Action came in on the river as the board read four hearts 
. Nils Pudel was facing a decision for his entire stack from the small blind.
Big stack David Gassian was in early position and had put Pudel to the test with the river shove.
After several moments of consideration, Pudel pitched his cards into the muck. Gassian showed the 
for no heart as Pudel shook his head.
A three-way pot was building between Benjamin Spragg, Michael Bernstein and Charalampos Lappas to the river on the 
runout.
Lappas and Spragg checked to Bernstein, who fired 19,000 into the middle. Lappas then raised to 52,000, which produced a quick fold from Spragg. Bernstein took a few moments before announcing the call, and slid his cards into the muck when Lappas showed 
for a straight.
Sylvain Loosli moved all in preflop and was called by Danny Pyke.
It was a flip as Loosli held the up against the 
of Pyke.
The flop danced around the players' holdings as it came 
. The turn connected with Pyke as the 
came of. The river was the 
which ended Loosli's stay in Day 1a.
Level: 11
Blinds: 1,000/1,500
Ante: 1,500
Players have been sent on a 75-minute dinner break.
Play will resume at 9 p.m. local time.
Action was three-way on a flop reading 
. Thomas Fuchs has raised an initial bet of 4,500 from David Gassian to 12,000. Liece El Barrak moved all in. Gassian then moved in for more behind him. Fuchs took a few moments before reluctantly folding.
El Barrak was well behind with the 
while Gassian showed the 
top set. El Barrak stood up but the turn provided some slight hope as the 
came down but the river was the 
to bust him and confirm the big pot for Gassian.
Florian Guimond and Abu Khalek were heads up on the 
flop, with Khalek then leading out for 17,000 on the turn.
Guimond made the call to see the river, and was quickly put all in by Khalek. Guimond took a few minutes before deciding to muck his hand, and Khalek tabled 
as he raked in a big pot.
Daniel Melten moved all in from early position for his final 34,800 chips and found a call from Danny Pyke on the button.
Daniel Melten:
Danny Pyke: 
Melten was at risk and trailing Pyke's pocket pair, and found no help on the 
runout. Melten added to his stack as Melten exited the tournament room.
Kayhan Mokri was spotted spilling an opponent's full stack to add a large amount to his and become one of the chip leaders on the day.
The Norweigan player is looking to re-create some of the same EPT success that he had at EPT Barcelona where he finished sixth in the Main Event for € 334,480.
From the button, Paul Bihl came with a bet of 18,000 and was called by Barny Boatman in the big blind who called.
The turn came the . Action went check-check. The river came the . Bihl jammed all in with the stakes fairly even. Boatman swiftly folded and Bihl gathered the pot.
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