Massimiliano Patroncini limped under the gun and was met with a raise to 500 by Jakup Breckmann in the next seat.
Action folded to Kevin Abecassis on the button, who cold-called.
On the 8♣3♠5♦ flop, action was checked to Breckmann, who fired out a bet of 1,500, leading to swift folds from all of his opponents.
Simon Gautschi raised from the cutoff and Tommy Alm Bo responded with a three-bet to 1,700 on the button. Gautschi called.
Gautschi check-called a bet of 2,200 from Alm Bo on the 5♥K♥4♦ flop.
The 3♥ turn checked through to the 10♥ on the river. Gautschi took his time before betting out 6,300. Alm Bo made a frustrated fold, showing A♦K♦ as he did so.
Around 1,000 was in the middle on a board of 2♣10♥7♦6♦ when Yves Piacentino put out a bet of 500, only to be faced with a raise to 2,100 by Jean Marc Cristiani.
Stephane Trela cold-called in the big blind and Piacentino quickly folded.
The A♣ river slowed matters down as both players checked. Trela showed 10♣9♥ for a pair of tens and that was good enough to cause Cristiani to muck his hand.
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Michel Halby opened to 300 from the button and Jozef Cibicek defended his big blind.
The K♥K♦8♦ flop was checked through by both players.
On the Q♠ turn, Cibicek check-folded versus a bet of 600 from Halby.
In the next hand, action folded to Cibicek in the small blind, who raised to 400. Julien Pavon called in the big blind.
The 6♦5♦4♦ flop was checked through by both players.
On the 9♣ turn, Cibecek led out with a bet of 1,100, which earned a swift fold from Pavon.
The pot stood at 16,500 with both the blinds looking at a full board of 7♥8♦6♣9♦4♠.
Tommy Alm Bom, in the small blind, bet out for 11,000. Abdelaziz Drias, in the big blind, made a quick call.
Alm Bom took his time before finally tabling 10♦2♥ for a turned straight, much to Drias' frustration.
The pot stood at approximately 800 with three players looking at a flop of 3♥K♦10♥.
All three players elected to check through to the J♦ on the turn. Joachim Meisolle, in the small blind, took the lead for 200. Nina Krasilnikova, in the big blind, elected to fold and Romeric Redjdal, in the cutoff, put in a raise to 1,400, prompting a swift fold.
Play has just commenced, with 44 players registered. Stay tuned to PokerNews for all your coverage of Day 1b.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 100
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