Day 1b is now on break for 20 minutes. When play resumes, blinds will be on 200/500 with a 500 big blind ante. Of the 207 players who registered, 169 now remain.
On a board of 
in an already inflated pot, Marc Uzan pushed the rest of his chips in the middle on the river. Victoria Livschitz thought long and hard, waving her hand in a gesture of uncertainty before finally making the call.
Uzan showed 
for trip jacks and Livschitz showed 
for a pair of kings. Uzan not only survived, but boosted his chip stack well above starting.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
40,100 | 10,100 |
|
40,000 | 12,000 |
Emmanuel Kahan raised to 800 from middle position. Domenico Decorato called in the small blind before Boris Kolev reraised to 4,800. Kahan threw in the chips to make the call and Decorato got out of the way.
The flop came 
. Kolev continued for 3,200 and Kahan called.
The turn came the 
and Kolev bet out 4,000. It didn't take long for Kahan to muck his hand. Kolev scooped the pot and increased his chip count, which is now approaching almost double the starting stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
54,000 | 54,000 |
|
34,000 | 34,000 |
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Level: 4
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
Sitting on a big stack and after raising several hands in a row, Jean Subrini limped in from early postion and was joined by Walter Ripper in late position, as well as Mykola Serhiienko in the small blind and Nicolas Belhaire in the big blind.
The flop came 
. Play checked around to Ripper who bet 2,000 and Serhiienko was the only caller. The turn came 
. Serhiienko checked and Ripper bet 4,000. Serhiienko called.
The river came 
and both players checked to showdown. Serhiienko showed 
for a rivered flush.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
59,000 | 59,000 |
|
38,000 | 38,000 |
|
|
28,000 | 28,000 |
|
24,000 | 24,000 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/300
Ante: 300
Abraham Serrano Gil raised to 500 preflop from early position and Venelin Pashev reraised. Daisuke Ogita was the only caller in the big blind. The flop came 
. Pashev bet 3,000 and Ogita came back at him with a raise to 8,000. This sent Pashev into the tank for a long think before he finally mucked his hand to give Ogita a decent pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
43,000 | 43,000 |
|
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
Morgan Aceto raised to 400 from middle position and Sutharsan Ariyanayagam defended his big blind with a call. The flop came 
. Ariyanayagam checked and Aceto followed with a continuation bet, which Ariyanayagam called.
The turn came the . Ariyanayagam checked again and Aceto bet 2,300. Ariyanayagam called.
The river was the 
. Ariyanayagam checked once more and this time Aceto made it 6,700 to go. Ariyanayagam thought for a moment before tossing a chip in the middle to make the call. Aceto showed 
for a flopped full house.
Ariyanayagam's cards went into the muck and Aceto scooped a significant pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
44,000 | 44,000 |
|
|
21,000 | 21,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
