nursed a short stack and eventually got it in with against the of Maurizio Pili. The board came and Pili piled misery on Lodge with his full house. Pavel Ignatov has also been eliminated, which means there are 103 players remaining.
The dealers have been instructed to announce all in and call, as just 105 players remain. Those that narrowly missed out on the cut include Randy Lew, Navot Golan, Malek Grabsi and Ali Amirfatahi.
"Oh my, what a spew," Victor Choupeaux said in French after he had to pay off Bleron Maliqi for 141,000 in total, having jammed with ace-king into the of Maliqi.
The board came and there was no upset to see Maliqi with a vital double in the final stages of Day 1b.
Josep Maria Galindo Lopez and Dennis Schienagel have jumped into the lead as another three players were eliminated including Andrea Virzi. There are just 113 players remaining and the bubble to make Day 2 is rapidly approaching.
Leonardo Parmiggiani ended up all in for the last 79,000 and Davor Lanini looked him up with the . Parmiggiani had a flip with the and the board came to eliminate the Italian just shy of making Day 2.
"Crazy Table" strikes again and has just delivered the biggest pot of the tournament thus far, which propelled Mikhail Soltanov into the top spot after a clash with Renjun Yang. The cards were all but rushed away, but as per players at the table, it was a set over set debacle for Yang, who lost a big portion of his stack.
In a raised multi-way pot for 25,000 to the , Soltanov bet 20,000 and he called the raise to 55,000 by Yang to see the on the turn. Yang bet 105,000 and called the shove for 200,000 total with pocket fours only to see Soltanov turn over pocket nines for top set. The river was a blank and Yang suddenly has to fight to reach Day 2 after cruising for most of the last levels well above the average.
Navot Golan jammed for the last 53,000 and Josep Maria Galindo Lopez reshoved for a lot of chips to isolate successfully, as Jeremy Palvini folded king-queen in the big blind.
Navot Golan:
Josep Maria Galindo Lopez:
Palvini would have flopped the nuts, but Golan turned the nut flush on the board to remain in contention.