Claudio Di Giacomo needed two barrels against Jacques Der Megreditchian to win the pot uncontested and further build his stack. This time, the Italian made it 11,000 to go on the 
turn and his opponent tank-folded to drop below the starting stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
205,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
27,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
Marc Foggin opened from middle position and Dinesh Alt shoved his last 4,000 from the small blind while Hassan Fares called from the big blind. Foggin three-bet to 14,600 and Fares stuck around to build a side pot.
The flop was 
and Fares checked. Foggin bet 9,600 and Fares ducked out of the way to give up the side pot. Action was heads-up with Alt at risk.
Dinesh Alt: 
Marc Foggin: 
The turn was 
and the river 
, with no help for Foggin, and Alt claimed the small triple to stay alive as Day 1b nears the final hands of the evening.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
121,000 | |
|
121,000 | |
|
13,500
126,500
|
126,500 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
310,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
||
|
248,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
|
220,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
||
|
195,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
|
||
|
190,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
180,000
180,000
|
180,000 |
|
160,000
52,000
|
52,000 |
|
160,000
107,000
|
107,000 |
|
135,000
135,000
|
135,000 |
|
130,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
125,000
104,500
|
104,500 |
|
95,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
75,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
||
|
35,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
|
||
Alexandros Kolonias was deep in the tank on a heads-up turn of 
as he had checked out of the small blind. Mikalai Vaskaboinikau bet 16,500 in the hijack and Kolonias needed a long time to make up his mind. It was so long that the clock was called on him and 30 seconds ran down without a decision to ensure that his hand was declared dead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
115,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
|
45,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Players are now playing their last five hands of the evening before they bag up and return for Day 2.
On the river of a 
board with some 50,000 in the middle, Mercedes Osti was involved in the action against Manuel Labous. Her cards were already mucked as the 
for trips jacks of Labous were still tabled and the stacks were counted.
Labous had doubled for 35,700 to leave Osti short and she departed shortly after, as did Jessica Teusl just before the end of the night.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
128,000
128,000
|
128,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Massou Cohen bet the 
flop for 7,000 and William Kassouf raised to 21,000 in order to send Cohen into the tank. The usual table chat by Kassouf commenced in which he claimed to have the coconuts, which was somewhat lost in translation for his French opponent.
Ultimately, Cohen folded and mucked the 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
125,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
75,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
53,000
25,500
|
25,500 |
A preflop raising war saw a three-bet to 12,000 by Jonathon Genovese Darling. Once he was four-bet to more than 31,000, Darling opted to fold. His opponent Laurent Vauquelin flashed the 
as Darling mucked 
face-up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
230,000
230,000
|
230,000 |
|
175,000
53,000
|
53,000 |
In the last hand of the night, a preflop three-bet pot went spicy on the 
flop. Cassio Pisapia De Almeida Kiles bet 7,000 out of the blinds only for Gangzhou Hu to raise to 22,300. The Brazilian moved all-in and Hu beat him into the pot.
Cassio Pisapia De Almeida Kiles: 
Gangzhou Hu:
Kiles was in dire shape and the turn confirmed his departure, making the 
river a formality.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
272,500
234,500
|
234,500 |
|
Busted |
Day 1b has come to an end and the final total for Day 1b sits at 631 runners, with an unofficial 187 players remaining.
Stay tuned for a full recap and chip counts from the PokerNews team.
